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Lisbon lifts short-term rental restrictions
Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: Lisbon has moved to reverse its long-standing restrictions on short-term rentals, allowing new licences to be issued following evidence that previous controls failed to improve housing affordability.
Simpson Travel acquires Affinity Villas
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Independent villa and boutique hotel operator, Simpson Travel has acquired Portuguese operator Affinity Villas, adding more than 30 Algarve properties to its portfolio. The independent villa company said the acquisition, completed for an undisclosed sum, will initially see Affinity Villas’ properties remain listed on the Affinity website, with a phased rollout onto the Simpson Travel […]
Lisbon bans new AL licences in 19 neighbourhoods
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: Lisbon has implemented a ban on new local accommodation [alojamento local] short-term rental licences across 19 neighbourhoods and eight parishes.
HolaCamp raises €10m to drive European expansion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Catalan campsite operator HolaCamp has announced that it has raised €10 million in fresh capital to acclerate its expansion in Spain and Portugal.
Recharge 2025: Daniela Almeida, Sé Apartamentos
Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: Daniela Almeida, founder and CEO of Sé Apartamentos, speaks about her experience and highlights at IHM’s Recharge 2025 event in Porto.
Portuguese Constitutional Court rejects Lisbon rental referendum
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: Portugal’s Constitutional Court has rejected a potential referendum on the future of short-term holiday rentals [alojamento local] in residential blocks in Lisbon.
2024 Wrapped: The STRz stories that defined a year
Reading Time: 6 minutesWorldwide: Inspired by Spotify’s Wrapped series, we revisit the ten stories in 2024 that defined a year for short-term rentals, as well as our favourite video, podcast and webinar from the last 12 months.
Local short-term rental referendum moves step closer in Lisbon
Reading Time: 3 minutesPortugal: A proposed local referendum has been approved in Lisbon’s municipal assembly, which paves the way for a potential ban on short-term rentals for tourists in residential buildings in the Portuguese capital.
Lisbon activists call for vote on rental ban in residential blocks
Reading Time: 3 minutesPortugal: Activists in Lisbon are proposing a vote on a ban on holiday rentals in residential blocks, shortly after the government announced that it was revoking restrictions that were brought in by the previous Socialist regime.
Interview: ALEP president Eduardo Miranda
Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: ALEP president Eduardo Miranda speaks to STRz to discuss the Portuguese Government’s decision to revoke short-term rental restrictions in the country.