Urban Living Festival 2025: Key takeaways for short-term rentals
UK: The 2025 Urban Living Festival offered a comprehensive look at the trends and challenges shaping hospitality and real estate. The two-day event began with property tours across Denmark Street, before culminating in a full day of panels, presentations, awards and networking at Mary Ward House. Across four Short Term Rentalz sessions, speakers shared insights […]
Shortyz Awards 2026: Save the Date!
UK: We’re delighted to announce that the Shortyz Awards will return to The Westin London City on Tuesday 21 April 2026 for another year of celebrating excellence across the short-term rental sector. Now in its seventh year, the Shortyz will once again bring together leaders, innovators, and rising stars from around the world for an […]
STRz Podcast: What is AI and what isn’t AI?
In this episode, we hear from Jason Ring CRO at Travel Net Solutions and Jim Birmingham, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Travel Solutions to unpack what AI really means to the hospitality sector.
Summer STR bookings rise in protest-hit cities, PriceLabs finds
Summer STR bookings rise in protest-hit cities, PriceLabs finds
STRz podcast 57: Doug Strachota, LG Electronics
Doug Strachota, director product management at LGE Electronics, joins the latest episode of the STRz podcast.
Hostfully releases eighth annual hospitality report
US: Short-term rental property management platform Hostfully has released its eight annual hospitality report, providing actionable data for hosts and property managers of all portfolio sizes.
Review: Urban Living Festival takes hospitality insights to next level
UK: The 2024 Urban Living Festival offered a comprehensive overview of the current trends and challenges shaping the hospitality and real estate sectors.
Urban Living Festival announces new venue, format and awards
UK: International Hospitality Media [IHM], a leading publisher and event organiser in the hospitality and real estate sectors [and the publisher of STRz], has announced major expansion and improvement to its flagship Urban Living Festival.
IHM A-Z: What’s next in travel, hospitality and real estate in 2024?
Worldwide: IHM’s editorial team [George Sell, editor-in-chief; Paul Stevens, editor – short-term rentals; and Eloise Hanson [editor – hospitality] provide a glimpse into what to expect for the travel, hospitality and real estate sectors in 2024 in our annual A-Z article.
UK Chancellor extends business rate discounts for hospitality
UK: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the 75 per cent discount on business rates [up to £110,000] for businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors has been extended by another 12 months as part of his Autumn Statement.