Holiday homes and unique stays are reshaping travel—and hosts can take practical steps to stand out on Booking.com. Jack Trainor from Booking.com shares how listing details, strong photos, guest reviews, flexible policies, and smart use of promotions can help your property get noticed and booked.

Most hosts are trying to choose between authenticity and scalability—Angie Armstrong proves you can build both. From a three-storey shipping-container stay in the outback to moonbathing on a vintage truck, she shares how Callubri Station transforms real farm life into a premium, all-inclusive experience. Kate Mather and Catherine Shields speak with Angie about turning a 150-year-old working farm into a memorable agritourism destination while preserving its character, managing the realities of remote hosting, and building a sustainable business around personal, high-touch experiences.

This episode is a fantastic chat with Yoav Tourel. Yoav wears two hats across this conversation, Managing Director APAC at Guesty and Chairman of ASTRA the Australian and New Zealand Short Term Rental Association.

For anyone wanting to dive into hearing about the Guesty app and what the the industry is up to across Australia, you need to take a listen.

Australian Tracey Northcott of Enfour, Tokyo Family Stays and Tracey Northcott Consulting, is a serial entrepreneur and multi-preneur based in Tokyo, Japan.

She is one of the most successful AirBnB hosts in Tokyo and also helps other hosts discover the true potential of their STR or AirBnb business maximizing their investment, enjoyment and hospitality standards.

A great episode so get the pen and paper ready!

At the top of her game in the holiday property design scene, Simone Matthews began with her own home on the NSW South Coast town of Gerringong and created an instant instagram smash hit.

These days she works on the most covetable high-end accommodation projects for clients plus her own designer residential developments.

Tara Larnach and her husband have been the caretakers of Simpson Cottage a wonderful sandstone stay for many years, built on the peninsula in stunning Bundeena, one hour south of Sydney.

We chat about marketing, the importance of PR, the benefits of working with the local community, and her curated cupboard plus so much more.

Dynamic pricing, photography, styling and investment tips. Dont miss this episode with two professional hosts that now work with other properties across the east coast of Australia.

A wonderful conversation with Louise Warren from Mt Hay Retreat. This covers all the 'how and why' of running a holiday property successfully. Louise touches on her award wins, her gems across surprising her guests across their stays and we chat about the importance of brand voice and AI moving forward.

Michelle Bishop from Bangalay Villas and Restaurant in the coastal town of Shoalhaven Heads shares her journey as an unexpected host from concept to a successful business within our tourism space.

Sharing tips and information across the business model, its a great episode and sharing the lessons along the way.

Join us to hear all the great information Felicity Stevens has on her journey as a sustainable host, the knowledge she has across this has made her an expert in the particular area of hosting. Its a great episode with so much information on the whys and hows of sustainability hosting.