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 […]
RMS launches RMS Pay in North America
US / Canada: Hospitality technology provider RMS has rolled out its integrated payments solution, RMS Pay, in the United States and Canada. Already adopted across Australia and Europe, RMS Pay enables operators to automate the full payment journey from pre-arrival to check-out. The platform is designed to reduce chargebacks, no-shows, and fraud while streamlining reconciliation […]
Plans announced to adopt stronger STR regulations in Egypt
Egypt: The Egyptian Government has announced plans to tighten short-term rental regulations in the country.
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.
Hospiria and Alliants partner for 1 LiVNG flex rental platform
UK: Customer experience technology platform Alliants and SaaS solution Hospiria have partnered to launch a flexible rental platform called 1 LiVNG, which is focused on transforming the residential real estate market.
Bob W forms £400m JV with OCIM
UK: A new joint venture between tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W and Osborne+Co Investment Management [OCIM] has launched a £120 million equity raise to acquire and repurpose hotel and office assets into “high-quality” short-term serviced apartments.
365Villas to enable longer stays
UK: Vacation rental property management software provider 365Villas has launched ‘Long-Stay Logic’, giving vacation rental managers the opportunity to switch seamlessly between short and extended stays for the first time.
NUMA purchases YAYS for undisclosed terms
Germany / Netherlands: Digital hospitality platform NUMA Group has announced the acquisition of Dutch serviced apartment platform YAYS from Proprium Capital Partners.
Situ acquires Rentivo tech stack to “unify sector”
UK: Global corporate accommodation booking agent Situ has announced the acquisition of the full technology stack of short-term rental software company Rentivo.
TrustedStays and Katanox partner to open up supply for corporates
Netherlands / UK: Amsterdam-based travel accommodation distribution and fintech platform, Katanox, has partnered with TrustedStays, an industry booking platform for professional short-term rentals.