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Are holiday parks reshaping the short-term rental market?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The holiday park sector is undergoing a major transformation. In this episode of the Short Scoop, Landal UK managing director Jeremy Hipkiss discusses growth, investor interest, consumer trends and the future of experience-led stays.
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.
STAA appoints Simon Lehmann to join senior leadership team
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Short-Term Accommodation Association (STAA) has appointed Simon Lehmann as Director with responsibility for Europe and the Global Association Network.
Guesty launches industry-specific payments suite with AI fraud detection
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Guesty has launched Guesty Pay Suite, an integrated payments system. The suite combines embedded payment processing with AI and machine learning tools to reduce chargebacks and protect operators from revenue loss linked to refunds, cancellations, and fraudulent transactions. During a 12-month pilot involving US customers representing more than 30,000 properties, Guesty reported that chargebacks […]
UnderTheDoormat secures $7 million funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Middle East: Short-term rental solutions provider UnderTheDoormat Group has secured $7 million in a funding round led by tourism development company Omran Group. The round was supported by Smedvig Capital and other existing investors. The London-based STR business said that the funding will be used for international expansion and to support development of its technology […]
STRz Podcast 61: Jayne McCaw, Jayne’s Luxury Rentals
Reading Time: < 1 minuteShort Term Rentalz · STRz Podcast: Episode 61 Jayne McCaw In episode 61 of the Short-Term Rentalz Podcast, we spoke with Jayne McCaw, founder of Jayne’s Luxury Rentals to discuss her approach to embedding luxury in the short-term rental space. Jayne discusses how to navigate hyper-personalisation in the luxury STR space and her approach to […]
Hospitable recovers $1.2M in “almost bookings”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hospitable, a property management software company, announced that it has helped US short-term rental (STR) hosts recover more than $1.2 million in direct booking revenue this year. The company has aided in the financial recovery not by marketing or discounted stays, but by following up with guests who almost booked properties. Each of the […]
Urban Living Festival 2023: Repurposing, flexibility and innovation
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Operators, developers, investors and service providers from across the hospitality and real estate industries connected at the Urban Living Festival in Canary Wharf, London, to learn more about how we stay, live and work is shaping the future of the built environment.
RECHARGE 2023: Lisbon event recap
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortugal: IHM held its fifth annual RECHARGE event in Lisbon, hosted at coworking venue Heden Santa Apolónia. RECHARGE is an in-person event which relocates every year to a different European city. It is hosted by International Hospitality Media (IHM), the publisher of four B2B hospitality and real estate media brands: ShortTermRentalz, Urban Living News, Boutique […]
Competition heats up for leisure guests between hotels and STRs
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A new joint report from hospitality data supplier STR and short-term rental analytics provider AirDNA shows that competition between short-term rentals and hotels has accelerated in the fight for leisure guests