Vaycaychella (VAYK) has announced a strategic partnership with an Airbnb investing group to launch a comprehensive service solution for short-term rental hosts.

SnappStay officially launched its short-term rental platform Friday (March 14).The company aims to compete with other vacation rental platforms by offering a user-friendly interface, a streamlined booking process, and lower fees that enable guests to pay less and property owners to keep more of their earnings, according to a Friday press release.“As a host myself, I saw firsthand the challenges of high service fees cutting into earnings,” SnappStay founder and CEO Patrick Davis said in the release. “We created SnappStay to provide a fair and transparent marketplace where homeowners can maximize their revenue, and travelers can book accommodations without unnecessary costs.”The SnappStay app is now live on the Google Play store and Apple’s App Store, and the platform has listings in New York, Paris, London, Dubai and Sydney, according to the release.Short-term rental platform Airbnb said in February that it is investing in refining its mobile app, streamlining the booking process and offering a more tailored experience.“We want the Airbnb app to be similar to Amazon, in that you only need one place to go,” Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said Feb. 13 during the company’s quarterly earnings call. “We’re going to start with things adjacent to travel. This goes along with our product optimization. We have 5 billion visitors a year to Airbnb

The secrecy surrounding the official relaunch of Airbnb’s Experiences product is starting to lift.In a sponsored post Tuesday in the email newsletter of tours and activities media and events brand Arival, the short-term rental giant called for operators, guides and experience providers to complete a form showing their interest to be listed on the platform. The company also outlined new features that will be part of its Experiences product, including API integrations, the ability to have co-hosts and team management and simplified listing creation. And the post said the company is welcoming licensed tour guides and attraction-based experiences, but criteria include a maximum group size of 15 and experiences must be fully-guided. Airbnb is expected to unveil full details of its new Experiences product at its "Summer Release" event in May, but the company has been giving clues for several months