Mumbai-based rental platform Azuro acquired by Square Yards
India: Mumbai-based short-term rental platform Azuro has been acquired by real estate brokerage firm Square Yards, which is backed by Reliance Group. Azuro, which was founded in 2016 by Altaf Ahmad, Sushant Kumar, Sudhanshu Mishra, Ayush Agrawal and Vishal Chauthmal, specialises in offering rental and property management solutions by helping hosts to find tenants, as […]
Domio hires Jim Mrha as its chief financial officer
US: New York-based hospitality brand startup Domio has hired Jim Mrha as its chief financial officer [CFO] as he switches from his role at Hilton Worldwide leading Americas Operations Finance. Mrha will bring more than 30 years of financial experience to the role, having also spent five years as the CFO of MGM Hospitality and 25+ years […]
OYO faces lawsuit for non-payment of dues
India: OYO Rooms has been served a lawsuit for a potential non-payment. Hyderabad based hospitality firm Conclave Infratech has filed an insolvency application against OYO parent company Oravel Stays. The group claims a lack of payment for services rendered with regard to The Conclave Hotel. The original agreement between the two claims that Oravel would […]
Hostmaker enters administration: London-based team made redundant
UK: London-based short-term let property management company Hostmaker has gone into administration, a week after news of the firm’s potential insolvency first broke in the Sunday Times newspaper. The administration has prompted redundancies for the entirety of Hostmaker’s London-based team, and Houst [formerly Airsorted] is now believed to have bought the company’s client base. The […]
Smiling House Luxury’s Moriya Rockman looks ahead to the Shortyz 2020
UK: Smiling House Luxury’s founder chief of marketing, Moriya Rockman, talks to ShortTermRentalz at the first-ever More Bookings Direct Conference in London about her key takeaways from the event and her excitement for the inaugural Shortyz Awards on Wednesday 11 March 2020, following her shortlisting for the Pioneer Award. The first More Bookings Direct Conference […]
Boostly’s Mark Simpson on driving direct bookings and his Shortyz shortlisting
UK: Mark Simpson, the owner of the Boostly, an online association and podcast which aims to help hospitality owners achieve more direct bookings, speaks to ShortTermRentalz at the inaugural #MoreBookingsDirect Conference in London about his work in the short-term rental industry and his excitement about being shortlisted for Best use of social media at the […]