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Mike Curtis to leave Airbnb position as VP of engineering
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirbnb: Airbnb’s head of engineering, Mike Curtis, is to leave the company later this year to pursue other projects and focus on family commitments. Curtis joined the home-sharing online rental platform in 2013 after two years in a similar position with Facebook. Airbnb will now work with Heidrick & Struggles to find a successor to […]
Extended stay provider BridgeStreet expands offer to include vacation rental units
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: BridgeSteet has expanded its offer to business travellers to include options such as vacation rentals, hostels and hotels. The company says its new Six Ways to Stay booking platform provides “easy access to trusted, global accommodations across both traditional and alternative hospitality experiences in a single, easy-to-use user experience”. BridgeStreet has traditionally been a […]
RedAwning integrates with Resort Management Systems
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation property platform RedAwning has integrated with Resort Management Systems (RMS), a web-hosted vacation rental software for property managers to manage bookings and revenue. Property managers using RMS to manage their vacation rental business will now have access to RedAwning‘s distribution network “for maximum exposure and a powerful suite of expanded reservation and marketing […]
Dunedin Airbnb owners sent council letters urging compliance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Zealand: Owners advertising their properties in Dunedin as short-term accommodation on sites such as Airbnb have been sent letters from the City Council. People advertising renting out their properties as short term accommodation on sites such as Airbnb, Bookabach and Bachcare were told that they had responsibilities under the District Plan and Building Act, […]
VRMA tech talk part 2: Properly and Beyond Pricing
Reading Time: < 1 minute STRz talks to Alex Nigg, founder and CEO of Properly, and Kam Bain, head of growth at Beyond Pricing, at the VRMA conference about how technology and revenue management is transforming the vacation rental sector.
VRMA tech talk part 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute STRz talks to industry leaders at the VRMA conference about how technology is transforming the vacation rental sector.
STRz at VRMA: Simon Lehmann, AJL Consulting
Reading Time: < 1 minute Simon Lehmann, CEO of AJL Consulting, talks to STRz about the professionalisation and consolidation of the vacation rental sector. Filmed at the VRMA 2018 conference in Paris.
The professionals: Piotr Kubiczek, Hello Here
Reading Time: 3 minutesHello Here CEO Piotr Kubiczek talks to STRz about his plans for growth and the professionalisation of the holiday home sector. • You launched HelloHereApp in 2017. How does the platform work? Hello Here is a welcome app designed to increase property managers’ revenue and provide five-star hospitality. It allows hosts to share information with […]
Cozystay to use blockchain protocol for vacation rental bookings
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Cozystay, an online vacation property rental platform serving Chinese travellers worldwide, is using blockchain to improve the security and overall experience of its customers on the platform. Cozystay has more than 60,000 users, 200,000 listings worldwide and offices in both Vancouver and Beijing. The company is on target to reach a million listings by […]