Reading Time: 5 minutes Worldwide: The editorial team at IHM highlight the charitable efforts of travel and hospitality companies in response to the Ukraine invasion.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Europe: Milan-based coliving proptech company DoveVivo has acquired ALTIDO, one of the largest short-term rental property management groups in Europe.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vancouver: Operto Guest Technologies has completed its $12 million USD Series A financing round.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: London-based proptech firm and flexible rental platform, Lavanda, has announced a fresh growth funding round of $7.25 million [approximately £5.3 million].
Reading Time: 3 minutes Netherlands: Online travel agency Booking.com has announced that it plans to cut up to 3000 jobs worldwide due to a reorganisation of the company which will see almost all of its customer service operations outsourced to Luxembourg-based customer service outsource firm Majorel.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US / Brazil: New York-based proptech company Blueground is leading an investment round in Brazilian real estate technology startup Tabas.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder has gone public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company [SPAC] Gores Metropoulos II.
Reading Time: 4 minutes UK: The latest in a fortnightly series of ENGAGE webinars for travel buyers and suppliers of accommodation to corporate travellers was hosted by Mark Harris of the Travel Intelligence Network.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Commercial real estate services company JLL has published the findings from its Occupancy Benchmarking Survey, which predicts that 30 per cent of office space will be flexible by 2030.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the latest IHM Urban Living webinar, editor-in-chief George Sell hosted a discussion on “Coliving: fad or phenomenon – will coliving stand the test of time?”; a session kindly sponsored by Res:Harmonics.