STRz Summit 2024: Aris Apostolopoulos, Welcome Pickups
UK / Greece: Aris Apostolopoulos, B2B marketing / growth manager at Welcome Pickups, speaks to STRz at the 2024 STRz Summit about his takeaways from the event and why he wanted to attend and sponsor.
Thayer Ventures and Derive Ventures combine for new platform
US: Prominent early-stage venture capital firms Thayer Ventures and Derive Ventures have combined to form a new platform called Thayer Investment Partners [TIP].
JetBlue to diversify into short-term rentals
US: American low cost airline JetBlue Airways is planning to diversify its travel product offerings into short-term rentals with an as-yet unnamed partner from the industry. Under the proposals outlined by JetBlue Travel Products president Andres Barry at a Morgan Stanley conference, the company would provide rental accommodations through its own brand, and operate customer […]
Airbnb appoints Reid as global head of transportation
Airbnb has appointed founding chief executive of Virgin America and former president of Delta Airlines and Lufthansa, Fred Reid, as its first global head of transportation. The news is part of the short-term rental platform’s push beyond accommodation into transportation and other spaces within the travel market. What will the role of global head of […]