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US: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has said that his company is leading a “travel revolution” after announcing an additional 50+ service upgrades as part of its Winter Release.

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OMG, Airbnb now has an 'OMG!' category

// By dailymail.co.uk // and here are 10 of the most amazing rentals it lists, from a ‘clothing optional’ yacht in Texas to a cow-shaped caravan in Suffolk.  

Spain starts rental crackdown which could see holidays cancelled

// By birminghammail.co.uk // Council chiefs are cracking down on illegal rents.  

Landlord turns holiday homes into long-term lets because he 'can't face young people'

// By mirror.co.uk // Robert Gray stands to lose three quarters of his rental income once he converts all three of the cottage he owns in Portscatho on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall  

Hostaway reveals latest US travel trends

// By shorttermrentalz.com // Vacation rental management software Hostaway has outlined five trends the company is observing across its platform ahead of the summer season.  

The role of insurance in the short-term rental sector

// By shorttermrentalz.com // STRz speaks to some of the industry leaders on the topic of the specialist insurance needs of the short-term rental sector.  

Airbnb Reorganizes Its Search Around Curated Categories

// By skift.com // Interesting new attempt by Airbnb to rethink how people search and discover on its product and likely to finally spur some innovation in travel search and booking.  

Cornwall may force holiday lets like Airbnb to be registered

// By cornwalllive.com // Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.  

Ireland mulls further restrictions on short-term rentals

// By shorttermrentalz.com // The Irish government is considering whether to further restrict the short-term letting of houses and apartments.  

Sykes's UK Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022

// By sykescottages.co.uk // Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.  

Using Airbnb For Bookings Just Got Even More Risky with New Refund Policy

// By vrmintel.com // Airbnb announced a change to its refund policy that has the potential to be disruptive for professional vacation rental managers and homeowners.  

Ukraine Airbnbs receive bookings in effort to get money to residents

// By theguardian.com // People are paying but not staying, as rental platform offers free housing to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.  

Travel and hospitality responds to Ukraine crisis

// By shorttermrentalz.com // The editorial team at IHM highlight the charitable efforts of travel and hospitality companies in response to the Ukraine invasion.  

Here, a Vacation Rental Investment Marketplace, Publicly Launches With $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding

// By businesswire.com // Here is on a mission to make investing in vacation rentals as easy as buying stocks.  

Wales clamps down on holiday lets with draconian new council tax rules

// By landlordzone.co.uk // The Welsh Government is to bring in its promised local tax rules for holiday lets to address the problem of unaffordable housing.  

Friends lose £6,000 after Ibiza villa owner ‘disappears’

// By theguardian.com // Group forced to cancel because of Covid but got only deposit and service fee back from booking site Vrbo.  

Vrbo report: 80 per cent of UK travellers confident of holiday in 2022

// By shorttermrentalz.com // Despite another challenging year for travel, families in the UK are feeling increasingly confident that they will be able to go on holiday to their favourite international holiday hotspots in 2022.  

Holiday rental direct bookings are on the rise

// By travolution.com // Hostaway has reported a sharp surge in direct bookings during the COVID-19 pandemic following an analysis of its booking data.  

AirDNA Reveals the 25 Best Places to Invest in Vacation Rentals in 2022

// By prnewswire.com // Short-term rental properties are now earning an average of 39% more annually than they were prior to the onset of the pandemic.  

£1bn fund for UK hospitality businesses unveiled

// By shorttermrentalz.com // UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1 billion fund for hospitality and leisure firms affected by the Omicron variant

Airbnb and Vrbo Start Sharing Information on Party House Offenders

// By skift // The party house problem is a persistent one in the short-term rental industry. The more industrywide collaboration the better.

Paris Squeezes Short-Term Rentals With New Restrictions

// By skift // Airbnb and competitors continue to feel the pressure from large European cities that are committed to seeing traditional commerce survive, especially after Covid

New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government

// By lettingagenttoday.co.uk // The UK government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used for holiday and short lets.  

From survival to revival: STRz 2022 predictions

// By shorttermrentalz.com // After consecutive years of pandemic-induced turbulence, making short-term rental predictions for 2022 has arguably never been as challenging

AirDNA’s 2022 Forecast: U.S. Short-Term Rental Outlook Report

// By AirDNA // Predictions for the US short-term rental industry in 2022. Predictions are based on AirDNA’s library of over 10 million vacation rentals in 120,000 global markets, along with third-party data on economic performance

Airbnb’s design predictions for 2022, inspired by TikTok

// By airbnb // Airbnb has partnered with TikTok to identify new design trends for 2022. Looking at home decor buzzwords used by TikTok’s huge community of creatives, Airbnb has ranked the trends according to the number of times they appear on Airbnb listings.

Airbnb holiday lets could ‘invalidate insurance of other flats in the same block’, says councillor

// By https://nation.cymru // Property owners who have rented out their flat as a short-term holiday let could invalidate the insurance of the whole block it was part of, according to a Swansea councillor.  

Heatmap shows Cornwall areas with most second homes and holiday lets

// By: https://www.cornwalllive.com // The proliferation of second homes and holiday lets in Cornwall has been shown clearly on a new heatmap which indicates some areas have up to 71% of properties being used in that way.  

Britain's Best Holiday Let Crowned

// By sykescottages.co.uk // Properties were judged on a number of factors, including customer reviews, location and facilities on offer. Judges were also asked to consider if each property would be the first choice for holidaymakers looking for a staycation.

Autumn demand high for rentals in France

// By connexionfrance.com // Domestic and international travel is back on the agenda for many in France with rural locations and short-haul flights popular for half-term and November bank holiday breaks

UK food safety & hygiene legislation

// By: visitbritain.org // If you supply food or drink to holiday rental guests in the UK you must comply with the provisions of food safety and hygiene legislation

Above section pulls in the Jet Elements Posts Loop module, which allows you to specify which categories to show.

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If you wanted, you could show specific categories on the same page could be added pulling in only specific categories such as Links:France or Links:Regulatory or Links:Spain etc etc

Note: these links go to external websites, we can’t be held responsible for the content they publish.

OMG, Airbnb now has an 'OMG!' category

// By dailymail.co.uk // and here are 10 of the most amazing rentals it lists, from a ‘clothing optional’ yacht in Texas to a cow-shaped caravan in Suffolk.  

Spain starts rental crackdown which could see holidays cancelled

// By birminghammail.co.uk // Council chiefs are cracking down on illegal rents.  

Landlord turns holiday homes into long-term lets because he 'can't face young people'

// By mirror.co.uk // Robert Gray stands to lose three quarters of his rental income once he converts all three of the cottage he owns in Portscatho on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall  

Hostaway reveals latest US travel trends

// By shorttermrentalz.com // Vacation rental management software Hostaway has outlined five trends the company is observing across its platform ahead of the summer season.  

The role of insurance in the short-term rental sector

// By shorttermrentalz.com // STRz speaks to some of the industry leaders on the topic of the specialist insurance needs of the short-term rental sector.  

Airbnb Reorganizes Its Search Around Curated Categories

// By skift.com // Interesting new attempt by Airbnb to rethink how people search and discover on its product and likely to finally spur some innovation in travel search and booking.  

Cornwall may force holiday lets like Airbnb to be registered

// By cornwalllive.com // Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.  

Ireland mulls further restrictions on short-term rentals

// By shorttermrentalz.com // The Irish government is considering whether to further restrict the short-term letting of houses and apartments.  

Sykes's UK Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022

// By sykescottages.co.uk // Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.  

Using Airbnb For Bookings Just Got Even More Risky with New Refund Policy

// By vrmintel.com // Airbnb announced a change to its refund policy that has the potential to be disruptive for professional vacation rental managers and homeowners.  

Ukraine Airbnbs receive bookings in effort to get money to residents

// By theguardian.com // People are paying but not staying, as rental platform offers free housing to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.  

Travel and hospitality responds to Ukraine crisis

// By shorttermrentalz.com // The editorial team at IHM highlight the charitable efforts of travel and hospitality companies in response to the Ukraine invasion.  

Here, a Vacation Rental Investment Marketplace, Publicly Launches With $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding

// By businesswire.com // Here is on a mission to make investing in vacation rentals as easy as buying stocks.  

Wales clamps down on holiday lets with draconian new council tax rules

// By landlordzone.co.uk // The Welsh Government is to bring in its promised local tax rules for holiday lets to address the problem of unaffordable housing.  

Friends lose £6,000 after Ibiza villa owner ‘disappears’

// By theguardian.com // Group forced to cancel because of Covid but got only deposit and service fee back from booking site Vrbo.  

Vrbo report: 80 per cent of UK travellers confident of holiday in 2022

// By shorttermrentalz.com // Despite another challenging year for travel, families in the UK are feeling increasingly confident that they will be able to go on holiday to their favourite international holiday hotspots in 2022.  

Holiday rental direct bookings are on the rise

// By travolution.com // Hostaway has reported a sharp surge in direct bookings during the COVID-19 pandemic following an analysis of its booking data.  

AirDNA Reveals the 25 Best Places to Invest in Vacation Rentals in 2022

// By prnewswire.com // Short-term rental properties are now earning an average of 39% more annually than they were prior to the onset of the pandemic.  

£1bn fund for UK hospitality businesses unveiled

// By shorttermrentalz.com // UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1 billion fund for hospitality and leisure firms affected by the Omicron variant

Airbnb and Vrbo Start Sharing Information on Party House Offenders

// By skift // The party house problem is a persistent one in the short-term rental industry. The more industrywide collaboration the better.

Paris Squeezes Short-Term Rentals With New Restrictions

// By skift // Airbnb and competitors continue to feel the pressure from large European cities that are committed to seeing traditional commerce survive, especially after Covid

New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government

// By lettingagenttoday.co.uk // The UK government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used for holiday and short lets.  

From survival to revival: STRz 2022 predictions

// By shorttermrentalz.com // After consecutive years of pandemic-induced turbulence, making short-term rental predictions for 2022 has arguably never been as challenging

AirDNA’s 2022 Forecast: U.S. Short-Term Rental Outlook Report

// By AirDNA // Predictions for the US short-term rental industry in 2022. Predictions are based on AirDNA’s library of over 10 million vacation rentals in 120,000 global markets, along with third-party data on economic performance

Airbnb’s design predictions for 2022, inspired by TikTok

// By airbnb // Airbnb has partnered with TikTok to identify new design trends for 2022. Looking at home decor buzzwords used by TikTok’s huge community of creatives, Airbnb has ranked the trends according to the number of times they appear on Airbnb listings.

Airbnb holiday lets could ‘invalidate insurance of other flats in the same block’, says councillor

// By https://nation.cymru // Property owners who have rented out their flat as a short-term holiday let could invalidate the insurance of the whole block it was part of, according to a Swansea councillor.  

Heatmap shows Cornwall areas with most second homes and holiday lets

// By: https://www.cornwalllive.com // The proliferation of second homes and holiday lets in Cornwall has been shown clearly on a new heatmap which indicates some areas have up to 71% of properties being used in that way.  

Britain's Best Holiday Let Crowned

// By sykescottages.co.uk // Properties were judged on a number of factors, including customer reviews, location and facilities on offer. Judges were also asked to consider if each property would be the first choice for holidaymakers looking for a staycation.

Autumn demand high for rentals in France

// By connexionfrance.com // Domestic and international travel is back on the agenda for many in France with rural locations and short-haul flights popular for half-term and November bank holiday breaks

UK food safety & hygiene legislation

// By: visitbritain.org // If you supply food or drink to holiday rental guests in the UK you must comply with the provisions of food safety and hygiene legislation

Above section pulls in the Jet Elements Posts Loop module, which allows you to specify which categories to show.

So to add a new News link to an external source, use Posts (usually used for Blog articles).  The External Permalinks Redux plugin allows Post Titles to redirect to the external URL as above.  As these build up over time, you can create more ‘external link categories’ or define a few up front such as countries or topics. These categories show in the grey box, and clicking on them takes you to an archive list of all Link posts.

If you wanted, you could show specific categories on the same page could be added pulling in only specific categories such as Links:France or Links:Regulatory or Links:Spain etc etc