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Holidu buys Spanish rental portal Clubrural
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Vacation rental portal Holidu has acquired Spanish counterpart Clubrural, a leading portal for rural vacation rentals in Spain and Portugal.
Short Stay Summit 2024: Lodgify
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Lodgify’s Marisa Rivera and Alberto Fernández Rodríguez speak to STRz at the 2024 Short Stay Summit at Old Billingsgate in London.
SCALE Show 2024 unveils three-day conference lineup
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: SCALE Show 2024 is set to take place from 14-16 May in Barcelona, bringing together the brightest minds in the global short-term rental industry.
Guesty makes Rentals United fifth acquisition since 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesIsrael / US / Spain: Property management software platform Guesty has announced its fifth acquisition in the last two years by buying vacation rental channel management distribution platform Rentals United.
Madrid suspends granting of new holiday rental licences until 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Madrid City Council has announced a temporary suspension on granting new holiday rental licences in the capital with immediate effect – a suspension which looks likely to hold until 2025.
Canary Islands push back against mass tourism with draft law
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Canary Islands, as well as other Spanish islands and mainland Spain, are preparing to tighten legislation on illegal short-term rentals this year and combat what local authorities deem as mass tourism.
Eurostat: 678.6m nights spent in STRs via OTAs in 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Guests spent 678.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union [EU] booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor in 2023, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Industry leaders address regulatory landscape at VRMA Europe
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Paris hosted the first Vacation Rental Management Association [VRMA] European Conference since 2019 as global short-term / vacation rental professionals gathered in Paris for an educational event building industry collaboration.
2024 Shortyz preview: Daniela Derin, Skol Apartments Marbella
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Ahead of the fifth annual Shortyz Awards in April 2024, we hear from our 2023 winners about what it meant to them to claim an accolade for their work in the sector and why industry professionals should submit their entries for the 2024 Awards.
Doinn expands into Brazil with São Paulo launch
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrazil: Doinn, a software-as-a-service [SaaS] platform catering to teams and companies in the cleaning sector serving the short-term rental industry, has entered the Brazilian market by commencing operations in São Paulo.