How Tabas increased occupancy by 30% for their designed apartments with Rentals United’s Airbnb connection
Tabas is a Global property management company part of Bluground focused on designed-led living apartments in key global cities
| N of properties connected | 500+ |
| Headquarter Location | Brazil |
| Tech Used | Rentals United + API Integration |
| Website | Visit Now |
Challenges
Get multiple properties listed on Airbnb efficiently using promotions and discounts.
Manual overload. Automate operations and focus resources on business growth
Improve workflow and boost occupancy with clear visibility into overlapping offers.
We use Rentals United to manage the integration of our various properties and our sales channels. The connection with Airbnb, in particular, has been excellent. The platform greatly facilitates our daily work, bringing great efficiency and clarity to the process. The team's support is always very attentive and prompt.
Results
By connecting Airbnb through Rentals United, Tabas transformed how they manage and scale their 500+ property portfolio. Occupancy increased by 30% during periods with active strategic discounts, while cancellation rates—especially from early bookers—dropped notably. Automation replaced hours of manual updates, saving the team significant time and eliminating the need for extra staff.
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listing sites connected30%
Occupancy Rate increase20%
Seasonal pricing optimization
The Tabas story
As with all great hospitality ventures, Tabas was born from a simple but powerful vision: to transform how people experience the most global, dynamic cities through design-led living spaces that adapt to any traveler’s needs.
Tabas set out to create something different, apartments that could seamlessly accommodate a solo traveler spending one night in a historic city center just as comfortably as a family enjoying a month-long stay in a modern neighbourhood. The company’s founders understood that flexibility wasn’t just a nice-to-have feature; it was the foundation of their entire value proposition.
Determined to deliver exceptional experiences at scale, Tabas steadily expanded their portfolio across key cities, curating over 500 thoughtfully designed apartments that blend style with functionality.
What began as straightforward discount management on Airbnb evolved into something far more complex, a time-consuming tangle of: manual updates, zero visibility into promotion performance, and mounting concerns that profitability was slipping through the cracks.
But as their collection grew, so did an unexpected operational challenge.
The Challenge
Here’s where things got complicated: managing promotions directly through Airbnb meant Tabas was stuck in an operational bottleneck.
- Manual overload. Every single property demanded individual attention for discount setup. No bulk editing. No shortcuts. Just repetitive, time-draining work multiplied by hundreds of listings.
- A performance black hole. Active discounts existed somewhere in the system, but tracking which ones actually moved the occupancy needle? Nearly impossible. Understanding ROI on promotions felt like guesswork.
- The overlap risk. Without clear visibility into how different offers stacked against each other, profit margins were playing a dangerous game.
The Solution
In their search for a way to scale promotions without sacrificing control, Tabas discovered Rentals United’s professional connection for Airbnb, as the operational reset needed to scale efficiently.
Having evaluated various solutions and recognizing the need for centralized management across their growing portfolio, Tabas took the leap and the results validated that confidence immediately.
The integration allowed them to simplify operations, while doubling their earnings.
The ability to manage promotions such as New Listing promotions, Non-refundable discounts more efficiently has a clear impact on revenue.
The centralized control became invaluable for the team to work effectively, as they no longer needed to hop between platforms or manually update hundreds of individual listings.
According to the Tabas team, Rentals United’s integration delivered the transparency they’d been missing, with built-in guardrails preventing accidental margin erosion and excessive markdowns.
The platform’s streamlined workflows dramatically reduced time spent on manual updates, freeing the team for strategic decisions. Most importantly, Tabas could now fine-tune discounts seasonally (12-15% during high season, 20% in low season), balancing profitability with occupancy in ways that were simply impossible before.
Data and Analytics gave transparency meant no more accidental margin erosion; every discount strategy now had built-in guardrails to protect revenue while still driving bookings.
When Tabas paused their Early Bird discount as a test, occupancy plummeted from 70% to 40%. The moment they reactivated it? Occupancy bounced back.
Bottom line: this strategy wasn’t optional, it was essential.
In another experiment, a 30% discount on 15+ day stays triggered a surge in long-term bookings at one property. After analyzing the results, they refined it to 20%, protecting margins while maintaining strong demand.
The Results
Since implementing Rentals United’s connection to Airbnb Tabas achieved measurable results across their 500+ property portfolio:
- 30% occupancy increased when strategic discounts were active versus inactive periods.
- Cancellation rates dropped significantly, particularly among early bookers.
- Operational time saved substantially on manual updates that previously consumed hours across hundreds of listings. According to the Tabas team, without this integration, they would have needed additional staff members to manage promotional tasks that now take seconds.
- Seasonal pricing optimization (12-15% discounts in high season, 20% in low season) now protects profitability while maintaining strong occupancy across multiple buildings.
- Revenue forecasting improved with fewer cancellations disrupting projections.
As Tabas continues expanding across some top cities, Rentals United supports their vision of delivering flexible, design-led stays to every type of traveler.
Tabas didn’t just streamline their Airbnb promotions, they transformed how they scale. Higher occupancy, protected profitability, and dramatically reduced manual work? That’s the competitive advantage portfolio managers dream about.