Tag: technology

Short Stay Summit 2021: Richard Bridger, Hospiria

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hospiria COO Richard Bridger speaks to Short Stay Summit about the launch of the platform during the pandemic, why it is so crucial to champion the smaller premium short-term rental players in the industry, and why he is so excited about the upcoming Short Stay Summit. ShortTermRentalz is the media partner for the 2021 […]

Breezeway report shows tech push to drive quality and service

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Property operations and service platform, Breezeway, has released its second annual Property Operations Report. Data from hundreds of professional vacation rental managers [and travellers] shows that the pandemic has sharpened hospitality’s focus on quality, safety and cleanliness, creating lasting operational changes and influencing tech stack decisions. 71 per cent of vacation rental managers think that […]

Operto and Smoobu partner to provide smart property solutions

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: Property automation software company Operto Guest Technologies has partnered with Smoobu, an all-in-one property management solution for short-term and vacation rentals, bringing together the guest, manager and ancillary service providers under one operating system. Through the partnership, property managers using Smoobu will be able to access Connect, Operto’s flagship software solution, to deliver a […]

Five short-term rental industry trends to watch in 2021

Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: Abode PR director Jessica Gillingham explores some of the major trends in the short-term rental industry that are expected to play out in 2021 and beyond. 2020 was an interesting year for the short-term rental industry. It all began positively with the industry set to build on its exponential growth. However, as we all know […]

Kasa and Minut announce partnership

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Flexible accommodations provider Kasa has partnered with Minut, a home security technology firm, to offer protection across Kasa’s expanding portfolio of properties. Kasa is planning to install Minut sensors in all of its 30+ US markets. The sensors monitor sound levels and notifies hosts and property managers whenever the noise rises above a customisable […]

“A major inflection point in this industry’s history”: Steve Davis, Operto

Reading Time: 4 minutesCanada: ShortTermRentalz speaks to Steve Davis, the newly-announced CEO of property automation system Operto Guest Technologies, about his reasons for joining the company, the latest trends in technology and guest experience, and plans for 2021. Please introduce yourself, the Operto brand and the role it plays in the short-term rental ecosystem. “Thanks for the opportunity, Paul. […]

Airbnb to consider integrating blockchain technology

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: In its recent S-1 filing for an IPO, Airbnb declared an interest in a number of emerging technologies, including tokenisation, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Previously, the company had not committed to adding bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. The filing read: “Future success will … depend on our ability to adapt to […]

RockSTRz webinar one review: Humanity v technology

Reading Time: 5 minutesWorldwide: Last week, ShortTermRentalz’ much-anticipated new RockSTRz webinar series got underway with a session on “Humanity v technology: how will tech adoption accelerate the professionalisation of the industry“. Host Paul Stevens, editor of ShortTermRentalz, was joined for the debut discussion of the series by Margot Schmorak, CEO and co-founder at Hostfully, Michael Driedger, CEO at Operto, Filipa Leitão […]

How coronavirus will democratise technology in hospitality and real estate

Reading Time: 3 minutesWorldwide: The coronavirus will not arrest the march of technology within accommodation – it will accelerate it with new use cases and even newer applications. As the battle against Covid-19 intensifies, technology is proving an indispensable weapon in the fight against future pandemics with many successful applications saving lives like Trace Together: the recently launched […]

Stasher co-founders named in Forbes’ “30 under 30” 2020 list

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: The co-founders of Stasher, a luggage storage startup for the sharing economy, Jacob Wedderburn-Day and Anthony Collias, have been named in the prestigious Forbes “30 under 30” list for Europe in 2020 in the consumer technology segment. Wedderburn-Day, 26, and Collias, 25, co-founded the startup in 2015 as “CityStasher” during their studies together at […]