Short Term Rentals Conference, South Africa
📅 Wed, 22 July 2026 | ⏰ 09:00 – 18:00 |📍 Taj, Cape Town | 🏷️ Limited (2) seats / company only
The STR Operator Working Day
Four organisations, one shared goal: better-run STR businesses in South Africa.
A day for property managers and operators in South Africa focused on managing, scaling & learning. Organized & Hosted by:
Why Attend ?
This conference is a closed-room, peer-first format, no expo floor, no pitch decks, no panels that exist to generate leads. Every session is designed so the people doing the work get the most out of it. The ground rule is simple: share, don’t sell.
You'll work through actual market signals for the season ahead — ADR, demand trends, pace & leave with a pricing decision, not just a chart.
The majority of stage time goes to operators at your scale. Panels, all practitioners, all designed for honest conversation not polished case studies.
South Africa short-term rental law stands, what's actually enforced, and what's coming so you can stop guessing & start acting.
No vendor recommendations. Just a room full of operators comparing notes and surfacing tools that are actually working.
Three operators — at 30, 80, and 200+ listings — talking about what broke, what they fixed, and what they wish they'd done sooner.
Agenda
08:30 - 09:00
Arrivals, Registrations & Networking
09:00 – 09:30
Welcome Note
Event Opening & Introductions by all Hosts.
09:30 - 10:20
Market Data, Trends and Strategies
Anant Singh | Head - Mid Market Solution Consulting and Sales Development at PriceLabs along with Ishan | Strategy Cues
10:20 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10
Strategically leveraging the South African Regulatory Landscape
Miguel Martins | SASTRA
11:10 – 12:00
Why Your Management Fee Is the Least Profitable Thing You Charge
A session by Dean McLuckie, Director & Founder at LekkerGuest
12:00 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:45
Your tech stack + AI workflows + Revenue experts = margins you've never seen before.
A session by Strategy Cues
Speakers:
Samruddhi Waghchaure, Product Manager, Strategy Cues
Tejas Halbe, Director, Strategy Cues
13:45 – 14:25
Listing optimization: how do top operators do it?
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Athul Mohan | PriceLabs
Speakers include Airbnb
14:25 - 14:45
Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:25
Scaling pain: 30 → 50 → 100+ listings
Panel Discussion with STR Operators
15:25 – 15:45
Closing: what we heard today
A recap of the day.
15:45 onwards
Networking Drinks
Thats all for the day!
What you walk away with
One specific pricing decision for the winter season, plus the metric you’ll track to know if it worked
A clear list of any compliance gaps in your operation, plus a SASTRA contact for follow-up
At least one guest-screening tactic to test in your next 5 bookings
2–3 specific changes to make to your Airbnb listings this week
A sharper view of the bottleneck about to hit your business as you scale
A concrete short-list of next moves and at least one new peer contact
Speakers
Anant is Head of Mid-Market Solution Consulting at PriceLabs, working closely with hosts and property managers in the 5–50 listing segment. With a background deeply rooted in the STR industry, he specialises in building strong client relationships and helping them cut through the complexity of pricing decisions.
Athul Mohan is an experienced professional at PriceLabs, a leading revenue management platform for the vacation and short-term rental industry. He currently serves as the Market Manager for MEA & Asia and leads Global Franchise Partnerships.
Dean McLuckie is a South African entrepreneur and founder of Euphoric Leisure, a leading premium short-term rental management company. Drawing on years of industry experience, he also created LekkerGuest, a platform designed to help hosts manage guest risk with greater confidence and peace of mind.
With 15+ years in hospitality, Ishan has led revenue management, distribution, and operations for 2,200+ short-term rental listings across global markets. His expertise lies in building high-performing teams, optimizing revenue, and creating scalable systems that drive sustainable portfolio growth.
With 12+ years in IT, Samruddhi leads AI integration, digitalization, and automation initiatives that streamline operations specifically for the short-term rental industry. She combines enterprise technology expertise from Tech Mahindra, Infosys, and Zensar with innovative solutions for guaranteed scalable growth.
With 21+ years in hospitality, Tejas has built and scaled high-
performing short-term rental portfolios by leading property
onboarding, expanding OTA distribution, optimizing operations,
and implementing growth strategies that increase market reach
and revenue.
Miguel is a former Banker of 25 years, having headed up the Property Investment & Wealth portfolio. Miguel is currently the owner of a portfolio of STR across Johannesburg and Cape Town. He is a founding member and a Director at the SASTRA.
Thank you to all partners and speakers of this event.
