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The path to growing alternative revenue for short-term rentals
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April 10, 2025
For companies that serve short-term rentals, it is critical to understand what type of technological and ancillary tools operators are turning to.
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Hospitality tech platform SuiteOp raises $3M to fund expansion
By Abby Crotty
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April 7, 2025
Guest operations platform SuiteOp said it will use the seed funding to "accelerate development" and invest in automation tools.
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AI property management platform Jurny receives “substantial” investment
By Morgan Hines
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April 1, 2025
The deal brings the startup’s total funding to $16 million and includes the deployment of Jurny’s platform to hotels managed by property management company AD1 Global.
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Travel startup funding and M&A activity in Q1 2025
By Abby Crotty
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March 28, 2025
As the quarter comes to a close, we review funding rounds and M&A activity—and learn what travel executives believe is on the horizon for the rest of the year.
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Gaiarooms raises €10M to continue growing its tech-enabled property portfolio
By Abby Crotty
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March 24, 2025
Gaiarooms currently operates in eight Spanish cities with more than 900 units and plans to grow to 4,000 rooms by 2028.
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Accor's chief digital officer talks distribution, direct bookings and loyalty
By Linda Fox
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March 20, 2025
Alix Boulnois, chief business, digital and tech officer of Accor, discusses the hotel group's priorities across distribution, direct bookings and loyalty.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Sihot, HiJiffy, Magpie, Visit Group and more...
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March 14, 2025
Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry.
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Is an "app-ocalypse" nigh for hospitality tech as AI agents advance?
By Florian Montag - Apaleo
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March 10, 2025
Instead of relying on humans as connective tissue, AI agents acting as self-learning, adaptive digital assistants will manage the entire hospitality tech ecosystem autonomously in the future.
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Mews raises $75M to expand in U.S., Europe
By Morgan Hines
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March 4, 2025
The funding was led by Tiger Global, with input from existing investors including Kinnevik, Battery Ventures and Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
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Summer launches asset management for short-term rentals
By Morgan Hines
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March 4, 2025
SummerOS centralizes revenue forecasting, underwriting, market intelligence and portfolio insights for short-term rentals in one place.
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: TravelPerk, Airbnb, Expedia Group, SWA, Hostaway and more...
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February 28, 2025
Here's our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week.
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Technology and politics reshape the travel deals landscape
By Matthew Parsons
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February 27, 2025
When it comes to the merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape, technology and political issues appear to be playing more of a role in the decisions being made by authorities.
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Property management provider Apaleo creates marketplace for hospitality AI agents
By Morgan Hines
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February 26, 2025
Apaleo said it has created Agent Hub to help hoteliers and tech developers share, adopt, discover and build solutions based on AI.
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STARTUP STAGE: Boom wants to revolutionize property management with AI
By Morgan Hines
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February 19, 2025
Boom alleviates the burden of manual operations for property managers by automating guest communications, task management, reporting and more.
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CEO Spotlight: Sean Fitzpatrick of Lighthouse
By Linda Fox
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February 13, 2025
The company raised $370 million in Series C funding in November, and Fitzpatrick sees huge opportunity for the company to grow, particularly in the independent hotel sector.
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