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Expedia launches loyalty program One Key
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Expedia Group has introduced a new loyalty program across its three travel brands for travellers to earn and use rewards on eligible flights, hotels, vacation homes, car rentals, cruises and activities. One Key unifies the group’s three travel brands – Vrbo, Expedia, and Hotels.com – into one flexible loyalty program. It is currently available […]
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”.
Dallas City Council votes to ban STRs in single-family areas
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Dallas City Council has voted in favour of banning homeowners from listing their properties as short-term rentals on platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo in single-family residential neighbourhoods in the city.
Key Data: Vacation rental bookings rise by 27 per cent
Reading Time: 1 minuteWorldwide: Key Data has revealed a significant rise in the number of vacation rental reservations made in January 2023 compared to January 2022.
Vrbo launches technology to prevent party house bookings
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Expedia Group vacation rental brand Vrbo is rolling out new unauthorised event prevention technology that identifies potentially disruptive parties before they take place.
Key Data partners with Amadeus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Short-term renal data provider Key Data Dashboard has partnered with travel and hospitality technology platform Amadeus to combine forward-looking business for hotels, vacation rentals and airlines.
Guests count on host generosity for Hurricane Ian booking refunds
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Guests with short-term rental bookings in Hurricane Ian-affected areas of Florida will need to count on the generosity of hosts to claim refunds.
Showplace: Five keys to a five-star short-term rental listing
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Justin Miller, co-founder of technology platform Showplace, provides his top tips on how hosts and property owners can achieve a five-star listing for their short-term rentals.
Showplace raises $2m for smarter hosting platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Showplace, a platform for “smarter hosting”, has raised $2 million to help design and furnish short-term rentals amid a boom in short-term rentals.
Vrbo unveils UK holiday homes of the year for the first time
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Expedia Group vacation rental brand Vrbo has revealed the first ever Vrbo Holiday Homes of the Year in the UK.