A coalition of short-term rental trade groups and management companies is throwing its weight behind a new operator education push, though it has not said who runs it, what it costs or who checks the work.
Modelling from holiday-cottage agency Finest Retreats finds that reclassifying qualifying holiday lets as second homes could cut the average managed property's annual profit by 96 percent.
Pavilion, a new national vacation rental company built from twenty independently founded property managers overseeing more than 5,000 homes, launched in New York on October 5 as an alternative to private-equity-backed roll-ups.
Arabella Hospitality is setting up a wholly owned Italian subsidiary based in Milan, with Nicola Foschini taking over as CEO starting in October.
As short-term rental portfolios have grown and guest expectations have shifted, coverage built for a single spare room a decade ago increasingly misses the risks operators carry today.
Spain logged its busiest August on record, but the gains went almost entirely to Andalucía while the Balearic and Canary Islands stayed flat under license caps and local pushback.
Joe Riley took the top job at Casago on October 2, as the Phoenix-based manager wraps up folding Vacasa's property portfolio into its operation.
Brussels has floated a proposal that would let national and local governments impose tighter limits on short-term tourist rentals, though the plan is still far from law.
German winter 2026/27 rental bookings are running 2% behind last year's revenue and 6% behind on traveler numbers, according to Travel Data + Analytics.
Hosts who want a cut of Airbnb's Experiences marketplace face a separate vetting process and a revenue split that differs from renting out a spare room.
Short-term rental operators across the Azores say they are heading into their worst season on record after Ryanair pulled its routes to the archipelago.
Balearic hotel data points to a stronger September than last year, with operators eyeing a longer shoulder season into October.
Sustained summer heat is nudging travelers away from traditional Sun Belt beach markets and toward cooler-climate destinations, forcing hosts in both camps to rethink their calendars.
A newly launched booking platform based in Alicante says it will charge lower commissions than Booking.com, but has yet to show it can bring hosts the guest volume that pays the bills.
Legal advisers are flagging that hosts and property managers using AI for guest messaging, pricing or biometric check-in already fall under binding EU rules, with the next compliance deadline landing August 2, 2026.
A ranking from vacation rental platform Ferienwohnungen.de names Germany's most sought-after historic town centers for short-term lets, without publishing the underlying booking figures.
Security researchers warn that autonomous AI tools are being used to run phishing and credential-theft campaigns against hospitality businesses, including short-term rental operators managing bookings through channel managers and property management systems.
Italian electricity prices in September 2026 ran 73.3% above the 2025 average and nearly quadrupled from pre-pandemic levels, with tourism named among the sectors absorbing the hit.
Spanish companies that issue rental invoices must run VeriFactu-compliant billing software by January 1, 2027, with self-employed hosts and smaller agencies given until July 1, 2027.
First Chair Destinations has rolled out a standalone brand for ski vacation rentals, giving mountain-town owners another management pitch to weigh before winter bookings pick up.