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2022 EU nights booked on online platforms top 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: In Q4 2022, guests spent around 97 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to Eurostat.
Minut closes $14m Series B funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Property monitoring company Minut has closed an oversubscribed Series B round of funding to fuel its rapid growth and global expansion.
Acamp buys Ställpatser ahead of European expansion
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Camping travel tech platform Acamp has acquired camping community app Ställpatser, a matter of weeks after raising €2.5 million in funding.
Acamp raises €2.5m for camping travel tech platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden / Norway: Camping travel tech platform Acamp has raised €2.5 million in funding to accelerate its growth and expand into new markets, including in Norway and Denmark.
Scandinavian Hospitality debuts Vyn suite in Stockholm
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden: Premium vacation rental company Scandinavian Hospitality has launched its latest luxury property offering in Stockholm, known as Vyn – Penthouse Suite. The luxury suite is designed to offer guests a five-star experience akin to that of a hotel, which is completely customisable based on the wishes and preferences of its guests, all in a […]
Handiscover secures €1.5m in funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Malmö-based accessible travel startup Handiscover has raised €1.5 million [15 million Swedish Krona. / $1.74 million] from the EIC European Innovation Council] Fund to support its international growth plans. A specialised OTA for travellers with reduced mobility, disabilities or special needs, Handiscover, which was founded in 2015, offers booking options for holiday accommodation including […]
Minut launches occupancy monitoring
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Property monitoring company Minut is adding occupancy to its existing core set of features: noise, security and temperature monitoring. The Malmo-based company says the features together will provide hosts and property managers worldwide with “the most robust property monitoring solution on the market”. Minut’s new ‘Crowd detect’ feature counts the number of mobile devices […]
Was Sweden’s Covid-19 lockdown a gamble?
Reading Time: 11 minutesSweden: In recent months, we have all to some extent become armchair epidemiologists, expressing sadness and anger in equal measure at the alarming mortality rates and stringency of lockdown policies around the world. And yet, as countries around Europe shut down their borders and hospitality establishments due to the Covid-19 outbreak, one country has gone […]
Minut closes $8 million Series A funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesSweden: Home security technology firm Minut has closed an $8 million Series A funding round, following its production of a camera-less home device that it claims offers better protection to guests’ privacy than its market rivals. The round has been led by KPN Ventures, with international energy services company Centrica also participating. Existing backers Karma Ventures, […]