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Airbnb commercial strategy head Holyoke departs
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: David Holyoke, the head of commercial strategy at Airbnb, is leaving the company to join travel management and expense technology company, Serko, as head of unmanaged travel.
Skift STR Summit 2024: Begum Agca Okutgen, Blueground
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Begum Agca Okutgen, head of Partner Network at Blueground, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Skift STR Summit: Furnished Finder CEO Jeff Hurst
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Furnished Finder president and CEO, Jeff Hurst, speaks to STRz at the 2024 Skift Short Term Rental Summit.
Skift STR Summit: Smart City Policy Group founder Matt Curtis
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Smart City Policy Group founder Matt Curtis speaks to STRz at the Skift Short Term Rental Summit 2024 in New York City.
Sonder trims portfolio and announces $10m financing
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental apartment management company Sonder has announced significant reduction in its portfolio and a $10 million financing to “improve the company’s unrestricted liquidity”.
Data and AI: Addressing key questions and tracking their potential
Reading Time: 6 minutesUS: STRz looks at the key questions that were raised and addressed at the 2024 Skift Data & AI Summit and NYU International Hotel Investment Conference in New York City.
Trustr launches recommendations-based STR marketplace
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Trustr has launched a “first-of-its-kind” vacation rental marketplace that is designed to enable property owners and renters that know each other to book and share recommendations for listings that they own, or have vetted and stayed at themselves.
Whimstay adds 33k+ listings to expand to Mexico
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS / Mexico: Last-minute vacation rental booking deals platform Whimstay has announced a significant expansion into Mexico, adding over 33,000 listings to its platform.
Moving Mountains expands offering into luxury yacht charters
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Luxury hospitality brand Moving Mountains is growing its service offering by launching a new division for premium yacht charters.
Peerspace hires Yuann as new CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Peerspace, a marketplace for hourly venue rentals for meetings, productions and events, has announced that it has hired Kevin Yuann as its new CEO.