US short-term rental demand rises ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026, says Key Data

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental analytics company Key Data has released data pointing to how the FIFA World Cup is reshaping travel demand across the US.
STRz and Skift announce partnership for STR events in 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / US: ShortTermRentalz and Skift, the most influential media company in global travel, are announcing a content and media partnership to share fresh ideas and insights at their respective events.
Competition heats up for leisure guests between hotels and STRs

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A new joint report from hospitality data supplier STR and short-term rental analytics provider AirDNA shows that competition between short-term rentals and hotels has accelerated in the fight for leisure guests
“Wolf of Airbnb” charged over fraudulent New York rental scheme

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A so-called “Wolf of Airbnb” has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft in New York, in a scheme that saw him generate an alleged $1.2 million in rental income.
How are the north-eastern US state markets withstanding the Covid-19 impact?

Reading Time: 15 minutesBy Paul Stevens and Miles Hurley, news editor and reporter for ShortTermRentalz US: In the latest feature of our short-term rental market recovery series, we analyse the situation in the north-eastern US states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania to track how they are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of a gradual […]
Sonder plans to open largest offering in New York

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hospitality startup Sonder is continuing with plans to open its largest ever offering in new York. The group has planned for a late spring or early summer 2020 opening, in spite of the threat posed to hospitality by the coronavirus. Its latest property will open in a building owned by the Moinian group, a […]
Skift Short-Term Rental Summit 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute5 December 2019, New York, 636 11th Avenue, 10036 09.00-16.00 local time Skift brings together an audience of founders and operators in the dynamic and rapidly expanding short-term rental ecosystem. Email: summit@skift.com Telephone: (1) 212.564.5830 Website: https://forum.skift.com/short-term-rental-summit/
Landing launches in five more cities in the United States

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: San Francisco-based short-term rental company Landing, which offers a membership model that aims to add greater flexibility to renting, is launching in five further cities across the United States. Launching in Nashville, Austin, New York, Los Angeles and Birmingham [US], Landing allows members to lease fully-furnished, luxury apartments in “seriously elevated urban villages”. It […]
Airbnb defeated in Jersey City home-sharing restrictions vote

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Airbnb has lost its multi-million dollar battle with residents in Jersey City to prevent restrictions on home-sharing in a new blow for the rental platform as it prepares to go public in 2020. According to early results, 70 per cent of residents elected to restrict home-sharing operations for firms such as Airbnb in a […]
Zeus Living officially launches in New York

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Furnished apartment provider Zeus Living, which aims to cater to the modern workforce, has launched in New York. The company, which already operates 1,600 homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington DC, offers professionals the freedom to live where opportunity takes them without sacrificing the ease and comfort of […]