Pikl recruits Bailey and Astell for senior roles
UK: Sharing economy insurance specialist Pikl has recruited John Bailey and Alison Astell for two newly created senior positions in the company. Bailey joins as head of pricing and Astell will be head of partnerships. Bailey arrives from Co-op Insurance, where he was responsible for risk and retail pricing on the motor portfolio. His role […]
Airbnb to collaborate with CDEMA in emergency preparation
Caribbean: Airbnb has partnered with The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to improve emergency preparation and responses to emergencies. The partnership between the rental firm and the regional intergovernmental agency aims to strengthen the recovery of host facilities and accommodations in 18 states across the Caribbean. The agreement comes a month or so before […]
Vacasa appoints Matt Roberts to board of directors
Oregon: Vacasa has announced it has appointed former OpenTable CEO Matt Roberts to the company’s board of directors. Roberts, an experienced technology executive, is well regarded from his tenure at restaurant booking service OpenTable, where he served as CEO from 2011 to 2015 and as CFO from 2005 to 2011. During that time, the company’s […]
VacationRenter unveils growth and expansion plans
San Francisco: Vacation rental startup VacationRenter has announced plans to expand internationally after achieving exponential growth this year. The company, which aggregates the most suitable vacation rentals from recognised sites to help travellers find the perfect place to stay, reached $100 million in gross booking value run rate last May, and it expects to book […]
VacationRenter COO Marco del Rosario on Google, hiring and expansion
US: ShortTermRentalz spoke to Marco del Rosario, the newly-appointed COO of VacationRenter, about how he will apply his experience from a similar role at Google and his company’s announcement about hiring and international expansion. Could you explain to us who VacationRenter and Wilbur Labs are and how they are connected? VacationRenter is a vacation rental […]
Anger at short-term rental conversion in California
California: Long-term rentals are being converted into short-term rentals rather than providing housing for long-term renters for which the building is zoned in Venice, California. Previously, more than 58 apartments in the Ellison Building in Venice were specifically aimed at accommodating the long-term rental segment but now just ten tenants remain in the building with […]