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Booking.com appoints pair as chairwoman and CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Booking Holdings has announced the appointment of Gillian Tans as chairwoman of Booking.com and Glenn Fogel as the CEO of Booking.com. In the latter’s case, Fogel has served as the CEO and president of Booking Holdings but will now take on an expanded role at the head of Booking.com. Both appointments are effective immediately. […]
Indian alternative accommodation market on the rise
Reading Time: 3 minutesIndia: Online travel platform Booking.com has reported that India has surged in popularity as one of its fastest growing markets for alternative accommodations. The Amsterdam-based company has over 880,000 listings in India, of which about 140,000 are considered ‘alternative accommodation’, such as homestays, apartments, villas, BnBs, cabins, boats and treehouses. Hotspots such as Kerala, Karnataka […]
Booking.com sets up BookingSuite App Store
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Booking.com has launched its BookingSuite App Store for accommodation partners to find relevant software solutions for their property in just a matter of clicks. The store, which is also offering a free trial period for its products and services, has been developed by BookingSuite, a division within Booking.com which provides software solutions that enable […]
Booking.com to participate in BnB Guest Conference in Athens
Reading Time: 2 minutesAthens: Booking.com will participate in the first BnB Guest Conference to be held on 24 January at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel in the Greek capital. Organised by Smart Press and entitled “The Best for the Guest”, the conference will offer insight on the effect that short-term rentals have on the operation, commercial life and […]
Airbnb adds new hotel category and filter to push visibility on its website
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb is to promote its hotel business by featuring a “Boutique Hotels” category on the main landing page and by including hotels in its space type filter. On the homepage, Boutique Hotels is found next to the Entire Homes and Airbnb Plus categories in the “More ways to stay in 2019” section. The placement […]
Airbnb hosts in Greece required to submit short-term rental tax declarations
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: Greek short-term rental hosts have until 30 November to submit cumulative rental tax declarations in an electronic registry of the country’s independent authority for public revenue (AADE). Operators leasing their homes for accommodation purposes are being reminded they must submit the declarations per property leased for the running year following the departure of the […]
Dubai startup Frank Porter expected to triple growth rate by the end of 2018
Reading Time: 2 minutesDubai: Dubai-based property management company Frank Porter is set to triple its growth rate by the end of 2018, a year after its launch. The Dubai-based start-up manages private properties available for short term rent on home-sharing channels such as Airbnb, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Expedia and HomeAway. Frank Porter founder Anna Skigin said the firm had […]
Booking.com creates time-saving filters and tools for vacation rental managers
Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Booking.com has launched a suite a products to help vacation rental managers save time and control who can book their properties. Booking.com vice president Olivier Grémillon, who heads the brand’s home division, said the company developed tools based on input from professionals that manage some of the 5.7 million listed homes, apartments and other […]