Thibault Masson

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Airbnb tells EU also to include Google Travel in upcoming European short-term rental regulations

Thibault Masson

When responding to the EU’s plan for continent-wide regulations and data-sharing duties for short-term rental platforms, Airbnb asked the Commission ...

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Airbnb’s big stick: 4,000 hosts suspended for discrimination, 340,000 guest bookings blocked on New Year’s Eve

Thibault Masson

When a big company runs an international platform, it must ensure that users are treated fairly and not subject to ...

hometogo modes 2023

HomeToGo Modes launching in 2023

Thibault Masson

On December 20, 2022, HomeToGo‘s CEO Patrick Andrae announced the upcoming launch of HomeToGo Modes. The company says that is ...

short term rental demand 2023

How to predict short-term rental demand 2023

Thibault Masson

As a short-term rental pro, you do not want to miss out on future demand peaks: You risk getting bookings ...

vacation rental trends 2023

Will the U.S. vacation rental industry peak in 2023?

Thibault Masson

“Trees Don’t Grow to the Sky” is a popular German proverb. In the US, will 2023 be the year when ...

vacation rental companies survey 2023

Vacation rental pros depend less on Airbnb as they grow; PMS and dynamic pricing key to tech stack

Thibault Masson

Hostfully, a provider of property management software and guest guidebooks for the short-term rental industry, has released the 2022 edition ...

eu vat on short-term rentals

E.U.: VAT added to all STR stays, collected by Airbnb and other platforms. +20% on stays by 2025?

Thibault Masson

The European Commission’s proposal clarifies definitively that the short-term rental of accommodation is not exempt from VAT (value-added tax) in ...

vacation rental sustainable travel

Soaring energy costs push vacation rental owners and property managers to act on sustainability (but many think that traveler behavior is too hard to change)

Thibault Masson

Short-term rental managers are taking action to save on energy costs and thus help with environmental issues. Surprisingly, property owners ...

AI text generators for travel and tourism

How vacation rental managers can leverage AI text generators for travel and tourism

Thibault Masson

How can artificial intelligence help vacation rental managers and Airbnb hosts save time and achieve better results? On Rental Scale-Up, ...

airbnb-friendly marketplace

The Airbnb-friendly marketplace lets renters can find a place to live and then airbnb it part-time (i.e., the Airbnb Resident Hosting program)

Thibault Masson

Airbnb has launched a marketplace of Airbnb-friendly apartments in 175 buildings in 25+ markets across the US. This is not ...

airbnb setup

Airbnb Setup: How the company wants to help millions of new hosts “Airbnb it”

Thibault Masson

Airbnb wants people to do more than consider listing their place on its platform. The company wants to actively help ...

Airbnb alternatives for hosts

Airbnb alternatives for hosts: News round-up for Vrbo, Hopper Homes, and Booking.com

Thibault Masson

Vrbo (Expedia Group), Hopper, and Booking.com (Booking Holdings) have recently disclosed business and financial data. We’ve collected the most interesting ...

#airbnbust

#AirbnBUST: Will Airbnb’s 2022 Winter Release aggravate hosts’ fears about oversupply?

Thibault Masson

Is the #Airbnbust upon us? Is it even a real thing? While Airbnb has reported in Q3 2022 its strongest ...

lodgify vacation rental software

Lodgify raises $30M while focusing on the long tail of STR hosts

Thibault Masson

Vacation rental SaaS startup Lodgify has just raised $30m in Series B funding. The solution acts as an online PMS ...

airbnb total price display breakdown

Brian Chesky & Fees: Airbnb to display total “all-in” price to fight against perception it’s become unaffordable

Thibault Masson

As we predicted last week, Airbnb will make prices more transparent to its users starting in December. Why is this ...

VRMA international takeaways

Takeaways from the 2022 VRMA International conference in Las Vegas

Thibault Masson

From October 23 to 26, I attended the 2022 VRMA International conference. It’s one of the biggest and most influential ...

booking.com us strategy 2023

Booking.com’s U.S. strategy for vacation rentals

Thibault Masson

Every year, it is interesting to sit at Booking.com’s VRMA presentation to learn what the Amsterdam-based OTA wants to tell ...

airbnb 2022 winter release 2023

Airbnb 2022 Winter Release

Thibault Masson

On November 16, 2022, Airbnb unveiled its Airbnb 2022 Winter Release. This Release is a mixed bag: Some improvements are ...

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