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Airbnb Touts Experiences 2.0, Booking.com Courts NBA Fans, eviivo Streamlines Checkout with PayPal

Airbnb Touts Experiences 2.0, Booking.com Courts NBA Fans, eviivo Streamlines Checkout with PayPal

Snigdha

Airbnb Relaunches Experiences with Full-Scale Ad Push Featuring Creators, Celebs, Cities, and Locals Snigdha’s Views New Booking.com x NBA Deal ...

Airbnb Under Fire in Spain What the 66,000 Listing Purge Means

Airbnb Under Fire in Spain: What the 66,000 Listing Purge Means

Uvika Wahi

Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs has ordered Airbnb to remove 65,935 listings for violating tourism accommodation laws. ...

Vrbo’s Rolls Out New Promotions Suite What Managers Should Know

Vrbo’s Rolls Out New Promotions Suite: What Managers Should Know

Uvika Wahi

On the surface, Vrbo’s recently launched Promotions Suite may look like a simple toolkit for driving bookings. But zoom out, ...

What Are Airbnb Services A Clear Guide for Airbnb Stay Hosts

What Are Airbnb Services? A Clear Guide for Airbnb Stay Hosts

Thibault Masson

By Thibault Masson, Rental Scale-Up With the 2025 Summer Release, Airbnb introduced something new: Airbnb Services. From massages and personal ...

Airbnb’s Real-Life Social Network A High-Trust Alternative to X, Built Around Offline Moments

Airbnb’s Real-Life Social Network: A High-Trust Alternative to X, Built Around Offline Moments

Thibault Masson

How close is Airbnb to becoming a social network? Maybe not in the classic Facebook or X sense—but if you’ve ...

What’s New for Airbnb Hosts in the 2025 Summer Release? Tools Built for One-Listing Hosts

What’s New for Airbnb Hosts in the 2025 Summer Release? Tools Built for One-Listing Hosts

Thibault Masson

If you’re a solo Airbnb host managing one listing, Airbnb just gave you something valuable: a redesigned set of tools ...

Airbnb’s 2025 Summer Release From Stays to Services, and a Real-Life Social Network in the Making.

Airbnb’s 2025 Summer Release: From Stays to Services, and a Real-Life Social Network in the Making

Thibault Masson

Airbnb’s 2025 Summer Release is not just a batch of features—it’s a strategic shift. Yes, we got new tools for ...

Vrbo Q1 2025 Grew Modestly, But Felt the U.S. Slowdown More Than Airbnb or Booking.com

Vrbo Q1 2025: Grew Modestly, But Felt the U.S. Slowdown More Than Airbnb or Booking.com

Uvika Wahi

If you listened to Expedia Group’s earnings call for Q1 2025, hoping for updates about Vrbo, you probably came away ...

Holidu Acquires Finca Mallorca, Airbnb vs. Brazil Rental Bill, and NYC’s Law 18 Faces Renewed Scrutiny

Holidu Acquires Finca Mallorca, Airbnb vs. Brazil Rental Bill, and NYC’s Law 18 Faces Renewed Scrutiny

Snigdha

Holidu Acquires Finca Mallorca to Strengthen Hold on Premium Balearic Rentals Snigdha’s Views: Rio Eyes Stricter Rental Rules, but Airbnb ...

Paris Short-Term Rentals After the Olympic Glut: What French Open 2025 Tells Us

Paris Short-Term Rentals After the Olympic Glut: What French Open 2025 Tells Us

Uvika Wahi

The French Open 2025 offers the clearest view yet of Paris short-term rental market trends in 2025, and a rare ...

airbnb Q1 2025 may 13

Airbnb Q1 2025: What Vacation Rental Managers Should Know

Thibault Masson

🎬 1. Is Airbnb’s Growth Slowing Down? And in the U.S.? Let’s take a step back.Airbnb reported $2.3 billion in Q1 ...

What the Spain–Portugal Blackout Reveals About Keeping Your Short-Term Rentals Running During Disruptions

What the Spain–Portugal Blackout Reveals About Keeping Your Short-Term Rentals Running During Disruptions

Uvika Wahi

When Infrastructure Fails, Everything Stops On April 28, 2025, a sudden infrastructure collapse swept across Spain and Portugal. Power grids, ...

Vacasa Casago Merger (1)

Vacasa-Casago Merger Closes with Shareholder Backing—Davidson Kempner Exits the Race

Snigdha

Vacasa’s merger with Casago at $5.30 per share is now complete, and Davidson Kempner is out of the picture. After ...

Airbnb Enters Japanese Real Estate, HomeToGo Unveils AI Search Tool, Sonder Layoffs Begin

Airbnb Enters Japanese Real Estate, HomeToGo Unveils AI Search Tool, Sonder Layoffs Begin

Snigdha

HomeToGo Rolls Out AI Filter to Improve Vacation Rental Search Accuracy About HomeToGo: HomeToGo is a SaaS-enabled vacation rental marketplace ...

booking-com 2025 vacation rental strategy

Booking.com’s Q1 2025 Results: Alternative Accommodations Growth, U.S. Headwinds, and Strategic Cost-Cutting

Thibault Masson

📈 Strong Results in Alternative Accommodations Booking.com posted solid first-quarter financial results, highlighting continued growth in its “Alternative Accommodations” segment—a category ...

Vrbo's One Key Devaluation Same Property, Different Rewards Depending on the Platform

Airbnb vs. Vrbo Ads: Nick Saban Spot Benched After Complaint, Billboard Stays

Uvika Wahi

Vrbo’s “host-free” campaign — from Nick Saban commercials to high-profile billboards — made waves for its cheeky positioning against Airbnb. ...

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Portugal Supply Mushrooms, Airbnb Scores Lobbying Win in Washington, Booking.com’s 2025 Travel & Sustainability Report

Snigdha

Portugal Clamps Down on Tourist Rentals—Hosts Pivot, Airbnb Pushes Back Snigdha’s Views Washington’s Rental Tax Bill Fails After Airbnb Pushback, ...

Vrbo's One Key Devaluation Same Property, Different Rewards Depending on the Platform (1)

Vrbo’s One Key Devaluation: Same Property,  Different Rewards Depending on the Platform

Snigdha

Starting May 22, 2025, Vrbo will make a notable change to how travelers earn One Key rewards: Blue-tier members will ...

Airbnb Makes Total Price Display Global—Here’s What It Means for Short-Term Rental Managers

Airbnb Makes Total Price Display Global—Here’s What It Means for Short-Term Rental Managers

Uvika Wahi

As of April 21, 2025, Airbnb guests around the world will now see the total price of a listing—including all ...

How AI Tools Help Property Managers Secure and Retain Owners, and Gain Repeat Guests

The AI Marketing Playbook for Property Managers: Save Time, Gain Trust, Get Bookings

Snigdha

Managing a short-term rental business means juggling guest communication, owner updates, and operational logistics—often all in one day. Without a ...