EDITOR'S COMMENT
• Last week's Skift Short-Term Rental Summit in New York City was a fantastic opportunity to hear from and converse with a host of distinguished industry leaders. It was also exciting to co-moderate a session on 'Creating Smarter Regulatory Frameworks' with Srividya Kalyanaraman [Skift] alongside Tiffany Edwards [Coletta Consulting] and Merilee Karr [UnderTheDoormat Group / STAA]
I left New York on Thursday with a sense of cautious optimism for the future of a sector that has been resilient in the face of numerous obstacles in recent years, from the consequences of the pandemic to the enforcement of draconian regulations in certain markets and an increasingly volatile and unpredictable economic environment.
I wrote down my five key takeaways from the Summit here, covering everything from regulations to the investment landscape to the potential of AI, and growth in supply and inventory. If you attended the Summit or tuned into the livestream, do let me know what your primary learnings were from the event at my email address below.
The trip has fuelled me with even more excitement and anticipation for the launch of our own inaugural Short-Term Rental Summit in London on 18 October, also in partnership with Skift. Tickets are now available here.
• Our final STRz webinar before September addresses a prominent trend in the short-term rental industry - short and increasingly flexible booking windows. Join us on Wednesday 28 June [5pm BST] for 'Thriving in Short-Term Booking Windows', a session being sponsored by Whimstay - book your virtual tickets now at this link.
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