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Boom launches “first 24-hour AI sales agent for STRs”
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Boom, an artificial intelligence [AI] platform for the short-term rental sector, has launched what it claims to be “the world’s first AI sales agent” as it continues to transform operational efficiency in short-term rentals.
Former Airbnb employees launch local discovery app Bigfoot
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Bigfoot, a new AI-powered tech startup, created by Airbnb alumni, has launched to transform how we discover new experiences in cities.
STRz spotlight: Alertify co-founder Gareth Rhodes Q&A
Reading Time: 5 minutesUS / South Africa: Gareth Rhodes, co-founder of Alertify, speaks to STRz about the company’s new WelcomeLink product, streamlining compliance with state regulations, and his reaction to Airbnb’s pledges to verify more listings worldwide and its global ban on the use of indoor security cameras at its listings.
Airbnb hires former Radisson CEO for residential development role
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb has hired Jim Alderman, the former CEO of Radisson Hotel Group Americas and chief development officer at Extended Stay America and Kimpton Hotels, as its head of residential development on its real estate team.
New ‘junk fee’ transparency law comes into effect in California
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Sweeping new laws have come into effect in the US state of California that require travel sellers and other types of businesses to include all mandatory fees or last-minute charges in the upfront displayed price.
IMN STR Summer Forum 2024 takeaways
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: IHM CEO Piers Brown, Revedy CEO Colin Carvey and AvantStay CEO Sean Breuner discuss their takeaways from the IHM Short Term Rental Summer Forum in Austin, Texas.
Rent Responsibly: Hospitality and the information gap
Reading Time: 5 minutes[SPONSORED CONTENT] US-based short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly explores hospitality and the ‘information gap’ while going between the lines of its 2024 STR Industry Report.
TravelNet increases investment in Track PMS to spur innovation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental technology provider TravelNet Solutions has significantly increased the product and engineering resources committed to its core property management system Track – by three times.
Florida governor DeSantis vetoes vacation rental bill
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Florida governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a measure designed to further regulate vacation rentals in the state, as he admitted that the proposal would have created “bureaucratic red tape” for local elected officials.
Skift STR Summit 2024: HVMB VP Jennifer Hsieh
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Jennifer Hsieh, VP of Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.