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Hostfully pushes past core PMS into guest screening, damage protection, and direct-booking revenue.

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◆Current state
Hostfully is a vacation-rental property management platform that has spent recent releases widening beyond day-to-day operations. The standout is Screen & Protect, a guest-screening and damage-coverage product that works across Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and direct bookings. Around it sits steady interface work: a redesigned Channels page, Inbox property-tag filters, an Integrations page refresh, and a new mobile Notifications page.
◆Where it's heading
Two threads run through the recent work. First, Hostfully is treating trust and safety as a product line with Screen & Protect rather than leaving risk to the host. Second, it is investing in direct bookings: the upgraded Direct Booking Site adds branding control, map-based discovery, and merchandised discounts, which reduces dependence on OTA channel fees. The parallel run of UX refreshes points to an effort to make multi-property operations less cluttered.
◆Prediction
Expect Screen & Protect coverage and the Hosting Quality Dashboard, both Airbnb-first today, to expand to the other channels Hostfully already syncs, and the phased Direct Booking Site rollout to finish across the customer base over the summer.

◆Recent moves

  1. 11d ago

    New Notifications Page in the Hostfully Mobile App 📱

    A dedicated mobile Notifications page with filtering, search, and swipe-to-read/delete actions. Part of the broader effort to make day-to-day operations manageable from the phone.

  2. 1mo ago

    The new "Property Tags" filter is now available in the Hostfully Inbox 🚀

    A Property Tags filter in the Inbox lets managers isolate guest message threads by property grouping. Incremental, but aimed squarely at operators running large tagged portfolios.

  3. 1mo ago

    The new Channels page is now live 🎉

    The redesigned Channels page groups distribution channels and surfaces connected-account counts, status toggles, and rate multipliers at a glance. Continues the platform-wide cleanup also seen in the Integrations page refresh.

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  4. 1mo ago

    New Product: Hostfully Screen & Protect 🚀

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    Screen & Protect is Hostfully's move into trust and safety as its own product line, sitting alongside the core PMS rather than bolting risk onto the host. It fits the arc of widening the platform's revenue surface beyond pure operations.

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  5. 2mo ago

    New Product: Hostfully Screen & Protect 🚀

    A duplicate record of the May 3 Screen & Protect launch — same announcement captured by a separate crawl. No new information; the canonical entry carries the analysis.

  6. 2mo ago

    Coming Soon: Direct Booking Site Upgrade 🚀

    The upgraded Direct Booking Site adds primary/secondary brand-color control, map-based property discovery, merchandised discounts, and a mobile-adaptive booking flow. A substantive step in Hostfully's push to grow direct bookings and cut OTA fee dependence, announced as a phased May rollout.

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