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Booking.com
Everything the Gazette has filed on Booking.com, newest first.
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Exposed
Hackers Steal Host Logins to Divert Payouts in Silent Digital Heist
Cybercriminals target property management credentials to quietly swap bank routing numbers, siphoning peak-season revenue before operators notice the
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Host Life
The Cost of Global Reach: Inside Booking.com’s High-Stakes 2026 Algorithmic Shift
As the European travel giant reshapes its Genius loyalty program and demands higher discounts, short-term rental operators face a critical choice betw
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World
The Athens Lockout: Inside the Mad Rush Before Greece Freezes Central STR Permits
Greece is halting new short-term rental permits in central Athens for a year. The policy has triggered a massive pre-deadline listing rush and a struc
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Markets
Google Strips Rates and Dates from EU Travel Search in Antitrust Retreat
Under pressure from Brussels, the search giant has gutted live pricing and date filters from European hotel and vacation rental results, handing contr
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World
Thailand Bans Daily Rentals but Looks the Other Way on Platforms
Thai law makes stays under thirty days illegal without a hotel license. Yet platforms thrive, towers fill with lockboxes, and enforcement strikes like
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Crackdown
Tokyo Hotspot Bans Short-Term Rentals as Tourist Surge Overwhelms Ward Streets
A premier Tokyo destination cuts off short-term rentals following a spike in neighborhood complaints, exposing the fragile truce between municipal pow
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Platforms
The European Guillotine: Inside the Leaked EU Affordable Housing Act
A leaked draft of the EU Affordable Housing Act reveals Brussels plans to dismantle the legal defenses of short-term rentals, giving cities total powe
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Platforms
Airbnb Hires Booking Veteran Pepijn Rijvers as Chief Business Officer
By handing Homes, Hotels, and Enterprise to a thirteen-year Booking veteran, Brian Chesky signals that the era of homespun hosting has formally surren
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Crackdown
New York Short-Term Rentals Plummet 85 Percent Following Local Law 18 Crackdown
A year after the implementation of the city's aggressive registration system, the short-term-rental market in the five boroughs has been almost entire
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Platforms
Booking.com Virtual Credit Card Delays Are Wrecking Host Cash Flow
The platform holds the money, issues high-fee virtual cards at checkout, and leaves professional property managers to shoulder transaction costs and l
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Crackdown
Poland Moves to Hand Neighbors the Power to Ban Short-Term Rentals
The Polish government is drafting legislation that allows housing communities and municipalities to outlaw short-term rentals, shifting the battle fro
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Crackdown
TURKEY'S LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMAND: THE SILENT THREAT TO PLATFORM SOVEREIGNTY
A new mandate from Ankara could force Airbnb and Booking.com to establish local outposts, signaling a global shift where governments are reclaiming co
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The Money
GUEST ACQUISITION COST IS THE SILENT KILLER OF HOST PROFITS
Hosts obsess over occupancy and ADR, but the true cost of filling a night across platforms and direct channels remains an unquantified drain. It's tim
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Host Life
CUT THE CORD: Why Your Own Booking Site Is Now Non-Negotiable
The platforms are tightening their grip, squeezing host profits and control. It's time to build your own direct booking channel, reclaim your guests,
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Platforms
The Channel Manager Lie: Why 'Too Expensive' Costs You More Than Software
Every serious host faces the same fork in the road: manually juggling Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, praying for no double bookings, or investing in t
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Exposed
The Ghost in the Listing: How Fake Rentals Haunt Real Hosts and Drain Guests
A new wave of sophisticated clone scams is eroding trust, stealing guest cash, and dragging innocent short-term rental operators into a nightmare of f
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Host Life
Your Listing Title Is a Wasted Asset. Stop Burning Money on Bad Headlines.
Most hosts treat their listing title as an afterthought, a quick label for their property. They are dead wrong. The title is the sharpest weapon in th
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Platforms
Instant Book: The Platforms' Addiction, The Hosts' Silent Killer
It promises more bookings, but at what cost to your property, your peace of mind, and your bottom line? STR NEWS uncovers the true price of relinquish
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Platforms
The Booking.com Blitz: Why The Hotel Giant Is Coming For Your Vacation Rental And How To Survive It
It’s not just Airbnb and Vrbo anymore. Booking.com, long the titan of traditional hotels, is making an aggressive play for short-term rentals, and hos
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Crackdown
City Hall's New Weapon: The Data Mandate That Opens Your Books
The digital walls are falling. Platforms are now compelled to hand over your booking records, host details, and revenue figures. This isn't just about
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Crackdown
The Registration ID That Now Rules Your Listing: Platforms Are Delisting Unlicensed STRs
Ignoring the new mandate to display registration IDs on short-term rental listings isn't just risky, it's a guaranteed delisting. Hosts who missed the
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