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Hyatt to debut Homes & Hideaways vacation rental platform
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Global hospitality company Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced plans to introduce a new short-term vacation rental platform – Homes & Hideaways by World of Hyatt – “in the coming weeks”.
Asian vacation rental bookings surge 84 per cent in a year
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsia: Asian vacation rental bookings have shot up by 84 per cent on 2022 pacing levels, according to global travel media startup Trip101, which curates the best recommendations for short-term rentals and a host of other lodging verticals.
Expedia Group “terminates” supply partnership with Hopper
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS / Canada: Expedia Group has terminated its vacation rental and hotel supply relationship with online travel agency [OTA] rival Hopper, accusing the latter of “exploiting consumer anxiety and confusing customers”.
Lodgify integrates with Google for vacation rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain / US: Vacation rental software startup Lodgify has announced an integration with Google for vacation rental listings.
Zumper launches short-term rentals with $30m funding
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Privately owned rental marketplace Zumper has officially launched its short-term rental product and added a further $30 million to its Series D funding round.
Vacatia purchases VSA Resorts to boost management portfolio
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Resort marketplace Vacatia, which provides solutions for timeshare owners, property managers and vacation rental owners, has announced the acquisition of Virginia Beach-based hospitality and vacation ownership company, VSA Resorts. The addition of VSA’s three resorts and association management business means that Vacatia now manages 21 timeshare and 42 whole-ownership homeowners associations with 4,750 units […]
EU considers pan-European rental regulations
Reading Time: 3 minutesBelgium: The EU is consulting on regulating the short-term rental market across the bloc, with the option of a single set of pan-European rules being considered. The Commission says it wants to support an expansion of competition and players in the sector but also respect EU law which allows for Member States to apply local […]
Google announces combined rental / hotel search product
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Google has announced a combined hotel and vacation rental search product at its Marketing Live online event last week, in a further acknowledgment of the blurring lines between the two lodging segments. With the search engine revealing that searches for ‘beach rentals’ and ‘staycations’ had grown by more than 100 per cent globally over […]
Short-term rental rates rise near Chicago
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Though the Chicago hospitality market is still struggling as a result of the pandemic, areas within driving distance of the city are seeing rate growth. According to AirDNA, bookings on Airbnb rose 200 per cent in popular vacation spots Saugatuck, Michigan, and Lake Geneva and Door County, Wisconsin. Tim Radunez, a local host, said […]
Rented.com reveals the 100 best places to buy a vacation rental in 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Revenue management service Rented.com has revealed the top 100 places in the United States to buy a vacation rental in 2020 in its fifth annual “100 Best Places to buy a vacation rental” report with Weiss Analytics. The report is designed as an initial guide for those who are interested in selling, buying or […]