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Short-term rental regulations move forward in Pittsburgh city council
Reading Time: 2 minutesPittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s city council advanced bills that would implement regulations for short-term rentals, including licenses and zoning restrictions. The council moved to vote on one bill and send another to the city’s planning commission for report and recommendation.
Airbnb and Minut target anti-social behaviour with new campaign
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: As part of its ongoing commitment to healthy and responsible tourism in the UK, Airbnb is collaborating with property monitoring company Minut to support its Good Neighbour Campaign.
Airbnb rolls out new anti-party technology in USA and Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Canada: Airbnb is introducing a new “anti-party” tools in the United States and Canada to help identify potentially high-risk reservations and prevent those users from acting irresponsibly on the platform.
Parties are over on Airbnb as company enforces permanent ban
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb will make its ban on parties at its listings a permanent policy after seeing a steep drop in unauthorised gatherings since implementing temporary restrictions in 2020.
Airbnb tightens crackdown on NYE parties
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Airbnb is building on its previously-announced anti-party initiative by expanding the policy to include three-night reservations for this year’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Following its pilot programme last year, which included the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Spain and the UK, Airbnb has announced that it will crack down on New Year’s Eve parties […]
Autohost and NoiseAware partner to eliminate parties in rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Guest-screening and verification software provider, Autohost, has announced a partnership integration with smart noise monitoring company NoiseAware. The integration provides property managers with an intelligence-driven security solution to better predict and prevent parties at short-term rental properties. NoiseAware helps to protect properties and keep guests accountable during the in-stay, between check-in and checkout. When used in […]
Party Squasher launches Pro monitoring solution
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Party Squasher, which claims to be the “first occupancy people-counter designed expressly for short-term rental properties”, has launched Party Squasher Pro, a new multi-property occupancy monitoring solution for short-term rental property management companies. The Party Squasher occupancy monitoring service consists of a small sensor connected to a proprietary cloud service. The sensor passively counts […]
Party Squasher sets up party prevention program for rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Party Squasher, which claims to be a first-of-its-kind “occupancy people-counter”, has launched a party prevention program to help hosts and property managers protect their short-term rentals from parties. The Party Squasher technology consists of a small sensor that connects to the cloud service in a property’s internet modem as well as a mobile app […]