News
Lavanda secures $7.25m to accelerate global growth
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].
Features
IHM’s travel and hospitality A-Z for 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutes The editorial team at International Hospitality Media (George Sell, Paul Stevens and Eloise Hanson) have compiled an A-Z list of what to watch out for in the travel and hospitality industries this year.
Industry News
Ukio raises $9m in seed round funding
Reading Time: 2 minutes Barcelona: Turnkey apartment rental startup Ukio has announced that it has raised $9 million in a large-sized seed funding round.
Industry News
JLL Short Stays launches to compete with major OTAs
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Real estate services firm JLL has announced the launch of JLL Short Stays, a booking platform offering business and leisure travellers professionally managed and fully flexible short-term rental accommodation in the UK, in a bid to compete with the major online travel agencies [OTAs] in the segment.
Supplier News
Acomodeo enters strategic partnership with Booking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany: Serviced apartment provider Acomodeo has announced a strategic partnership with Booking.com to expand its list of offerings.
Industry News
Airbnb bars Domio accounts over standard violation allegations
Reading Time: 3 minutes US: Short-term rental and aparthotel hospitality brand, Domio, has been accused of allegedly violating Airbnb’s trust and safety standards, which have prompted Airbnb to suspend the startup’s host accounts and listings for the foreseeable future.
Features
Setting a new course: invent tomorrow by learning from today
Reading Time: 8 minutes In the latest of a series of articles, Sean Worker of T5 Strategies looks at ways travel and hospitality businesses can respond and adapt to the new global reality.
Supplier News
French government to create its own OTA
Reading Time: 2 minutes France: The French government has announced proposals to build an OTA to compete with the likes of Booking.com and Airbnb.
Industry News
Sonder cuts workforce by one third
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: San Francisco-based hospitality startup Sonder has announced it has laid off 22 per cent of its workforce and furloughed an additional 11 per cent of its staff as the reality of the coronavirus impact on the travel industry bites hard.
Industry News
Limehome secures €21 million to fund growth
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany: Hospitality startup Limehome has secured a further €21 million from existing investors to develop its proptech platform and to continue scaling in Germany and Europe.