Rent Responsibly and College of Charleston publish nationwide study
US: Short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly and the College of Charleston have released the 2022 State of the STR Community Report.
Rent Responsibly and College of Charleston launch rental survey
US: Short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly and the College of Charleston have teamed up to launch the State of the STR Community Survey, the second phase of a first-of-its-kind nationwide study exploring the perspectives of short-term and vacation rental operators and local government staff on municipal management and regulation of short-term rentals. Short-term rental [STR] […]
Rent Responsibly announces growth and Futurestay partnership
US: Short-term rental advocacy organisation Rent Responsibly has announced growth into two new markets of Summit County, Colorado, and Scottsdale, Arizona, and a new partnership with operations platform Futurestay. Rent Responsibly provides alliance management services and support to local short-term rental alliances and associations. Together with its partners, the organisation empowers local leaders to build self-sustaining organisations […]
AirDNA integrates with Futurestay
US: Short-term rental data and analytics provider AirDNA’s dynamic pricing engine is now integrated into Futurestay’s operating system for short-term rental management. The new integration is designed to give independent and small rental businesses total control over their pricing strategies, with the ability to automate their prices for Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com based on real-time data. […]
What would a Trump / Biden US Election win mean for the short-term rental industry?
US: Following one of the most fraught and polarising elections in the history of the United States, ShortTermRentalz spoke to seven leaders from the country’s short-term rental industry to get an insight into what the eventual result could mean for the space and for the travel sector in general. At the time of writing, the […]
Booking.com partners with Futurestay for online check-ins
US: Booking.com has partnered with cloud-based vacation rental management solution Futurestay to provide online check-in options for the latter’s partner properties booked through the platform, as a way of allaying customer concerns in the wake of Covid-19. According to Philip Kennard, founder and CEO of Futurestay, the two companies began their automated check-in venture late last year due […]
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 […]
STRz podcast: 2020 – The Year of Change? Part One
Worldwide: In this podcast special for ShortTermRentalz, we interviewed not one but four speakers from ethnic minority backgrounds, who are all founders or hold senior positions within their companies in the short-term rental industry, to discuss how diversity and equality within the short-term rental and wider hospitality space will be addressed this year and beyond. […]
Futurestay closes $2.4m venture round
US: New Brunswick-based vacation rental management system Futurestay has announced it has raised $2.4 million in a venture round, led by BNM Ventures and New York Angels with participation from Newark Venture Partners and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels. The latest investment takes the company’s total funding to date to $6.5 million. A venture round is […]