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  TruPlace and Barefoot Technologies Partner to Integrate Interactive Floor Plans into Property Management Software

  TruPlace, Inc., the number one provider of interactive floor plans in the vacation rental industry, is partnering...

  VRM Intel Staff January 30, 2015
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  Judge raises concerns over HomeAway suit against San Francisco’s Airbnb law

  SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge Friday raised concerns about vacation rental marketplace HomeAway’s challenge to...

  VRM Intel Staff January 27, 2015
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  Expedia purchases Travelocity for $280M

  As rumored, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced it has acquired Travelocity from Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) for $280...

  VRM Intel Staff January 23, 2015
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  Onsite Property Management Association Challenges Proliferation of Illegal Short Term Rentals

  OPMA Board approves efforts to battle unlawful business practices within the self-managed rental sector. In a major...

  VRM Intel Staff January 13, 2015
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  TruPlace Hires GTHY’s Rob Johnson and Brian Buck

  TruPlace, Inc., the largest provider of interactive floor plans in the vacation rental industry, today announced it...

  VRM Intel Staff January 12, 2015
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  Barefoot CEO Ed Ulmer looks ahead to 2015

  With over twenty years in the vacation rental management industry, Barefoot Technologies CEO Ed Ulmer has a...

  VRM Intel Staff January 5, 2015
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  5 Vacation Rental Marketing Technology Tools and Tactics to Consider for 2015

  From changing business models and technology to evolving consumer behavior, vacation rental marketers are challenged with keeping...

  VRM Intel Staff December 22, 2014
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  Dwellable rolls out online bookings, treats property managers to free VRMA membership

  Vacation rental listing app Dwellable is celebrating the beta release of their new online booking engine by...

  VRM Intel Staff December 16, 2014
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  10 Experts Predict Vacation Rentals In 2015

  In a recent article, Matt Landau, founder of the Vacation Rental Marketing Blog, interviewed vacation rental industry...

  VRM Intel Staff December 15, 2014
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  Top 20 vacation rental industry articles in 2014 on VRM Intel

  In 2014, VRM Intel has published over 300 articles for the professionally managed vacation rental industry. From...

  VRM Intel Staff December 7, 2014
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  Vacation Rental Pros acquires Beach Properties of St Augustine

  Last week Vacation Rental Pros, headquartered in Northwest Florida, purchased Beach Properties of St Augustine, adding 93...

  VRM Intel Staff December 3, 2014
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  Revenue Management Essentials for the Vacation Rental Industry

  By George Volsky -Revenue management is what we do to maximize profits. It is more complex for...

  VRM Intel Staff December 2, 2014
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  Kitchen Essentials Debate for Vacation Rental Homes

  A recent video about how to stock a vacation rental kitchen for holiday guests prompted us to...

  VRM Intel Staff November 19, 2014
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  Under the Hood with Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Sales

  Founded in 2008, Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Sales is one of the top vacation rental management...

  VRM Intel Staff November 19, 2014
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  Carl Shepherd weighs in on HomeAway suit against San Francisco’s Airbnb law

  Earlier this month HomeAway, the leading marketplace for vacation rentals in the U.S., sued the city of...

  VRM Intel Staff November 17, 2014
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  Steps for Getting Started with Big Data for Vacation Rental Managers

  Powerful data mining tools for vacation rental managers are being created (i.e. NAVIS) enabling you to analyze...

  VRM Intel Staff November 17, 2014
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  Revenue and Yield Management: Overcoming Challenges Unique To The Vacation Rental Industry

  By Doug Kennedy -As sales trainer for lodging companies of all types, my career allows me to...

  VRM Intel Staff November 17, 2014
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  Vacation Rental Pros acquires Lahaina Island Properties and more

  Ponte Vedra-based VacationRentalPros.com added more than 220 new properties to its portfolio through the acquisition of Lahaina...

  VRM Intel Staff November 13, 2014
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  Marketing Boot Camp Session Materials

  Amy Hinote of VRM Intel recently conducted a half day marketing boot camp for vacation rentals at...

  VRM Intel Staff November 13, 2014
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  VRHP Annual Conference Starts Monday

  The Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals has released the agenda for the 2014 National VRHP Conference in Charleston,...

  VRM Intel Staff November 7, 2014
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  Barefoot’s Yarbrough questions Brent Bellm about HomeAway’s closed communication initiatives

  Claiborne Yarbrough from Barefoot Technologies sat down with HomeAway COO Brent Bellm at the VRMA Annual Conference...

  VRM Intel Staff November 7, 2014
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  PM insight from HomeAway’s Third Quarter Earnings Call

  In HomeAway’s Q3 earnings call yesterday, CEO Brian Sharples made comments and answered questions that give some...

  VRM Intel Staff November 5, 2014
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  HomeAway sues San Francisco over Airbnb ordinance

  HomeAway, the nation’s largest vacation-home rental site, on Monday filed suit against San Francisco saying its new...

  VRM Intel Staff November 3, 2014
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  Q&A: LiveRez’s Tyler Hurst Running for VRMA Board Seat

  Tyler Hurst, Director of Sales and Marketing at LiveRez, is looking to serve on the VRMA Board of Directors....

  VRM Intel Staff October 23, 2014