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Miami STR hosts help shape Florida-approved ECPAT trafficking awareness training
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Miami-based short-term rental hosts Pascal and Jacomina Depuhl have helped secure Florida state approval for ECPAT International’s human trafficking awareness training programme for the short-term rental sector.
Airbnb warns EU states are unprepared for incoming STR data rules
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Airbnb has warned that not all EU Member States are ready to implement the bloc’s new short-term rental data-sharing rules ahead of the regulation coming into force later this month.
Driftwood Properties relaunches as Chosen with focus on wellness stays
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Luxury vacation rental management company Driftwood Properties has rebranded as Chosen as it looks to expand its wellness-led offering across California and beyond.
Holidu integrates bestfewo.de to strengthen position in Germany
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Munich-based vacation rental platform Holidu is integrating bestfewo.de into its network, expanding its host base in Germany as consolidation accelerates across the European short-term rental market.
The holiday let features driving bookings: Insights from Sykes Holiday Cottages
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: ShortTermRentalz spoke with Ross Armstrong, head of portfolio optimisation at Sykes Holiday Cottages, about the upgrades delivering the strongest ROI, the rise of flexible stays and which amenities are set to become essential over the next five years.
HomeToGo launches AI travel companion Dash
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: HomeToGo has launched Dash, a new AI-powered travel companion now live across its marketplace on web, iOS and Android.
BookingsCloud launches predictive revenue opportunity tool
Reading Time: 2 minutesShort-term rental marketing firm BookingsCloud announced their Opportunity Score tool Wednesday. The tool is meant to identify marketing gaps and automatically run campaigns to increase bookings.
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.
Ireland rolls back proposed cap on short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Minister for Tourism Peter Burke has decided to increase the limit for regulations on short-term rentals from municipalities with populations of 10,000 or more to 20,000. Prior to this change, more than 60 towns and cities would have been affected; now the number is 39. Additionally, more than 50 per cent of STRs in […]
Albuquerque city council votes down short-term rental regulations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: An Albuquerque, New Mexico city council bill implementing a 100-foot buffer zone between future short-term rentals was voted down by five votes to four Monday.