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Monday 30 November, 2020
TOP STORY
Shortyz 2021 entries platform goes live tomorrow
The platform for submitting entries for the 2021 Shortyz Awards will go live via a "Submit Entries" link on our event website here at midday tomorrow.
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Editor's comment
30•11•20 Welcome to the latest ShortTermRentalz newsletter!
• There was encouraging news this week that short-term rentals in three key US cities showed substantial month-to-month performance growth and posted higher occupancy than hotels, while in England, London recorded its highest occupancy level since February.
The data from Smith Travel Research [STR], which is expanding its benchmarking offerings into single- and multifamily short-term rental samples, highlights that short-term rentals will be a preferred accommodation type for more travellers post-Covid. A joint analysis by STR and AirDNA four months ago revealed that rentals had outperformed hotels in occupancy rates in 27 global markets during the pandemic, and travellers will opt for longer-term stays for the foreseeable future if they need to quarantine as booking lead times nosedive.
While optimism grows for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines ahead of the holiday season, guests will continue to seek accommodation where they can effectively self-isolate and stay for longer periods of time, as will be the case in England where lockdown restrictions ease slightly in many parts of the country this week.
Shortyz Awards 2021
• I'm delighted to announce the entry period for The Shortyz 2021 will open tomorrow, ahead of our second awards ceremony on 22 April 2021. Short-term rental professionals will be able to submit entries for as many of our 18 awards as they wish through the Shortyz website here when the link to our Award Force entries platform goes live at midday GMT on Tuesday. The deadline for entry submissions will be Sunday 21 February 2021 at 23:59 GMT.
The new categories for 2021 are:
- UK Staycation Award
- Best holiday or home exchange platform
- Best leisure property management company
- Best urban property management company
- Innovator / Disruptor Award
- Courage in Adversity Award
Watch the highlights reel from our inaugural Shortyz Awards in March 2020 here.
• Don't forget to sign up to our Trendsetters webinar this coming Thursday 3 December [4pm GMT], sponsored by Party Squasher by BlueZoo. The session will expand on the major trends I am forecasting for 2021 in my predictions piece, which will be published following the webinar, and is not to be missed.
Joining me for the webinar will be:
• Bob Garner, owner, Casal Dei Fichi
• Vered Raviv Schwarz, president and COO, Guesty
• Jeremy Gall, founder and CEO, Breezeway
• Bill Evans, CEO, Party Squasher by BlueZoo
Register for this essential conversation here.
As part of IHM's Trendsetters week, sign up to our Serviced Apartment News trends webinar on Tuesday 1 December here and our Boutique Hotel News trends session on Wednesday 2 December here.
If you have a story you want us to tell the industry, please click here or contact me at my email below.
Paul Stevens, editor
paul@internationalhospitality.media
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