STRz Podcast 42: Julie Brinkman, Beyond

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBeyond CEO Julie Brinkman discusses the evolution of supply in the short-term rental market, the future of data and AI in revenue management, and her role as a judge in the Shortyz Awards, organised by STRz.
HOSPA and Awaze start revenue management training programme

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: HOSPA, the Hospitality Professionals Association, has partnered with European vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, in launching a “first-of-its-kind” training programme to develop revenue management talent for the short-term rental sector.
TravelNet Solutions confirms Rented acquisition

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Minnesota-based vacation rental property management solution provider TravelNet Solutions has acquired revenue management partner Rented for undisclosed terms.
VRMA 2022 interviews: Wheelhouse CEO Andrew Kitchell

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Wheelhouse founder and CEO, Andrew Kitchell, speaks to STRz at the 2022 VRMA International Conference in Las Vegas.
Beyond and VTrips partner to scale pricing and revenue management

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Revenue management solution Beyond has partnered with Florida-based vacation rental management company VTrips to scale pricing and revenue management in the short-term rental industry.
Vitur Summit 2022: Turbosuite COO Flo Stich

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: New Turbosuite COO Flo Stich speaks to STRz at the 2022 Vitur Summit in Malaga in Spain.
PriceLabs announces $30m minority growth investment

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Dynamic pricing and revenue management solution provider, PriceLabs, has raised $30 million in minority growth investment from Summit Partners.
Wheelhouse spins out of Lyric and raises $16m in funding

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Revenue management and financial intelligence software, Wheelhouse, has announced that it has spun out of parent company Lyric and raised $16 million in funding.
“We’re in the same boat”: Buoy co-founders Tim and Candice Speicher

Reading Time: 6 minutesUS: STRz speaks to Tim and Candice Speicher, co-founders of Buoy, a revenue management tool for the global vacation rental industry, about launching their business as a husband-and-wife duo, how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected how short-term rentals are priced, and their predictions for the future of AI and automation in the sector. Please introduce yourselves, […]
Buoy launches revenue management solution for rental market

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Revenue management startup Buoy, a Techstars backed company, has announced its official launch into the vacation rental market as of May 2021. The SaaS company is the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Tim and Candice Speicher – the former an experienced revenue manager and the latter a visual storyteller – together with software engineer Szabolcs […]