Hotels are increasingly co-opting elements of serviced accommodation such as aparthotels, serviced apartments or co-living developments, either as a fully integrated offering or creating a dual-branded concept, using design to help tell the ‘neighbourhood story’ and opening bars, restaurants and gyms to non-guests. This article in ‘Property Week’ explores the need for hotels to keep …

T5 Strategies managing director Sean Worker and #NoVacancies podcaster and Rouse Media CEO Glenn Haussman address in this article a number of trending topics in the travel tech, accommodation, co-living and co-working spaces. Those commenting include ASAP CEO James Foice. Read article:

DER Corporate Solutions, the hotel and MICE specialist of DER Touristik, is now offering serviced apartments in cooperation with ASAP Business and Distribution Partner Acomodeo. This gives business customers  direct access to over 400,000 professionally operated serviced apartments worldwide.

New research commissioned by UK-based activist travel company Responsible Travel has investigated the carbon footprint associated with other parts of the holiday experience beyond the flight, such as food and accommodation. The research looked at four different holidays and calculated emissions, including how hotels could lower their impact by offering plant-based menus, seasonal produce and …

Partners in Google’s vacation rentals feature including Airbnb, TripAdvisor and Holiday Lettings have agreed not to use usernames on guest reviews on the platform. Whereas an Airbnb review will feature the username used on the platform, if the same listing is reviewed via Google it will revert to an “Airbnb.com reviewer”. Google also only shows …

Details have emerged about Airbnb-owned tech company Trooly’s technology which background checks and screens potentially dangerous and unruly guests, using a range of online tools including social media, allowing the short-term rental company to investigate suspicious activity. Identifiable traits include conscientiousness and openness, “neuroticism and involvement in crimes”, while both hosts and guests are screened …

The recent 18th annual Bain & Company Luxury Study sheds some insight on the luxury market across both luxury goods and experiences, saying it grew by 4% to an estimated 1.3 trillion euros globally in 2019. Growth is largely coming from Asia and from younger generations. Millennials accounted for 35% of the luxury market this …

Airbnb releases its expected “guest stays” for New Year’s Eve each year, which, although unscientific, gives at least some indication as to its growth as a whole now compared to how fast it grew in the past from a near-standing start. The tally of guest stays in Airbnb listings during New Years Eve and their …

According to Skift, the story this year with the biggest implications for online travel was Airbnb exceeding Expedia in booked nights during the first three months of 2019, which saw Airbnb selling 91 million room nights, compares with Expedia’s 80.8 million. Booking Holdings still sold most, with 217 million room nights booked that quarter, and …

A new publication, The Global Gig-Economy Online Platform 2019 Market Research Report, has been released outlining the industry’s development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions for development. It shows that homestay OTAs Airbnb and OneFineStay join other key players including American peer-to-peer carsharing company Turo, child transportation network company HopSkipDrive, online parking search company …