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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.
TravelAI acquires OwnerDirect.com
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS/Canada: Vancouver-based travel technology company TravelAI has acquired vacation rental brand OwnerDirect.com, including all associated intellectual property, trademarks and domain names. Owner Direct, first established in 1987, is one of North America’s longest-running whole-home vacation rental brands. The company said the acquisition would support its strategy to expand traffic acquisition across Canada and the United […]
Casago appoints David Angotti as Chief Digital Officer
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Casago has appointed David Angotti as Chief Digital Officer as the company accelerates its digital transformation following the acquisition of Vacasa’s operations earlier this year. Angotti will take responsibility for the team managing Vacasa.com, which Casago is repositioning as a best-in-class direct-booking engine operated fully in-house. The company said the move is intended to […]
Expedia Group on Vrbo’s evolution and what rising traveller expectations mean for the industry
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast month, Expedia Group announced a series of updates to the Vrbo platform, including broader exposure for Vrbo listings across the company’s brand. This includes visibility on its flagship Expedia brand as well as through a B2B distribution network of more than 70,000 businesses and 160,000 travel agents. With these changes designed to improve discoverability, […]
Boom launches autonomous business agent
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: AI property management system Boom has launched BAM, a new Business Agentic Manager designed to autonomously manage tasks across guest communication, marketing, reporting and reviews for short-term rental operators. Miami-based Boom said the launch marks the next phase in its AiPMS platform, coming weeks after the company secured a $12.7 million funding round led […]
GuestyVal 2025 Highlights
Reading Time: < 1 minute[Mexico City] GuestyVal 2025 brought together leaders, founders and innovators from across the global short-term rental industry for three days of insights, debate and networking in Mexico City. In this video, Short Term Rentalz asked both attendees and Guesty what this event meant to them and what the key takeaways were.