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Under Canvas debuts 12th camp in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Under Canvas, the outdoor hospitality company, announced the grand opening of its first Pacific Northwest camp in Washington state, called Under Canvas Columbia River Gorge. Under Canvas Columbia River Gorge is Under Canvas’s 12th camp, located on a 120-acre area in the White Salmon River Valley. Each booking takes place in a safari-inspired canvas […]
Airbnb to take Washington inauguration precautions
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Following the storming of the Capitol in Washington DC last week, Airbnb is taking extra precautions to prevent further violence in the city ahead of the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden next week [Wednesday 20 January]. The platform had already pledged to ban any insurrectionists involved in the “violent criminal activity” during the Capitol […]
Airbnb pledges to remove hate group members from platform
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Airbnb is pledging to remove white nationalists and hate group members from its platform, following the violent storming of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. last week. That includes the Proud Boys, which was classified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group and has been associated with white nationalist ties and […]
Booking.com to close at least five of its global offices
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Online travel agency Booking.com is closing at least five of its offices around the world, in Bellevue, Washington [US], London and Cambridge [England], Toronto [Canada], and Split [Croatia]. The company announced the redundancies and economic cutbacks on a live call with more than 800 employees on Thursday [10 September]. The layoffs are effective with […]
Churchill Living signs ten-year lease in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Corporate housing provider Churchill Living has agreed to a ten-year lease with Washington DC developer Perseus TDC. The group will manage 106 units in a 500-unit mixed-use development in Washington DC’s NoMa neighbourhood. The building, previously named Storey Park, is found at the intersection First and L street NE. The project was rebranded to […]
WhyHotel raises $20m in Series B funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Alternative accommodations provider WhyHotel, which specialises in both luxury short-term accommodations and now extended stay offerings, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Harbert Growth Partners. The Washington D.C.-based startup primarily operates pop-up hotels in newly built “luxury” apartment buildings that can be rented out. The round also saw […]
Substitute House Bill signed in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A bill has been signed in Washington which will require short-term rentals to remit all taxes, maintain liability insurance and include critical consumer safety provisions. Last week, governor Jay Inslee signed the Substitute House Bill 1798, which was a top priority for the Washington Hospitality Association to get signed during the 2019 Legislative Session. […]
Apartment startup Stay Alfred raises $47 million to pursue U.S. expansion
Reading Time: 1 minuteUnited States: Stay Alfred, a startup that rents out apartments and turns them into short-term rentals, has raised $47 million to continue its expansion across the U.S.