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Queensland Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program 2025
Queensland’s Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program is back in 2025, and HomHero is proudly an approved provider. The TBDAP offers over 1,000 small and medium sized businesses a rebate of up to $2,500, plus free support to improve your digital capabilities. For new Homhero customers: This $2,500 rebate can be received for HomHero platform fees …
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STRive Auckland 2025 Conference – eScooter Giveaway Winner
The STRive series of Short Term Rental industry conferences are fast becoming one of the hottest events of the year. The HomHero team recently returned from the Auckland event, experiencing two days jam-packed with industry masterclasses and inspirational discussions from a hand-picked selection of the STR industry’s most esteemed professionals. At the conclusion of the …
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Airbnb’s Listing Quality API : Receive Important Notifications Immediately
In close collaboration with the Airbnb team, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new feature within Homhero – the Airbnb Listing Quality and Host Notifications Report. This new HomHero functionality is powered by the latest version of Airbnb’s Notifications API, enabling our Airbnb Hosts to receive important alerts conveniently appearing directly within Homhero when Airbnb listing issues …
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Reduce Fraud with 3D Secure 2 Payments Powered by the Merchant Warrior Payment Gateway
We’re excited to announce that 3D Secure 2 payments are now available through our close collaboration with Australian payment gateway partner, Merchant Warrior. This added layer of security helps reduce fraudulent transactions resulting in fewer chargebacks for Property Managers, offering greater peace of mind for both you and your Guests. What are 3D Secure 2 Payments? 3D Secure is a …
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Homhero recognised as Vrbo Preferred Partner
For the fifth consecutive year, Homhero has been recognised as a Vrbo Preferred Partner for 2025! Vrbo (Vacation Rentals by Owner) is Expedia Group’s short term rental accommodation arm, housing popular holiday rental platforms in the ANZ region including Stayz.com.au and BookaBach.co.nz, each of which HomHero’s proprietary channel manager connects to directly. Vrbo recognises and …
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Announcing our ‘Here to Stay’ eScooter Competition Winner
The ASTRA Here To Stay 2024 conference is now done and dusted for another year. We always relish the chance to catch up with our existing clients in person, and to make new connections with property managers and potential partners. If you attended, we hope you got as much out if it as we did! …
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Understanding Length of Stay pricing: Insights from our Lunch & Learn session at Here To Stay conference 2024
In a recent session at the Here To Stay conference held in Brisbane, Australia, the Homhero team discussed the intricacies of Length of Stay (LOS) Pricing. The panel consisted of Homhero Co-Founders Kim Richardson and Hayden D’Arcy alongside experienced property manager Pete Smith, who shared insights and operational strategies for maximizing revenues using this pricing model. …
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Homhero To Sponsor ASTRA Here To Stay Conference 2024 + Exciting Surprise
Homhero is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Here to Stay 2024 Conference. This year’s highly anticipated annual ASTRA conference is to be held at the Sofitel Brisbane Central on the 28th and 29th of October, and is Australia’s flagship gathering for Short Term Rental industry professionals, with 500 guests expected to attend. Over …
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Inaugural Gold Coast VIP Event
Recently the Homhero team were delighted to share the sweeping views of the Gold Coast coastline and hinterland from the 78th floor of the Australia’s tallest building , the Q1. Just a stone’s throw from our Homhero’s headquarters, the team gathered with some of our most esteemed partners, clients and colleagues to soak in the …
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Western Australia’s Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) Register: 6 Things You Need To Know
With Western Australia’s Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (also known as DEMIRS) recently providing advice that it would follow a similar path to New South Wales’s STRA Register launched in 2021, the official launch of the WA STRA Register is fast approaching. To assist with this legislative change, Homhero is developing a registration interface to enable Western Australian property managers to enter registration details for their managed properties led by our Director of Technology Kim Richardson, with a target release date of October 2024.
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