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Interview: STAA vice-chair Leo Walton
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRZ speaks to new STAA vice-chair Leo Walton ahead of the 2025 Short Stay Summit.
Interview: New STAA chair Graham Donoghue
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: STRZ speaks to new STAA chair Graham Donoghue about his new role: regulatory outlook for the STR industry and why industry professionals should attend the Short Stay Summit on Wednesday, 2nd April 2025.
Atlas Leisure Homes enters administration and faces job cuts
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Atlas Leisure Homes, an East Yorkshire-based caravan manufacturer, has entered administration, resulting in the loss of approximately 180 jobs.
STAA appoints Donoghue as new chair
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Short-Term Accommodation Association [STAA], which represents the short-term rental travel and tourism sector, has announced the appointment of Graham Donoghue, CEO of Sykes Holiday Cottages and Forge Holiday Group, as its new chair.
Voting opens for 2025 Shortyz Awards shortlists
Reading Time: 4 minutesWorldwide: The voting platform for the 2025 Shortyz Awards shortlists is now officially open until Sunday 16 March 9pm GMT.
2025 Shortyz Awards shortlists unveiled
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: The 20 shortlists for the sixth annual Shortyz Awards have been officially unveiled, ahead of the glittering in-person awards ceremony on Tuesday 1 April.
Cupples to step down from Airbnb GM role
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Amanda Cupples, the general manager for UK and Northern Europe at Airbnb, is stepping down from the role after four years next week.
IWD: Finding my way through the menopause and starting in STRs
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Ahead of International Women’s Day 2025 [8 March], Rachel Tasker, managing director of Luxury Hot Tub Holidays UK, discusses building an STR business as a single parent while going through the menopause.
What to expect ahead of the 2025 Shortyz Awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Following the closure of last week’s entries period, attention now turns to the sixth edition of the Shortyz Awards, to be held in London on Tuesday 1 April.
Goliday closes pre-seed round and launches in the UK
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustria / France: Short-term rental software-as-a-service [SaaS] startup Goliday has announced that it has launched in the UK and closed a pre-seed funding round.