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Amy Hinote is the founder and editor-in-chief of VRM Intel Magazine, which provides news, information and resources for the professionally managed vacation rental industry. With a background in finance and over 15 years in the vacation rental industry, Hinote has worked with property management companies, technology companies, intermediaries and investors, and provides insider information about the growing vacation rental industry. She also founded the data company, now known as Key Data Dashboard, which provides aggregated market intelligence and reporting for vacation rental managers. Hinote resides between Alabama's Gulf Coast and Evanston, Illinois.
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Catching up with the FOCKers. Latest from OTA leaders: Fogel, Okerstrom, Chesky, and Kaufer

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Over the last several years, four CEOs have led online travel agencies (OTAs) in feeding the top of the consumer funnel for alternative accommodations...
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How did Booking.com rate your properties? New classification system gives vacation rentals a star rating

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Property managers and homeowners using Booking.com who haven't checked the site lately might be surprised to find a star rating on their property listings. Booking.com...
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Beyond Pricing Raises $42.5M to Expand Pricing Tool Technology for Vacation Rental Managers

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Beyond Pricing, the vacation rental industry's largest provider of revenue management tools, announced today that it has raised $42.5 million to execute on a...
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Key Data Dashboard partners with PriceLabs

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Today Key Data Dashboard announced the first partnership of its kind with PriceLabs, integrating comparative source data for vacation rental professionals with pricing technology...
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GSV-led technology rollup in vacation rental industry rebrands and names new leadership team

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This week, Knoxville-based Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) announced to its Vacation Brands and Property Brands teams that it has combined its short-term and long-term...
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North Carolina’s Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands take brunt of US impact from Hurricane Dorian

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Vacation rental managers from Miami northward up the Atlantic Coast to Delaware worked to prepare for slow-moving Hurricane Dorian. However, few believed that North...
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A Basic Primer on Short-term Rentals with a Cheat Sheet and Checklist of Considerations for City Officials

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An increasing number of municipalities are looking for the best way to regulate short-term rental regulations, and elected officials are understandably confused about how...
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Win 2 VIP Tickets to the Vacation Rental World Summit in Lake Como, October 5-6 by Sharing Your Best #BookDirect Strategy

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We are looking for innovative and/or proven strategies property managers and hosts are using get more direct bookings. Share your best tactic, idea, or strategy...
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Vacation Rental Software Advisory Group (VSAG) Addresses Technology Needs for Enterprise-Level Property Management Companies

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Recently, dozens of large vacation rental managers and technology providers gathered before the second day of the Data and Revenue Management Conference for an...
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2019 Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference Photos and Videos

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The first Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference is in the books, and we wanted to share some photos from the event along...
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Takeaways from the 2019 Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference

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Last week’s inaugural Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference provided a giant first step for the industry in utilizing comparative data, discussing optimal...
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Revenue Management Glossary for Vacation Rentals

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Revenue Management in the vacation rental industry is a discipline that is growing and developing at a fast pace. At VRM Intel, we collaborated...
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HomeAway Software Consolidates Software Systems: Migrating V12 and YesBookIt Users to Escapia

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This week, HomeAway Software announced to its property management (PM) software clients that it plans to migrate users to one common system, as the...
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Message to Vacation Rental Management Companies: Don’t Give Up

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The vacation rental industry may be changing, but now is not the time to give up At VRM Intel, we receive regular emails and calls...
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Vacasa CEO Eric Breon Discusses Plans to Purchase Wyndham VR for $162M

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Vacasa and Wyndham Destinations announced today that they have entered into an agreement under which Vacasa will purchase Wyndham Vacation Rentals for approximately $162...
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Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference to be held in Atlanta, August 6-7

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Update: We just added a few more seats to the previously sold out inaugural Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference at the Atlanta...
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TurnKey Vacation Rentals raises $48M and looks to package and sell its technology to vacation homeowners and small property managers

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TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today it has secured $48 million in funding, bringing the total amount of capital raised to date to $120 million....
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Summer 2019: Vacation Rental Performance in NC, SC, AL and FL Panhandle

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Average Daily Rates Are Up, But Overall Occupancy Rates Are Down At VRM Intel, we have been a long-time strong advocate for comparative data in...
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GSV’s “Vacation Brands” Acquires Majority Stake in iTrip, Going Head to Head with Property Management Companies

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Yesterday, iTrip executives announced to employees that a majority stake in the company has been acquired by Vacation Brands, the private equity funded vacation...
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Vacasa to Acquire Sea to Sky Rentals: Founder Michelle Acquavella Shares Reasons Behind the Sale and What is Next

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Vacasa announced that it will acquire Seattle-based Sea to Sky Rentals and take over the management of its 85 properties in Seattle, Stevens Pass,...
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GSV initiates technology rollup in the vacation rental industry, including LiveRez, Streamline, VRM, Bluetent, and more.

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Tennessee-based private equity firm Greater Sum Ventures (GSV)—partnering with Insight Venture Partners—has been steadily rolling up large technology companies in the vacation rental industry,...
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Google Adds Vacation Rentals to Hotel Search

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Google has officially jumped into the vacation rental industry, leading to both excitement and trepidation among rental providers. To be quite candid, much is unknown....
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Who Are We? The Consequences of the Expanded Scope of the “Private Accommodations” Industry

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The Scope of the Vacation Rental Industry has Broadened, Forever Changing the Playing Field for Property Managers If it seems like the vacation rental industry...
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HomeAway Software Trends Report Reveals What Vacation Rental Managers Need to Know in 2019

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Over the past two years, the vacation rental industry has continued to evolve rapidly. HomeAway Software recently published its 2019 US Vacation Rental Trends...
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