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Sykes bolsters portfolio with Abersoch Quality Homes purchase
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Holiday cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages has bolstered its property portfolio in North Wales by acquiring regional holiday home specialist Abersoch Quality Homes. The purchase of the Gwynedd-based business will add an additional 100 properties to Sykes’ existing portfolio of almost 20,000 holiday cottages across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand – 2400 […]
Sykes Holiday Cottages acquires Best of Suffolk
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages is expanding its UK property portfolio by acquiring Suffolk-based firm Best of Suffolk. The purchase will increase Sykes’ portfolio by 400 properties, across the Suffolk coast, the Brecks and Constable, supplementing its existing portfolio of 20,000 properties. Best of Suffolk, which was founded 15 years ago by husband […]
Sykes launches British holiday let competition
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: British holiday home owners could be in with a chance of winning £10,000 as part of a nationwide search for Britain’s Best Holiday Let, launched by independent holiday cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes is calling on property owners to come forward this summer and showcase their holiday homes – whether it be […]
How the pandemic has impacted the way people holiday
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Sykes Holiday Cottages COO Bev Dumbleton discusses how the pandemic has impacted the way in which people are making holiday choices and the latest trends in the market, ahead of what is expected to be a busy summer of domestic travel and staycations across the UK this year. Holiday let owners across the UK […]
Sykes teams up with National Trust for Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Conservation charity the National Trust for Scotland has partnered with Sykes Holiday Cottages, which will handle the charity’s holiday accommodation marketing and bookings from December 2020 onwards. From coastal cottages to castles, the National Trust for Scotland has more than 40 properties available to holidaymakers. From this week, bookings for these properties will be […]
Holiday let investment rises due to staycations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Sources across the UK property investment market are seeing significant growth in investor interest in holiday lets. Increased demand in UK staycations after the end of the holiday ban is attributed as a key reason for this jump. According to leading cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages, inquiries from second homeowners to list on […]
Seven learnings as the short stay sector enjoys its first week of reopening
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: With the tourism and hospitality sector having enjoyed its first full week of reopening, the UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA] asked its members about their experiences. There were seven key learnings for the sector: Enquiries are up significantly on this time last year Bookings in rural settings have been the most popular, with […]
Sykes Holiday Cottages to issue scores of refunds after policy change
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Holiday cottage rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages is to issue thousands of customers refunds for cancelled bookings during the Covid-19 lockdown period, after action from an industry watchdog prompted the company to reverse its coronavirus cancellations policy. The Competition and Markets Authority [CMA] launched an investigation into Sykes Holiday Cottages and the 24 businesses […]
UK holiday bookings quadruple following lockdown update
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the reopening of the hospitality sector in England from 4 July, holiday bookings across the United Kingdom have quadrupled in some cases. UK citizens are booking significant numbers of staycations, with coastal counties and holiday destinations, such as Devon and Cornwall, in particular seeing notable surges in […]
CMA consumer watchdog threatens legal action over refund refusals
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: UK government department and consumer watchdog, The Competition and Markets Authority [ CMA ], has threatened legal action against firms who fail to provide refunds to those affected by cancellations of holidays and weddings due to the coronavirus outbreak. The CMA claimed that 80 per cent of the complaints it had received since the […]