Ireland: Airbnb has called for government reforms to letting laws so it can ban non-registered property owners from its platform. Airbnb has faced criticism in Ireland for taking homes out of the rental market. It has now called on the Irish government to set up a register of approved short-term…

UK: The Cheval Collection has released the results of a survey it conducted on its guests to track traveller behaviour both before the introduction of vaccines, and now, two years later. Guests of the group were asked to participate in a survey to measure travel confidence and intentions for the…

Sweden / UK: Property monitoring company Minut has announced a partnership with software company Tokeet. Tokeet offers vacation rental management software and a suite of tools for channel management, rental automation and owner management. …

US: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has appointed two female managing directors at The Carlyle in New York and Kona Village in Hawaii. Marlene Poynder has been named managing director of The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel. …

UK: Demand across the UK is up 48 per cent for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, with thousands taking advantage of the extended break to stay in a holiday let for a few days and get a taste of summer, according to short-term rental data and analytics provider…

Worldwide: Lifestyle brand ELLE has launched ELLE Hospitality, with two upcoming properties in France and Mexico. Maison ELLE will feature a collection of boutique hotels located in city centres globally. The first property is slated to open this autumn in Paris, in the 17th district near the Arc de Triomphe. …

FRANCE: Paris-based Louvre Hotels Group has announced it has 30 of its extended stay Tulip Residences in the pipeline for Europe. Louvre Hotels Group is planning on opening around 150 properties this year across its portfolio, which includes openings of its extended stay aparthotel brand, Tulip Residences, in Lille, Metz…

Worldwide: Vacation rental search engine VacationRenter has unveiled upgrades to its platform and expanded its inventory through new partnerships. With more than 30 million users across the globe, VacationRenter has made improvements to its platform to simplify and personalise the user experience. A re-envisioned home page now offers personalised travel…

Ari Andricopoulos, CEO and co-founder of RoomPriceGenie, explains how the role of the revenue manager is shifting in response to industry dynamics. As a discipline, revenue management is often regarded as one of the newer kids on the hotel management block. That said, it has ascended the ranks in terms…