Amsterdam slashes maximum annual rental limit
Netherlands: Authorities in Amsterdam have announced that they are limiting homeowners to renting out their properties for a maximum of 15 nights per year in a bid to address housing availability concerns.
Amsterdam delays home swapping rule enforcement to March
Netherlands: The Dutch capital city of Amsterdam is delaying the enforcement of new rules governing home swapping until 1 March 2024.
Travel tech startup Stippl raises €400k in pre-seed funding
Netherlands: Amsterdam-based travel tech startup Stippl has secured €400,000 in a pre-seed funding round.
Airbnb listings reach record 6.1 million
Worldwide: Recent data from AirDNA reveals that 54 per cent of global Airbnb listings have been added since 2020, leading to record levels of active listings. In September 2022, global listings on Airbnb reached 6.1 million. Overall in Q3, listings increased 22 per cent compared to 2019 with a shift away from urban centres towards […]
Westminster Council calls for tighter restrictions on short-term rentals
UK: Westminster City Council has called for central London to tighten its restrictions on disruptive short-term rentals, ahead of an official government consultation.
Borrow A Boat acquires boat rental platform Barqo
UK / Netherlands: London-based boat rental marketplace Borrow A Boat has bought Amsterdam-based peer-to-peer boat-sharing platform Barqo.
Sonder reports record revenue for Q2
US: Next-generation hospitality company Sonder has announced the strongest quarterly revenue in its history in financial results for the three months ending at 30 June 2021. The company claims that this has been driven by a “robust” recovery of leisure travel demand and the continued rapid expansion of its Live Unit portfolio. Sonder co-founder […]
Amsterdam to appeal against ruling on Airbnb listings
Netherlands: The Dutch capital city of Amsterdam has announced that it will appeal against a recent court ruling to end its ban on Airbnb listings in three neighbourhoods. Gastvrij Amsterdam, an interest group of holiday tenants and short-term rental owners, brought the case to court earlier this month, and was able to achieve putting an […]
Amsterdam city centre rental ban ruled to be illegal
Netherlands: The imposing of a ban on short-term rentals in three city centre districts in Amsterdam last year has now been ruled illegal by the Dutch capital’s administrative court. The case was brought to court by housing lobby group Amsterdam Gastvrij, which represents home owners who list their homes on rental platforms, according to Dutch […]
Amsterdam and Helsinki launch AI register lists
Worldwide: Amsterdam and Helsinki have launched a set of digital registers collating each city’s use of artificial intelligence [AI]. They hope to improve understanding of the type and purpose of AI solutions used in public services. Finnish company Saidot, which develops tools to make AI more “explainable”, created the registers for the cities. Each provides […]