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Spotahome set to move headquarters from Madrid to London
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Spanish startup Spotahome has said it plans to open its headquarters in London in the next few months and it will unveil its management team in due course. The startup company, backed by Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, is moving its headquarters from Madrid to London as it hopes to recruit a number of high-level […]
London and Edinburgh among top UK staycation destinations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: HomeAway data shows that London, Edinburgh and St Ives were British holidaymakers’ favourite domestic staycation destinations in 2018. However, although the figures revealed showed that demand for locations in London went up by ten per cent compared to 2017, the average price paid per person per night dropped by eight per cent £60. Edinburgh […]
Lavanda platform to counter subletting breaches
Reading Time: 2 minutesBritain: Start-up Lavanda is to launch Europe’s first short-term rental platform for private rental sector tenants to solve tenancy breaches from subletting. Lavanda Residential, a service set up by the London-based property management company, is the result of a strategic partnership agreed with industry experts JLL and global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments. Both tenants […]
Spotahome and Hostmaker unite to help London landlords offer longer-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hybrid letting agent Spotahome and Airbnb management service Hostmaker have reportedly agreed a deal to help London landlords bypass the city’s maximum short-term rental laws. Airbnb now enforces a 90-night limit after councils in London introduced the restriction in late 2016. To help make renting their properties out on Airbnb viable, Spanish property tech […]
Airbnb hosts in London earned £23 million over festive period
Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon: Airbnb has announced Londoners earned £23 million renting out rooms through the home-sharing platform over the festive period. It said just over 100,000 people stayed in Airbnb properties between 22 December and 2 January, spending a collective total of £23 million, which is about £230 per person. Of the guest arrivals, 22 per cent […]
UnderTheDoormat raises close to £1 million for London homestay expansion project
Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon: Premium short-term rental platform UnderTheDoormat has announced it has successfully raised close to £1 million to focus on London expansion. The accommodation provider differentiates itself by only listing four and five star, fully-serviced properties for short term rent, which target customers who are willing to pay a premium. The total short stay market is […]
Protest held outside London Airbnb office over West Bank property de-listings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: A demonstration has been held outside the London office of Airbnb, in protest at its decision to remove listed properties in West Bank settlements. Last week, the company said it would no longer host around 200 rental properties in the West Bank after a human rights report criticised Airbnb for “facilitating” the occupation by […]
Veeve, Europe’s largest vacation rental management agency, launches in LA
Reading Time: 2 minutesLos Angeles: Veeve, the largest vacation rental management agency in Europe, has launched in Los Angeles, seven years after its founding in London. When Veeve was launched back in 2011, it provided a welcome market solution for the ever-growing demand in the luxury home sharing sector. Since then, the company has grown across the continent […]
Norwegian key-sharing start-up Sharebox signs up boxes in London
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLondon: The Norwegian key-sharing start-up Sharebox is signing up hundreds of online sharing boxes for its service in London. Sharebox is recognised throughout Scandinavia as one of the most popular services for sharing keys. People who use Airbnb and Booking.com share keys in the boxes which hang up on the walls at hundreds of 24-hour […]
eviivo acquires Expedia Group’s software tools for North American expansion plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon: The leading independent hotels and B&B online booking specialist, eviivo, has announced its acquisition of software tools, RezOvation and Webervations, owned by HomeAway® brand BedandBreakfast.com, part of Expedia Group. With this purchase, customers of these travel management tools will now have access to eviivo’s award-winning booking management platform. The London-based company will accelerate its […]