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Rental Escapes expands luxury villa portfolio
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: Luxury villa rental company, Rental Escapes, has expanded its global portfolio with new villa offerings in London, England, and Kitzbühel, Austria, while also enhancing its villa selection in popular destinations like Portugal, Costa Rica, Sicily, Barbados, California’s Coachella Valley, and Florida’s Panhandle. The company is expanding its offerings to accommodate the increasing demand for […]
Montreal tightens STR legislation for non-summer months
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: The city of Montreal is tightening its short-term rental regulatory policies by announcing a partial ban on the sector during non-summer months [October – May].
Canada introduces tax measures to ease housing shortage
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Lawmakers in Canada have agreed to impose new measures that limit income tax deductions on short-term rentals booked through platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo, in a bid to ease the country’s affordable housing shortage.
Fülhaus selected by RealPage for Migo solution
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Montreal-based turnkey interior designer and furniture rental service, Fülhaus, has been selected by software and data analytics provider, RealPage, as the preferred furniture, fixtures and equipment provider [FF&E] for its new apartment home sharing solution, Migo. RealPage announced in June that it was partnering exclusively with Airbnb to launch Migo, in order to provide a turnkey solution for short-term […]
Angel Host raises $5.2m in seed financing round
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Data-driven, tech-enabled rental maximisation startup Angel Host has announced that it has closed its seed funding round totalling $5.2 million. The company helps vacation rental property managers and real estate investors to produce above average returns for their property portfolios by using deep data pricing and performance analytics, as well as creating algorithm-based listings optimised […]
Fülhaus to launch six collections for Spring and Summer 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Montreal-based online marketplace Fülhaus, from which one can rent or buy “design-forward and high-quality” furniture and accessory solutions geared towards the short-term rental and direct-to-consumer markets, has announced the launch of its new Spring / Summer 2021 design packages for the North American market. Available in six distinct collections — ‘Nuevo 80’s’, ‘Biophilic’, ‘Dark Scandi’, ‘Grandmillenial’, ‘Classic Blue’ and […]
Sonder adds properties in largest three Canadian cities
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Tech-enabled hospitality company Sonder has announced its expansion to Canada’s three largest cities: Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto. Sonder will open 66 suites in Vancouver, as well as added more than 100 in Toronto the Guerin Lofts in Montreal. Sonder’s expansion is buoyed by a strong performance in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of […]
Montreal tenants lead protest over housing shortage
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: A Montreal-based tenants’ rights group has led a demonstration in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood to protest against a shortage of housing in the city. The Front d’action Populaire en reamenagement urbain (FRAPRU) attributes the shortage to a condo boom in the city as well as the prevalence of short-term rentals managed by Airbnb and other […]
Montreal officials set to crack down on illegal key lockboxes for Airbnbs
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Officials at Montreal City Hall have ordered its blue-collar workers to cut locks off lockboxes to prevent overtourism in its neighbourhoods. The key boxes, which have a combination lock, are there for short-term rental hosts to leave a key for clients to enter the property they rent. Many of these are attached to parking […]