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Travedise grows vacation destinations in the United States
Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia / US: Bangalore-based vacation exchange company Travedise is expanding the choices of international vacation destinations available to its members in the United States. Destinations across North America, such as New York City, Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami, Hawaii and St Thomas, will now be available for bookings via brands including Marriott, Hilton, Wyndham, Westin and Ritz […]
The top performing cities at the peak of summer 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutesWorldwide: The height of summer 2021 has brought mixed news from countries and cities around the world citing progression of vaccination programmes coupled with new Covid outbreaks, creating some confusion as well as positivity towards travel. With such opposing news stories, Rentals United has reported its own statistics regarding vacation rental performance. The vacation rental […]
Circular Hospitality launches in Central Florida
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Tech-enabled vacation rental platform Circular Hospitality, which provides full-service management solution to homeowners and “exceptional experiences” to travellers, has launched in Central Florida. Circular co-founder George Ruizcalderon, who has experience in operating and developing luxury hotels, said: “Circular is committed to optimising care and revenues for homeowners while bringing the same level of service and […]
VacationRenter reveals trending Fourth of July destinations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental aggregator VacationRenter has unveiled the trending US destinations ahead of the Fourth of July celebrations. As well as revealing that summertime rental reservations are up 125 per cent this year on 2020 levels, VacationRenter said that the weekend across 1-3 July has had the most pre-weekend check-ins by nearly 30 per cent compared […]
Holidu appoints Thresh as MD for North America
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany / US: Munich-based holiday rental search engine Holidu is extending its growth into the United States with the appointment of former Booking.com regional director for North America, Stephen Thresh, as its new managing director for North America. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the travel industry especially hard, Holidu has emerged from it by achieving […]
71 per cent of travellers plan vacation rental stay in the next 18 months
Reading Time: 4 minutesWorldwide: Travel insurance and assistance brand Europ Assistance, and its subsidiary, Generali Global Assistance, have announced the international findings of its first Vacation Rental Barometer. Europ Assistance and Generali Global Assistance surveyed 8,700 travellers across eight countries in the United States and Europe from 28 February to 1 April 2021. The survey respondents, who indicated they would be travelling in […]
Roadmap announcement sparks reservation volume surge
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: February’s roadmap announcement sparked an increase in UK short-term rental reservation volume by 88 per cent compared to the reservation volume one week prior, according to short-term rental property management platform Guesty. The volume of bookings made between 22-28 February 2021 that were observed by Guesty was 160 per cent more than the average weekly reservation volume seen […]
Rentals United announces opening of first US office
Reading Time: 2 minutesBarcelona: With the short-term rental sector expanding in the United States in recent years [albeit de-tracked by the Covid pandemic], outpacing even that of hotels, vacation rental channel manager Rentals United has announced the opening of its first North American office in the USA. Already claiming to hold a large roster of high-profile property managers in the USA in […]
Airbnb blocks one-night Halloween rental parties in USA and Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS / Canada: Airbnb is to block one-night reservations through its platform over Halloween in the United States and Canada, in order to prevent a repeat of a shooting incident last year that left five people dead at an unauthorised party in Orinda, California. The temporary ban will apply to entire home listings in both […]
AirDNA releases Best Places to Invest in US Vacation Rentals report
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Barcelona: Short-term rental industry data provider AirDNA has released a new report revealing the Best Places to Invest in US Vacation Rentals in 2020, deep-diving into analysis on how Covid-19 has changed the US vacation rental investment landscape. The report looked into rental demand, revenue growth and investability metrics to gauge the true, updated investment […]