Where the DACH region's STR leaders connect

Meet the property managers, hosts, and innovators shaping short-term rentals across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The tools, trends, and strategies driving growth in the heart of Europe.

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Why SCALE

Not another conference
A growth engine for your business

Every detail is designed to deliver measurable value from who's in the room to what's on stage to what you take home.

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Actionable

24+

sessions over four years

Leave with a playbook, not just inspiration

Every session is designed around takeaways you can implement Monday morning. No fluff panels, no sponsor keynotes disguised as content.

Peer-driven

100%

operators

The room is the product

Operators managing 10+ units, tech founders, revenue managers — everyone in the room is building something real in DACH's STR market.

Market-specific

DACH

focused

Built for DACH, not generic

Local regulations, local pricing dynamics, local partnerships. Every talk and workshop is calibrated to what matters in DACH right now.

ROI-first

2

weeks to ROI

The ticket pays for itself

The right idea, the right connection or the right opportunity can deliver far more value than the cost of attending. That's the return on investment we aim to create at every Scale event.

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES

Looking back at all past editions

Since 2022, these events have helped shape the professional short-term rental community in France.

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Always watching

All the SCALE Radars for this market

Autonomous radars sweep official sources, OTAs and market data around the clock. Follow one and never miss the change that affects your business.

Regulation

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New laws, licensing rules, registration schemes, tourism taxes, court rulings, and enforcement actions in your markets.

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OTA Policy

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Airbnb, Booking, Vrbo, and Expedia policy, fee, ranking, and product changes that hit your listings.

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Market Pulse

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Supply, demand, ADR, occupancy, and booking-window shifts across your markets.

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Stack

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PMS, channel manager, dynamic-pricing, and vendor releases, outages, and integration changes.

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Pricing Window

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Demand-driving events and market swings that open a window to move your rates before rooms sell out.

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Competition

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New operators, new listings, and pricing moves from competitors in your markets.

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Deal

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M&A, funding rounds, and vendor deals that reshape the tools and platforms you rely on.

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Market Entry

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Signals that a market you don't operate in yet is opening up — regulation easing and demand building where you could expand.

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tax-reporting

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DAC7 platform reporting, VAT and ViDA changes, tourist tax rates and remittance rules, and registration thresholds in the countries you operate in.

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guest-compliance

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Traveller registration and police reporting duties, EES and ETIAS border changes, ID and data-collection rules, and restrictions on keyboxes and self check-in.

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platform-numbers

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Quarterly results and shareholder letters from Airbnb, Booking and Expedia — nights booked, ADR, take rate, and where they say demand is heading next.

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air-access

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New routes, seat-capacity changes, airline exits, and airport disruption affecting who can reach your market — and from where.

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macro-watch

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Central-bank rate decisions and currency swings that move financing costs and shift which source markets can afford your rates.

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The voices

Leading STR voices who joined SCALE

Operators, founders and industry leaders who bring real experience to the stage since 2022.

Sebastian Friedrich

Sebastian Friedrich

Geschäftsführer & Architekt

Umnutzung.de

Philipp Reuter

Founder & CEO

Stellar Trust

Constantin Schröder

Constantin Schröder

Co-founder

Arbio

Peter Ritsch

Head of Sales

b_smart

Alexander Limpert

Alexander Limpert

Co-founder & CEO

RentalReady & GuestReady

Elena Eberlein

Investorin

Like At Home

Simon Asanger

Head of Sales DACH

Smartpricing

Jennifer Campe

Senior Account Manager DACH

FeWo-Direkt

Johannes Siebers

Johannes Siebers

CEO & CoFounder

Holidu

Philipp Hahn

Head of Operations

FewoFlow

Karalina Zimbitskaya

CCO

Mastermind Tech

Nicole Richter

Market Team Manager

Booking.com

Hendrik Kuhlmann

Hendrik Kuhlmann

Geschäftsführer

BNB Pro Hosting

Daniel Künstler

Daniel Künstler

Solutions Consultant

PriceLabs

Christine Van Tübbergen

Christine Van Tübbergen

Geschäftsführerin

Immo-VT GmbH

Jan Minnier

Founder

Hostflow

Ira Rockman

CEO

Smiling House

Sebastian Gebel

Sebastian Gebel

Co-Founder

HostCircle

Lisa Komnick

Geschäftsführerin & Architektin

Moriya Rockman

Founder

Smiling House & Villa Tracker

Michelle Schwefel

Michelle Schwefel

Leiterin der Geschäftsstelle/Politische Kommunikation

Deutscher Ferienhausverband e. V. (DFV)

Simon Lehmann

Co-Founder / CEO

AJL Atelier

Marius Prinz

CEO

Cruwzo

Philipp Hartmann

Philipp Hartmann

Area Manager Germany

Booking.com

Vinayak C Mahtani

Vinayak C Mahtani

Chairman and Group CEO

bnbme

Bart-Jan Leyts

Founder

Autorank & Otamiser

Stefano Fusaro

Director of Operations

Full-Price

Ulrich Pillau

CEO & Founder

Apaleo

Alon Goldboim

Founder & CTO

Boom

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