STRz podcast 5: Boostly’s Mark Simpson on communicating during a crisis
UK: Boostly founder and owner, Mark Simpson, joins us for Episode Five of the new ShortTermRentalz podcast to discuss tips for how to communicate during a crisis and advice for hospitality owners struggling as a result of Covid-19, as well as how the pandemic could lead to a direct bookings trend.
IHM launches Urban Living webinar series
UK: International Hospitality Media (IHM), the publisher of ShortTermRentalz, has announced the launch of a webinar series in the run up to the URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL 2020: stay-live-work. The fortnightly series of Urban Living webinars is designed to encourage participants to think differently and look to the future with thought-provoking discussions, debates, live Q&As with […]
Trivago set for “significant” job cuts
Germany: Travel metasearch engine Trivago has informed its shareholders that it will need to prepare for “significant” restructuring in terms of job cuts and its “organisational setup”. The website, which aggregates vacation rental as well as hotel bookings, has seen its referral revenue drop by more than 95 per cent in the last week of […]
Being a young travel tech founder during a crisis
UK: Stasher CEO and co-founder, Jacob Wedderburn-Day, gives his thoughts to ShortTermRentalz about being a young travel tech founder during the coronavirus crisis, the challenges he has faced and his tips for other founders in a similar position during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rewind to January 2020: Stasher, the company I co-founded four years ago, the summer […]
Airbnb to trim workforce by 25 per cent
US: Airbnb is laying off 1,900 team members – or 25 per cent of its global workforce – and slashing its investment in hotels and its luxury business ventures in a move to help the travel behemoth survive the coronavirus crisis. In addition, it will put a “pause” for the time being at least on […]