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Greek confederation criticises short-term rental concept for tourists
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece: The Greek Confederation of Tourist Accommodation Enterprises (SETKE) has criticised the concept of property owners in Greece renting out their homes to tourists for the short term. According to SETKE, income taxation resulting from short-term rentals is considerably more favourable than that of rented rooms. The confederation said in a statement: “By legalizing short-term […]
New York-based private equity firm acquires stake in Getaroom
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: The co-founders of Getaroom.com have sold a majority stake in the business-to-business hotel and vacation rental provider to New York-based private equity firm, Court Square Capital Partners. Getaroom President, Bob Diener, said he and Dave Litman, long term business partner and Getaroom CEO, retain a substantial minority stake in the company but have […]
Homeowners look to cash in on Atlanta Super Bowl with $1,000 Airbnb listings
Reading Time: 2 minutesAtlanta: With the Super Bowl in Atlanta just five months away, homeowners are looking to cash in by renting their homes and out-of-town fans are willing to pay big money to experience the action first hand. Visitors looking at the Airbnb vacation home rental app have seen prices skyrocket in the area as the big […]
Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals launches association website
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmerica / Canada: Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals has announced the launch of a website which aims to increase awareness and tourism of the vacation rental industry in America and Canada. The website (https://www.northweststays.com ) will “unite regional vacation rental managers under one digital roof to promote a positive vacation shopping and booking experience” within the […]
Gulf Shores halts short-term rentals in multi-family zones
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: Gulf Shores City Council in Alabama approved a resolution at its last city council meeting temporarily halting the issuing of short-term rental licences. The resolution limits the licences in the R-3 and R-4 districts within the corporate limits of the city. Mayor Robert Craft read the resolution to the council and crowd at […]
STRz at Kigoworld 2018: Andrew McConnell, Rented.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRented.com CEO Andrew McConnell tells STRz that the “gold rush” of investment in the vacation rental sector is only in its early stages. Filmed at the 2018 KigoWorld conference in Barcelona.
STRz at KigoWorld 2018: Matt Hoffman, Kigo
Reading Time: < 1 minute STRz talks technology with Kigo division president Matt Hoffman. Filmed at the KigoWorld 2018 conference in Barcelona.
VRMA tech talk part 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute STRz talks to industry leaders at the VRMA conference about how technology is transforming the vacation rental sector.
RedAwning Group buys Leavetown Vacations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation property booking platform RedAwning has acquired Leavetown Vacations, a vacation rental distribution and channel marketing solution for multi-unit properties, and its Jetstrea, connectivity solution. RedAwning says the acquisition moves it “into a leadership position for marketing and distribution of multi-unit properties to leading vacation rental websites, including Airbnb, HomeAway, VRBO and TripAdvisor, as […]
HomeAway launches pet-friendly rental homes collection
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation rental giant HomeAway has launched a new collection of pet-friendly homes on its platform. The pet-friendly travel collection page aggregates all 350,000 pet-friendly properties listed on the site worldwide. It highlights 17 of its most popular destinations for travellers with pets, including Miramar Beach, Hilton Head Island, San Diego, Galveston, Charleston, and Gatlinburg. […]