
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The co-founder of Sonder, Francis Davidson, has built an AI travel agent called Odessia using the engineering platform LangChain.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe rise and fall of Sonder shows the risks of fast-growth, asset-heavy startups in the hospitality industry.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Sonder Holdings has announced it will “complete winding down operations immediately” and expects to initiate a Chapter 7 liquidation of its US business.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Francis Davidson, co-founder and former CEO of Sonder, has stepped down from the company this week with chairperson of the board Janice Sears holding an interim CEO title.

Reading Time: 4 minutesColin Laidlaw, VAT partner at Galloways Accounting, provides an updated overview of what the Upper Tribunal decision on the Sonder case means for the VAT treatment of serviced accommodation.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Tech-enabled operator limehome has appointed Will Kingston as the company’s director of expansion for the United Kingdom.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorthern Ireland: Developer Z Property Group has appointed Sonder to operate a nine-storey serviced apartment building on Dublin Road in Belfast.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSAN editor Eloise Hanson comments on Sonder’s strategic agreement with Marriott. Read more on Serviced Apartment News.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Short-term rental apartment management company Sonder has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Marriott, in addition to securing $146 million in liquidity.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Short-term rental apartment management company Sonder has announced significant reduction in its portfolio and a $10 million financing to “improve the company’s unrestricted liquidity”. As of 10 June, Sonder said that it had signed agreements to exit or reduce rents in 105 buildings, which accounts for 4,300 units. Of that number,