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Airbnb suspends all bookings in Myanmar
Reading Time: 2 minutesMyanmar: Airbnb has suspended hosting at all of its existing listings in Myanmar in response to the implementation of strict new laws in the country prohibiting foreign tourists from staying at unregistered guesthouses or hotels.
Liverpool Eurovision STR demand hits fever pitch
Reading Time: 6 minutesUK: The anticipation for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool – the first to be held in the UK since 1998 – is driving up unprecedented levels of short-term accommodation demand and could generate long-term benefits for the city.
UPDATE: Business ministers approve EU data collection legislation
Reading Time: 4 minutesEurope: As expected, EU business ministers have approved new rules for short-term rental booking platforms across the European Union, including Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and TripAdvisor.
EU rental legislation set to be approved by ministers on 2 March
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: EU business ministers are set to approve new rules for short-term rental booking platforms across the European Union, including Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and TripAdvisor, when they convene on Thursday 2 March.
Booking.com joins STAA membership
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA] has announced that leading digital travel platform Booking.com has become a member of its organisation.
Travel and hospitality helps earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria
Reading Time: 5 minutesTurkey / Syria: The editorial team at IHM [publisher of ShortTermRentalz] highlight the charitable relief efforts of companies across the travel and hospitality landscape in response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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.
A new reality for travel and hospitality: STRz 2023 predictions
Reading Time: 11 minutesWorldwide: Read our predictions for the global short-term rental industry in 2023.
European Commission STR data-sharing proposal to “enhance transparency”
Reading Time: 5 minutesEurope: As anticipated, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for regulation that is designed to “enhance transparency” and “help public authorities ensure the balanced development” of a sustainable tourism sector.
European Commission set to propose data-sharing rules for STR platforms
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The European Commission is set to introduce a proposal next week that would require the major short-term rental booking platforms to provide data on the number of users using their services and on the total nights they stay in listings to national authorities.