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Booking Automation and VacaRent announce partnership
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Booking platform owner VacaRent and property management software provider Booking Automation have announced a partnership. The two companies have opted to combine the features of both platforms to create a unique software solution for the industry. VacaRent, the company behind rentals platform Vacation.Rentals was started as a way to invest in the growing sector. […]
Airbnb signs first experiences partnership in Lithuania
Reading Time: 2 minutesLithuania: After having signed an agreement on automated tax collection earlier this year, Airbnb has signed its first Experiences partnership with Lithuania’s tourism board. This is the first such partnership between an online travel platform and a destination marketing organisation. The aim is to connect travellers to local businesses and culture through the creation of […]
OYO Hotels & Homes partners with Sabre Hospitality Solutions
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Rapidly-growing hospitality chain OYO has partnered with Sabre Hospitality to connect its properties with travel agents. Through Sabre’s GDS connectivity solutions, powered by its SynXis platform, OYO will have access to a network of over 900,000 agents. In a press release, OYO global chief strategy officer Mandiner Gulati said: “Asset owners are the backbone […]
AirDNA partners with real estate data platform Cherre
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has partnered with New York-based real estate data platform Cherre. Cherre will integrate AirDNA’s findings into its database, allowing New York real-estate investors to connect the short term rental market with possible investment decisions. AirDNA sales director Sarah Dupre said in the announcement: “Our partnership with Cherre puts AirDNA […]
Airbnb establishes partnership with UBC
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has signed a contract with American joinery and carpentry union, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America [UBC]. The deal lays a promise that Airbnb will use labour from the UBC in any of its major future investment projects. This is the third partnership between Airbnb and labour unions- the other two […]
Airbnb named Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has, as previously reported, been announced as an official Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner in an estimated $500m deal at a press conference in London. Airbnb’s partnership with the IOC is a long-term agreement, spanning nine years, which will last for at least the next two Summer Olympics [2024 in Paris and Los […]
Rented.com and Hostfully agree to partnership
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Full service revenue manager for professional vacation rental managers, Rented.com, has announced a partnership with software provider for rental managers, Hostfully. The aim of the partnership between the two firms is to help increase the revenue that professional rental management companies generate by combining their respective tech services and software capabilities. In addition, both […]
RedAwning announces AllTheRooms partnership
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: RedAwning has announced that it has integrated with accommodations aggregator AllTheRooms. What does AllTheRooms do? AllTheRooms works by pulling data from 400+ travel sites to serve up a range of alternate accommodation styles side by side in one engine search result. As a result, property managers in the RedAwning network will now have the […]
Airbnb reveals collection of US $1 billion in global hotel and tourism tax
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced that it has collected US $1 billion in global hotel and tourism tax (TOT) to date. The San Francisco-based company has so far established global partnerships with more than 400 governments around the world from whom to collect and remit taxes. Via a press statement, Airbnb said: “At Airbnb, […]
Thomas Cook links up with Expedia for vacation rental plan
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Thomas Cook Group is hoping to start offering vacation rentals to its customers through its partnership with Expedia. The two companies announced their partnership back in September 2017, which went live this summer. The alliance initially covered short-term breaks and Thomas Cook’s hotel-only offering, but with Expedia providing its technological resources, both sides are […]