Financial advisory: the Cosi Group welcomes Friendly Rentals!

Cosi Group acquires Friendly Rentals to expand its presence in Spain, one of its key target markets Cosi Group acquires Friendly Rentals Cosi Group, Germany's leading provider of short-term rentals using smart technology and driver of the new asset class Commercial...
Read more

“Humbled and grateful to see AJL Atelier recognised”: Simon Lehmann receives the Pioneer Award at the Shortyz 2021

"We were already so proud with just being nominated, but winning the Pioneer Award means such a great deal to us. It pushes us to do even more to accompany the industry's evolution." What it means for us to win the Pioneer Award   When we heard that we were...
Read more

Red Shoes Talks #12: The Road Ahead for Expedia Group & VRBO

In this 12th episode of Red Shoes Talks, the vacation rental and short-term rental podcast, Simon Lehmann is joined by Expedia Group / VRBO leaders Jeff Hurst, President & Co-Lead of Marketing at Expedia Group, President VRBO and by Kevin Locraft, VP Partner...
Read more

State of the nation: short-term rentals after 8 months of pandemic

Industry expert, Simon Lehmann, takes stock of the industry as it stands after the seismic shocks of 2020. ‘Staying home away from home’ has emerged as a valuable trend for short-term rentals and has fuelled the domestic markets, but if businesses are to grow in 2021...
Read more

VRWS 2020 Keynote by Simon Lehmann: profitability vs revenue, the road ahead for new business

AJL Atelier's very own Simon Lehmann was invited to the Vacation Rental World Summit 2020 to deliver a keynote on the right focus for property managers in this pandemic-impacted environment. His topic: profitability vs revenue, and why profit always takes precedence....
Read more

Whitepaper: why revenue is vanity and profitability is reality

The recent placement of Hostmaker under administration in the UK, lay-offs at Lyric and the media interest around OYO’s trouble to articulate extreme growth and profitability, is raising a lot of questions in the short-term rental industry. A lot of these questions...
Read more

Concentration in the vacation rental industry in 2020: what next

After a drive of consolidation in the industry during 2019, the pandemic has slowed things down. What’s the likely landscape by 2021? The state of the short-term rental industry right now The recent placement of Hostmaker under administration in the UK, lay-offs at...
Read more

From food chain to value chain: consolidation of short-term rental tech ecosystem

Why is the next wave of consolidation in short-term rental likely to be on the tech ecosystem, and what it will look like

Read more

The Compass: essential vacation rental reads

Welcome to The Compass, a collection of in-depth articles, solid analysis and expert commentary about the most important themes in vacation rental, short-term rental, travel and property industries. Published by the expert team of AJL Atelier.

Get full access to Compass

Subscribers are the first to read the newest vacation rental analysis, to be able to register to our events, as well as full access to our case-studies. It's free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Featured analysis from the Compass

Read our best analysis on the travel, rental and property industries, from in-depths dossiers to commentary on related news.

Looking for help with your business?

AJL Atelier is a vacation rental and business consultancy with a global reach. We already support many leading and emerging businesses in the short-term rental market.

Strategy consulting

We support you in crafting the most relevant strategy for your product and services.

Profitability solutions

Implement a profitable revenue management strategy by factoring in your costs

Performance optimisation

Assess your business to identify key areas of improvement

Financial advisory

Raise funds, optimise your finances or prepare exits, mergers and acquisitions

MEET THE TEAM
SEE OUR WORK
GET IN TOUCH