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Urban Living Festival 2024: Philip Grace, Bob W
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Philip Grace, chief development officer at Bob W, speaks to STRz / Urban Living News at the 2024 Urban Living Festival.
Urban Living Festival highlights 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The 2024 Urban Living Festival offered a comprehensive overview of the current trends and challenges shaping the hospitality and real estate sectors, with several key themes emerging throughout the many discussions and presentations held across the event’s six stages.
RentalReady introduces AI agent Maia
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Property management software company RentalReady has launched Maia, which it claims to be the first 100 per cent fully autonomous AI agent for short-term rentals.
Non-profit launches to share responsible tourism knowledge
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Education, training, sharing knowledge and inspiring examples of responsible tourism from around the world will be the core work of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism global [ICRT global], a new not-for-profit which launches today.
STRz Summit returns for second London edition this November
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The STRz Summit is returning for its second edition in London on Tuesday 5 November with a refreshed, of-the-moment agenda and a raft of high-calibre industry leaders as speakers.
Expedia Group launches One Key in the UK
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Expedia Group has announced the UK launch of One Key, its flexible loyalty programme which launched in the United States last year.
Future of short-term let regulation debated in Westminster
Reading Time: 5 minutesUK: The regulation of short-term lets was the subject of a Westminster Hall debate on Thursday [12 September], ahead of the introduction of either a potential statutory registration or licensing scheme, and a bill on the licensing of short-term lets in parliament.
Hospiria and Alliants partner for 1 LiVNG flex rental platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Customer experience technology platform Alliants and SaaS solution Hospiria have partnered to launch a flexible rental platform called 1 LiVNG, which is focused on transforming the residential real estate market.
Host & Stay secures £10.5m investment from Growth Partner
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Teeside-based short-term rental property management company Host & Stay has received £10.5 million in investment from consumer-specialist investment firm Growth Partner.
Pontins issues apology over Irish Traveller discrimination
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: British holiday park operator Pontins has apologised to Irish Travellers and the Gypsy community for previously refusing to allow guests with surnames of Irish descent to stay at its parks.