How the US election will impact travel and hospitality
US: Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the US election, making a historic return to the White House after four years of governance under the Democratic Party.
Matt Landau: “We need to reinvent ourselves”
Worldwide: Matt Landau, founder of VRMB, shares his thoughts on the gap between “new / young short-term rental energy” and “established / legacy players”, and how operators must move out of their comfort zones to reinvent themselves.
‘Homerunners’ to premiere at VRMA International Conference
US: The world premiere of the docuseries ‘Homerunners’ will be held on Sunday 23 October at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas as part of the Vacation Rental Management Association [VRMA] International Conference.
Yonder to introduce host equity programme
US: Nature tourism online travel agency Yonder is introducing an “industry-first” programme called ‘Yonder Steward Equity, LLC’, which offers an initial five per cent allocation of Yonder global shares. The programme will make equity access available to all Yonder worldwide hosts [known as Stewards] and fosters a connection between their business success and that of Yonder itself. Yonder […]
STRz COP26 preview: Part Two
UK: For Part Two of a special COP26-themed podcast, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to three leading sustainable tourism advocates and experts about why the short-term rental industry should be keeping a close eye on COP26 and what they hope will have been achieved by the end of the historic UN Climate Change Conference. On […]
STRz COP26 preview: Part One
For Part One of a special COP26-themed podcast, STRz editor Paul Stevens speaks to three leading sustainable tourism advocates and experts about their backgrounds and entries into the short-term rental industry, how the conversation around sustainability has shifted during the pandemic, and how organisations such as Tourism Declares A Climate Emergency are sending out a […]
Breezeway launches ELEVATE summit to focus on operations
US: Property operations and service platform for hospitality professionals, Breezeway, has launched its inaugural property operations summit, ELEVATE, which will take place on 9-10 March. Bringing together industry experts, leading managers, and the real housekeeping and maintenance professionals that provide property care services, ELEVATE will showcase the latest thinking around the future of property operations, and discuss […]
Lubner and Landau team up for educational podcast series
US: Short-term rental industry steward Matt Landau has teamed up with Dana Lubner, director of sales at Effortless Rental Group, to produce a new ten-part educational podcast series. Hosted by Lubner, ‘How To Save Your Vacation Rental Business’ aims to teach vacation rental managers how to solve what they deem to be their business’ greatest […]
STRz podcast 9: Rent Responsibly’s David Krauss assesses Covid 19’s impact
US: Following the publication of Rent Responsibly’s US-based Covid-19 impact report [with collaboration from the VRMA and AirDNA, founder and CEO, David Krauss, joins Episode Nine of the ShortTermRentalz podcast to discuss the key takeaways from the survey and how it is affecting short-term rental businesses in the country, the importance of advocacy in these […]
Breezeway to sponsor Season Five of Matt Landau’s Unlocked podcast
US: Vacation rental advocate and founder of VRMB, Matt Landau, has released Season Five of his Unlocked podcast series, dubbed “The Reset”, and announced Boston-based proptech company Breezeway as its sponsor. In the Unlocked series, Landau will interview some of the world’s most innovative vacation rental professionals and offer best practices to remind vacation rental professionals of […]