STR Global Unlocked with Simon Lehmann

business · EN-US

Simon Lehmann talks to the people running short-term rental at scale. Operators, platform CEOs and investors, on the decisions that separate businesses that scale from ones that plateau. No panel-discussion politeness and no vendor pitches. Guests have included the co-founder of Vacasa, the president and CEO of Booking Holdings, and the founder of Holidu. The conversations go where the operating problems actually are: unit economics, distribution, AI, capital, and what breaks when you grow. Simon is a former CEO of Interhome, co-founder and chairman of Vacasa Europe, past president of Phocuswright, and sat on the HomeAway board before the IPO. He now advises operators, investors and hospitality technology vendors. New episodes every Tuesday. simonlehmann.net