Features

Talking business: James Burrows, Rentals United

Reading Time: 3 minutes SAN talks to James Burrows, COO and co-founder of Rentals United, about converging distribution channels for serviced apartments and vacation rental units. • What is Rentals United and what can it bring to the serviced apartment world? “Rentals United is a cloud-based service for short-term rental professionals to manage and

Supplier News

Airdna launches rental hotspot app

Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Airdna has launched Investment Explorer, a web app aimed at showing investors the most profitable locations for rental properties.

Features

Talking Short Term Rentals: Parker Stanberry, Oasis Collections

Reading Time: 4 minutes • Can you tell us a bit about your background and how Oasis Collections came in to existence? I used to be an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch and was a creative for Miramax, before purchasing a quick service restaurant in New York which I sold in 2006. I

Editor’s Comments

How will the burgeoning vacation rental sector affect serviced apartments?

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s tempting to dismiss the likes of Airbnb, Homeaway, Housetrip and their ilk as a novel way for millennials to have a holiday adventure, and confine them to the leisure travel sector. But this is a shortsighted and outdated view. As I wrote back in April, Airbnb is actually among

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Industry News

Sonder inks licensing agreement with Marriott

Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: 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.