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Airbnb under investigation by EU over gatekeeper status
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope: Airbnb has challenged claims that it qualifies as a ‘gatekeeper’ under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), after being added to a compliance list earlier this month.
VTrips promotes Seay to succeed Milo as CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental property management company VTrips has promoted Scott Seay to the role of CEO, succeeding founder and managing director, Steve Milo.
Guesty adds Yale integration
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS / Israel: All-in-one property management platform Guesty has announced its integration with Yale Locks.
STRz podcast 57: Doug Strachota, LG Electronics
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoug Strachota, director product management at LGE Electronics, joins the latest episode of the STRz podcast.
Hosthub raises funding from Trado Capital
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece: Short-term rental property management platform Hosthub has announced that it has raised funding from Finnish venture capital firm Trado Capital.
Raising the bar on vacation rental quality
Reading Time: 4 minutes[SPONSORED] Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy discusses what it means to raise the bar in vacation rental quality, how it is enhancing personalised searches through its new AI-powered search tool, and what it offers to professional home management companies.
Host & Stay secures £10.5m investment from Growth Partner
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Teeside-based short-term rental property management company Host & Stay has received £10.5 million in investment from consumer-specialist investment firm Growth Partner.
Besty AI secures $1.5m in seed funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Besty AI, an AI messaging solution for short-term rentals and hotels, has announced that it has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its expansion strategy.
Qstay closes $4.6m pre-Series A funding round
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Dubai-based tech-driven hospitality brand and rental investment property management platform, Qstay, has raised $4.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round.
SCALE Show 2024: One Perfect Stay founder Mahwussh Alam
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Mahwussh Alam, founder and CEO of One Perfect Stay, speaks to STRz at the recent SCALE Show in Barcelona.