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The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive.  Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...

The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...

Travel Chapter, one of the UK’s largest holiday lettings firms specialising in self-catering accommodation, has become the latest organisation to join...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...

The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...

London’s short lets sector has bounced back from the Covid shutdowns and is now stronger than hotels and serviced apartments. That's the result...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

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The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...