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“A major inflection point in this industry’s history”: Steve Davis, Operto
Reading Time: 4 minutesCanada: ShortTermRentalz speaks to Steve Davis, the newly-announced CEO of property automation system Operto Guest Technologies, about his reasons for joining the company, the latest trends in technology and guest experience, and plans for 2021. Please introduce yourself, the Operto brand and the role it plays in the short-term rental ecosystem. “Thanks for the opportunity, Paul. […]
Airbnb to consider integrating blockchain technology
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: In its recent S-1 filing for an IPO, Airbnb declared an interest in a number of emerging technologies, including tokenisation, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Previously, the company had not committed to adding bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. The filing read: “Future success will … depend on our ability to adapt to […]
RockSTRz webinar one review: Humanity v technology
Reading Time: 5 minutesWorldwide: Last week, ShortTermRentalz’ much-anticipated new RockSTRz webinar series got underway with a session on “Humanity v technology: how will tech adoption accelerate the professionalisation of the industry“. Host Paul Stevens, editor of ShortTermRentalz, was joined for the debut discussion of the series by Margot Schmorak, CEO and co-founder at Hostfully, Michael Driedger, CEO at Operto, Filipa Leitão […]
How coronavirus will democratise technology in hospitality and real estate
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: The coronavirus will not arrest the march of technology within accommodation – it will accelerate it with new use cases and even newer applications. As the battle against Covid-19 intensifies, technology is proving an indispensable weapon in the fight against future pandemics with many successful applications saving lives like Trace Together: the recently launched […]
Stasher co-founders named in Forbes’ “30 under 30” 2020 list
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: The co-founders of Stasher, a luggage storage startup for the sharing economy, Jacob Wedderburn-Day and Anthony Collias, have been named in the prestigious Forbes “30 under 30” list for Europe in 2020 in the consumer technology segment. Wedderburn-Day, 26, and Collias, 25, co-founded the startup in 2015 as “CityStasher” during their studies together at […]
Skift unveils its 2020 Megatrends report: Review
Reading Time: 6 minutesWorldwide: Over the last decade, the hotel and hospitality industry has seen “seismic” change, according to the latest Megatrends report for the short-term rental industry from Skift. This includes an erosion of typical ideas of hotel brand loyalty, the rise of online and tech-based solutions for most business segments, a rise in sharing economy and, […]
NextPax and VTrips partnership bears major fruit
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Channel manager NextPax and vacation rental property management company VTrips announced a 600 per cent growth in booking rates through the Booking.com platform since their partnership began in 2018. This is also matched by a 35 per cent growth in content scores of VTrips properties. Formerly known as Vacation Rental Pros, before rebranding in 2018, VTrips […]
Soft launch for Culture Trip OTA
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London-based media and content start-up Culture Trip has announced a soft launch for its OTA platform. The company, which last year raised $80 million to develop a travel business, has started the roll out of booking capability integrated into its curated content. A soft launch went live this week with a “contextualised” accommodation-only booking […]
Interview: Guesty co-founder and CEO, Amiad Soto, on 2018 and investment trends
Reading Time: 3 minutesShortTermRentalz spoke to Amiad Soto, co-Founder & CEO of property management platform, Guesty, about the company’s busy 2018 and potential investment trends in 2019. How does Guesty use smart technology and automation tools to support property management companies? “The Guesty platform provides property managers and management companies with an end-to-end solution to simplify the complex operational […]
Tech company Rentl launches program for real estate brokerages and agents
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Rentl, the tech-enabled short-term rental manager, has launched an end-to-end solution allowing real estate brokerages and their agents to set up rental programs under their own brand. Powered by Rentl will serve as a comprehensive backend solution, providing the necessary technology and operational infrastructure to service the brokerage’s listings. The program allows the agent […]