Friedman joins SkyRun as director of sales
US: Colorado-based vacation rental property management company SkyRun Vacation Rentals has hired Michael Friedman as director of sales to drive growth into new markets. Friedman will be responsible for expanding the number of destinations where SkyRun operates and helping to maintain its 30 per cent annual growth rate. With over 30 years of hospitality, vacation rental, real […]
STRz podcast: 2020: The Year of Change? Part Two
Worldwide: In Part Two of this podcast special for ShortTermRentalz, we interviewed four business leaders from ethnic minority backgrounds to discuss how diversity and equality within the short-term rental and wider hospitality space will be addressed this year and beyond. The speakers were: Philip Kennard, CEO of Futurestay Nina Taylor, founder and CEO of The […]
English hospitality business leaders look ahead to 4 July reopening
UK: Ahead of the reopening of the hospitality [and short-term rental] sector in England on 4 July, ShortTermRentalz spoke to three business leaders to gauge their feelings ahead of this Saturday, learn about their experiences over the past couple of months in the lockdown period and evaluate how the space will play out in the […]
Booking Holdings wins trademark Supreme Court case
US: Booking Holdings, which manages travel brands such as Booking.com, Kayak, Agoda and Priceline, has won a legal case in the United States over the naming of its flagship website, Booking.com. The case, which made its way to the American Supreme Court, asserted that the website’s name referred to a generic service, and could not […]
Finalists announced for VrTech Startup Competition 2020
Barcelona: In its fourth consecutive year, the VrTech Startup Competition sponsored by Rentals United and Howzat Partners, aims to bring the most innovative young startups in the vacation rental industry into the limelight. This year’s three finalists have been announced and the competition will move on to the final round at the Vacation Rental World Summit on 10-11 October 2020. The VrTech Startup Competition aims to […]
UK to remove quarantines from select destinations from 10 July
UK: In a shift from earlier policy, the Department for Transport has announced that people arriving back in England from more than 50 countries, including European destinations such as France, Spain, Italy and Germany, will no longer need to self-isolate in quarantine from 10 July [Friday]. The new exemptions refer to countries which are deemed to post a […]