How AI is transforming furniture, design, sourcing and supply

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Ankur Agrawal, founder and CEO of Inhabitr, speaks to STRz in Madrid about how AI is transforming furniture, design, sourcing and supply in short-term rentals and hotels.
Key Data provides Greek vacation rental market summer update

Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: As the summer vacation rental season reaches its peak, data provider Key Data and Greek rental management association STAMA have offered a comprehensive look at the performance of Greece’s vacation rental market.
Skift STR Summit 2024: HVMB VP Jennifer Hsieh

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Jennifer Hsieh, VP of Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Skift STR Summit 2024: Begum Agca Okutgen, Blueground

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Begum Agca Okutgen, head of Partner Network at Blueground, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Scottish and English football fans dominate Euro 2024 travel

Reading Time: 3 minutesGermany: Thousands of football fans are preparing to converge on Germany for UEFA Euro 2024 – the 17th edition of the European Championships – and short-term rental hosts and property owners are hoping to benefit from Euros fever.
AirDNA: April setback offset by YoY growth in summer demand

Reading Time: 4 minutesEurope: While April saw sluggish demand for short-term rental stays, partly due to Easter’s shift to March, the setback looks set to be offset by year-over-year [YoY] growth in summer demand, according to AirDNA’s latest European market review.
Short-term let regulations impacting supply for Edinburgh Festivals

Reading Time: 3 minutesScotland: There are growing concerns that Edinburgh will be unable to accommodate all of the performers and visitors who are set to attend the city’s renowned festivals this summer, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, due to the implementation of strict short-term let regulations.
Airbnb reports defiant outlook in “inflection year” despite Q4 losses

Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Airbnb has projected a defiant outlook for the year ahead which it views as an “inflection point” for the business, despite posting an unexpectedly high loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 in its latest earnings report.
Beyond analyses Las Vegas Super Bowl booking trends

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Revenue management solution Beyond has explored the short-term rental booking trends for yesterday’s Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, the first Super Bowl to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Allegiant Stadium.
AirDNA: US STRs positive coming out of rocky 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Short-term rental data provider AirDNA’s latest monthly review for the US short-term rental market has been released, shedding light on the industry’s journey through 2023 and some promising trends as we step into 2024.