The State of Airbnb Hosting
A few months ago LearnAirbnb conducted a survey with some 1300 Airbnb hosts on the subject of home sharing industry. LearnAirbnb claims that “[t]his survey gave us deep insight into...
Vacation Rentals Booking Engine App partners up with Comparison Site
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I have been using Orbirental as a booking engine for my vacation rental business since the beginning of the year. Although no SaaS (software as a service) fits perfectly to...
Robot to replace your housekeeper?
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Sometime ago I have explored the idea of having robots working in hospitality. Today such concepts are perhaps a step closer to reality thanks to MaidBot. Maidbot is meant to...
Cyprus wins Responsible Tourism Award
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The Cyprus Tourism Organisation, being the responsible body for promoting Cyprus, has been awarded the Silver Award as the ‘Best Destination for Responsible Tourism’ which was announced at the World...
Skipping the Line in Italy
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More than 6.5 million tourists visited the Colosseum and the Roman Forum in 2015. As the peak season is just around the corner and the estimated wait time at popular...
Study – US Wealthiest opt for Vacation Rentals
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A recent study by Resonance Consultancy, unveiled how the wealthiest Americans prefer to book and travel. Maybe the outcome is not much of a surprise, but then again there are...
Agreement to increase demand from Northern market to the Med
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The Latvian airline airBaltic and the Spanish airline Iberia have concluded a code-share agreement through which the airlines will will offer convenient connections between Northern Europe and to Southern Europe. Neil Chernoff, Iberia’s Senior Vice President of Network Planning...
Mediterranean Tourism at Risk
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The Mediterranean is the first tourism destination in the world and tourism is an essential economic activity for Mediterranean countries. Unfortunately, the security threats in the region together with the phenomenon of immigration...
Homeaway vs. Airbnb
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With AirBnB.com announcing that it will extend it’s peer-to-peer accommodation model to accomodate also professional vacation rental owners and managers, HomeAway.com stands to lose most in the market place. But HomeAway...
21 Mediterranean Peace Donkeys
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Against a backdrop of the recent extremists’ attacks in the West and conflict in the Middle East, the little island of Gozo in the heart of the Mediterranean is making...