Airbnb and Minut launch noise detector pilot programme in Prague

Reading Time: 3 minutesCzechia: In line with the ongoing efforts to promote responsible tourism and travel recovery in the Czech Republic, Airbnb is collaborating with property monitoring company Minut to launch a number of measures to support hosts and guests in Prague. Airbnb has announced that it is launching a six-month noise detector pilot programme for hosts and […]
Minut launches smart lock integrations with igloohome

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Property monitoring company Minut is launching smart lock integrations with smart lock solutions specialist igloohome. The integration is now live and will enable hosts and property managers to automate the guest check-in process by sharing the lock code with their guests. Over the past year, smart locks have helped millions of hosts welcome guests while practising social distancing. Contactless check-in has proven to […]
Minut launches automated check-in / check-out messaging

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Property monitoring company Minut is launching automated check-in and check-out messages to help hosts provide top-notch guest experience while saving them time and busywork. Hosts and property managers will now be able to automate guest communication by scheduling the messages that will be sent to their guests before and after they check in or out. By doing this, they can ensure that communication […]
Minut partners with Smoobu

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Property monitoring company Minut and property management software Smoobu have partnered to make short-term rental management “easier, safer and more efficient” for hosts and property managers around the world. The new partnership is designed to save property managers time and money spent on policing and other tedious, error-prone tasks, such as manual transfer of reservation […]
Join Minut, Nuki, Jurny and Bob W for RockSTRz Tech this out webinar

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: ShortTermRentalz’ RockSTRz webinar series continues this week [Tuesday 18 May] – sign up to the latest unmissable session HERE. The one-hour discussion, starting at 4pm BST, is entitled “Tech this out: Tapping into the traveller psyche”. The contributors will look at: How companies are keeping themselves ‘top of mind’ by prioritising traveller needs The latest […]
Tech this out RockSTRz webinar panel announced

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: The lineup for the next RockSTRz webinar this coming Tuesday 18 May [4pm BST] – Tech this out: Tapping into the traveller psyche – has been announced. In this session, which is sponsored by session sponsor Minut and series sponsor Nuki Home Solutions, four innovators and disruptors from across the short-term rental industry will […]
Minut launches Autocall and upgrades Guest Connect

Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Property monitoring company Minut has launched a new feature called Autocall, which is designed to make noise monitoring even easier and more efficient, and upgraded its existing Guest Connect feature. As well as Autocall, Minut has created the option for editable messages and a noise timeline. The new features have been launched to make […]
Minut launches occupancy monitoring

Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Property monitoring company Minut is adding occupancy to its existing core set of features: noise, security and temperature monitoring. The Malmo-based company says the features together will provide hosts and property managers worldwide with “the most robust property monitoring solution on the market”. Minut’s new ‘Crowd detect’ feature counts the number of mobile devices […]
Kasa and Minut announce partnership
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Flexible accommodations provider Kasa has partnered with Minut, a home security technology firm, to offer protection across Kasa’s expanding portfolio of properties. Kasa is planning to install Minut sensors in all of its 30+ US markets. The sensors monitor sound levels and notifies hosts and property managers whenever the noise rises above a customisable […]
Was Sweden’s Covid-19 lockdown a gamble?

Reading Time: 11 minutesSweden: In recent months, we have all to some extent become armchair epidemiologists, expressing sadness and anger in equal measure at the alarming mortality rates and stringency of lockdown policies around the world. And yet, as countries around Europe shut down their borders and hospitality establishments due to the Covid-19 outbreak, one country has gone […]