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![Global name joins short lets trade body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member. Available in 43 languages...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Short lets industry backs government register scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets trade body reveals its first chief executive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive. Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Short Let trends under the microscope in London](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets trade body gets boost from high profile new member](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
Travel Chapter, one of the UK’s largest holiday lettings firms specialising in self-catering accommodation, has become the latest organisation to join...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Airbnb controls are condemned by trade body](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent group joins short lets body to access corporate tenants](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - typical Airbnb rate in London as short-let sector rebounds](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Call for short lets classification to be ‘amateur’ and ‘commercial’](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets sector bounces back from Covid trough](/img/default/lat.png)
London’s short lets sector has bounced back from the Covid shutdowns and is now stronger than hotels and serviced apartments. That's the result...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb/Short Lets sector confident of quick recovery from pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets trade bodies’ conference to be held this autumn](/img/default/lat.png)
The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short lets will be first rental sector to recover post-pandemic - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets body reinstates ‘TrustedStays’ for NHS and key workers](/img/default/lat.png)
Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets body wants public cash for lost lockdown income](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short lets glut prompts discount offer for NHS and key workers](/img/default/lat.png)
The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![So just how important IS the short lets rental sector?](/img/default/lat.png)
Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets group demands public cash to survive Covid crisis](/img/default/lat.png)
The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![We Need Public Cash - short lets sector appeals directly to Sunak](/img/default/lat.png)
The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets: boost in membership for fledgling trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short let sector prepares to re-open with rigid cleaning protocols](/img/default/lat.png)
The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb support firms want to offer credit notes not cash refunds](/img/default/lat.png)
The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets trade body recruits 14 new members despite virus battering](/img/default/lat.png)
The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![800 short let properties given over to NHS staff with more to come](/img/default/lat.png)
A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets should be regulated in line with rest of rental sector - call](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Help for self employed agents and new lettings info: Conquering Corona](/img/default/lat.png)
Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets shouldn’t have to give cash refunds, says new trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and short-lets support firm collapses with huge debts](/img/default/lat.png)
Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets supporters push back against possible restrictions](/img/default/lat.png)
The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and other short-lets: Trade body wants proportionate regulation](/img/default/lat.png)
A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Accreditation bid to boost standards of Airbnb and other short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...