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.
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.
A new market report argues Midwest metro areas beat traditional coastal vacation markets on short-term rental returns, pointing to lower property prices and lighter local rules.
Commissions, cancellation overrides and guest-vetting tools still work differently on the two platforms, and hosts running both are absorbing the gap heading into 2026.
A restored vintage Airstream parked on a Wisconsin farm is generating more rental income than the farm operation around it, its owner says.
Cloudbeds has added a revenue management module that draws pricing signals directly from the reservation, channel and guest data already running through its property management system, rather than requiring a separate connected tool.
Planners in the Lake District National Park have approved a holiday letting property for dual use as a short-term rental or private home, but only if any resident meets a local occupancy test.
A survey of holiday let owners finds close to half say profits rose in the months after April's tax changes stripped away reliefs unique to furnished holiday lets.
Geneva, New York's city council is weighing a new occupancy tax on short-term rentals, a move that would add a per-stay fee for local hosts if it clears a vote.
Revenue per available room across the region's short-term rental market climbed 4.3% year-over-year in August, even as the peak booking season showed signs of cooling elsewhere.
An audit of 343 property management system vendors found only 7% publish complete, public API documentation, leaving most integration terms locked behind sales calls.
Líbere Hospitality Group has opened a second Porto asset, pairing short lets with month-plus stays in Vila Nova de Gaia's old port wine cellar district.
A fresh roundup of AI capabilities pitched to vacation rental hosts covers messaging, pricing and photo editing, but comes with no independent testing or numbers attached.
A fresh crop of short-term rental pricing and occupancy reports is landing in hosts' inboxes, but most withhold the sample size and methodology behind the numbers.
Cumberland Building Society reports rising demand for holiday let mortgages even after the tax break that made the sector attractive was scrapped and licensing rules tightened across Scotland and Wales.
Verona and the Veneto shore of Lake Garda closed peak summer with occupancy at seasonal highs, and the region's tourism observatory says autumn demand is already tracking strong.
AirDNA is pushing beyond market data into full revenue management with Adapt, an AI system that sets nightly rates, adjusts minimum stays and shows operators why.
A boutique Wine Country operator has pulled all three dozen of its luxury estate rentals off Airbnb and Vrbo, taking bookings only through its own channels at rates averaging $1,295 a night.
Two Tampa Bay counties hold public hearings this week on competing short-term rental rules covering occupancy caps, parking limits and registration fees.
In some college towns, six or seven home games generate roughly a quarter of a short-term rental's entire annual income.