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Europe
Everything the Gazette has filed on Europe, newest first.
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Platforms
Guesty Partners With Column to Turn Property Managers Into Mini Banks
By integrating direct clearing bank infrastructure into its software, the industry's largest property management system is making a play for your ledg
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The Money
Oktoberfest 2026: Munich Short-Term Rentals Book Slower but Earn More
Data from PriceLabs reveals a high-stakes game of chicken between Munich hosts and festival-goers, with slow booking curves masking record-breaking ni
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Markets
Guesty Acquires Smily to Corner the Nine Billion Dollar French Market
As Guesty swallows yet another localized property management system, independent operators face the cold reality of software consolidation and the dea
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Markets
Shakira Madrid Residency Sends Hotel Rates Soaring to €339 as Domestic Bookings Surge
With hotel bookings up nearly 15% and domestic demand surging by 65%, a 12-night residency in Spain's capital is rewriting the playbook for short-term
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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
The Event Pricing Trap: What PriceLabs Data Reveals About Parisian Booking Spikes
When Céline Dion and the Pope head to Paris, hosts immediately jack up their rates. New data from PriceLabs shows why that strategy is a direct path t
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Markets
The Direct Booking Moat: Inside the Awaze Financial Paradox
While gross revenues flattened, Europe’s largest managed rental group squeezed out a twenty percent jump in operating profits. Here is how they did it
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World
England Mayors Set to Gain Tourist Tax Powers as Devolution Reshapes Short Term Rentals
The era of tax-free hosting in England is drawing to a close as the government prepares to hand metro mayors the statutory power to levy local visitor
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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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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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Markets
The End of the Scarcity War: Why the STR Industry Must Now Fix Dying Towns
For a decade, the short-term rental debate was defined by housing shortages. Now, the industry is being asked to absorb millions of empty homes in shr
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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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