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Upcoming battleground puts a spotlight on revenue management technology in the short-term rental sector

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Over the last two years, the short-term rental (STR) industry has exploded with increased consumer demand and a large amount of media attention resulting...
Business

3rd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference: Session Descriptions by Time (Data, Revenue Management, Marketing, and Executive)

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3rd Annual Vacation Rental DARM Conference (vrdarm.com) August 16 - 18, 2021 Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC  Click here for a printable PDF on the DARM...
Business

NAVIS Purchased in Private Equity Rollup under Hotel Marketing Platform Revinate

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In an email to its clients today, NAVIS announced that it has been purchased by Serent Capital as part of a rollup under the...
Business

Professional Vacation Rental Marketers are Heading to Charleston for a Post-Covid Look into the Future, Aug 17 – 18

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Professional vacation rental marketers looking to the future are predicting a rapidly changing competitive landscape. After hearing from these executives, a substantive marketing track...
Business

Industry Veteran and Rented CCO Cliff Johnson Departs Vacation Rental Industry to Join Realtor.com

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Rented CCO Cliff Johnson has resigned from his role to join Realtor.com as vice president of new homes, category manager. In his new role...
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Software veteran Kimberly Lang to Lead Inhabit IQ’s Vacation Division

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Inhabit IQ, a collective of tech-forward products serving the residential, commercial and vacation rental management industries, announced today that Kimberly Lang has joined the...
Business

Sarah and T Podcast releases its 100th episode—and it matters

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The Sarah and T Podcast dropped its 100th episode today, and enterprise-level vacation rental managers are better for it. Currently in its fifth season,...
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VTrips acquires Resort Collection, among others, expanding to 3,000 properties

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VTrips announced its acquisition of Resort Collection and its 800 properties on June 1, 2021. Resort Collection is one of the most well-established and...
News

VRM Intel at Skift Short-Term Rental Summit

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Thank you to Skift for having us at this year's Short-Term Rental and Outdoor Summit.  Here are the slides from my presentation about trends and...
News

VRM Intel at GNEX Conference

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Thank you to Paul Mattimoe for having us at this year's GNEX Conference and for the opportunity to learn more about the vacation ownership...
COVID-19

Airbnb CEO Acknowledges Vacation Rentals in Last Week’s Earnings Call: “We welcome all hospitality providers on Airbnb.”

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Over the last two weeks, investors heard from CEOs at both Airbnb and Expedia/Vrbo about their first quarter performance. According to Airbnb's CEO Brian...
COVID-19

Expedia CEO Peter Kern Discusses Vrbo Performance: Vrbo hosts make more than Airbnb hosts on average.

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During the last two weeks, investors heard from CEOs at both Airbnb and Expedia/Vrbo about 2021's first quarter performance. For those who smartly opted...
Business

VRM Execs and GMs: The Industry Needs Your Feedback in this 2021 Short-Term Rental Industry Survey by Phocuswright

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By Pete Comeau, Managing Director, Phocuswright Short-term rentals in the US have been on a steady growth trajectory over the past decade. Since 2013, Phocuswright,...
Business

2021’s Latest Issue of VRM Intel Magazine is Here

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The 2021 Spring-Summer VRM Intel Magazine is here, and this issue is packed with articles for vacation rental professionals about staffing, marketing, business, technology,...
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Passing the Torch: Meyer Vacation Rentals Transfers Ownership To The Next Generation

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Sheila Hodges, owner of SH Enterprises Inc. and Meyer Vacation Rentals, announced today that she is transferring ownership of the company to her daughter...
Business

Meredith Lodging Sues Vacasa in US District Court Alleging Vacasa is Contacting its Homeowners with False and Misleading Info

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Oregon-based vacation rental management company, Meredith Lodging, has filed a false advertising and defamation complaint against Vacasa alleging that Vacasa is contacting Meredith’s homeowners...
Business

What Investors Don’t Understand about the Short-Term Rental Industry

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Outside investment has been pouring into the short-term rental industry for the last seven years with increasing intensity, but on the heels of Airbnb’s...
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Key Data Acquires Pre-Market Startup Demand IQ to Add Demand Data to its Booking Data

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Key Data has acquired DemandIQ, a technology product designed to capture real-time, forward-looking traveler demand data. Demand IQ was founded in 2020 by Amber...
Business

Recent Investments and Acquisitions in the Vacation Rental Industry: How They Affect Local Management Companies, and Where Does the Industry Go from Here?

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News of acquisitions and investment in the vacation rental industry has been pouring in since Airbnb’s IPO: Vacasa buys TurnKey, Telluride’s Latitude 38, and...
Business

Vacasa Buys Turnkey—Finally

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Vacasa, the largest vacation rental management platform in North America, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire TurnKey Vacation Rentals, a leading...
Business

Rent Responsibly Announces Five Founding Partnerships to Bring Alliance-Building and Advocacy Tools to More Vacation Rental Markets

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Rent Responsibly, a community-building platform for local vacation rental alliances, announced today the launch of five new partnerships across the industry. Expedia Group, Breezeway,...
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Takeaways from Airbnb’s First Earnings Call as a Publicly Traded Company

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Yesterday, Airbnb held its first earnings call as a publicly traded company following the release of its Q4-2020 financials. For vacation rental managers listing...
Business

Streamline Increases Software Prices for Some, Leading to Larger Questions Around Tech Strategies for VRMCs

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Over the last two weeks, VRM Intel has received several reports that Streamline Vacation Rental Software is notifying some of its vacation rental management...
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Expedia CEO Talks Vrbo: We ‘Removed Vrbo from Google’s Vacation Rental Meta Product’

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During today’s Expedia Group earnings call, CEO Peter Kern and CFO Eric Hart told its investors that Vrbo provided a bright spot for the...
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