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Turnkey Vacation Rentals makes Austin’s A-List of the Hottest Startups

Austin, TX --Last week at the 2014 State of Innovation event, Turnkey Vacation Rentals, an Austin-based vacation rental marketing and management company, was recognized...

Should Executive Housekeepers Be Licensed? with Pro Resort’s Steve Craig

By Steve Craig, ProResort Housekeeping I think every vacation rental Executive Housekeeper should be licensed. First of all... They are responsible for multi-million dollar properties that could be easily damaged...

Reservation agents are your front line: How to coach a winning team with Michelle Marquis

By Michelle Marquis, NAVIS VP Marketing and Strategic Initiatives Good coaching brings out the best in your “players.” I revealed NAVIS’ BIG THREE secrets to supercharged...

Resort Realty acquires Hatteras Island’s Colony Realty VR operations

When Resort Realty's CEO Mike Harrington expanded operations to Hatteras Island in February of this year, he recognized the opportunity saying, "We feel there...

What is a virtual tour, floor plan tour, 360 tour, etc.?

Virtual tours, 360's, Panoramas, floor plan tours…the terminology used to describe ways to showcase properties online can be unclear and confusing. VRM Intel decided...

Employee IT Use & Abuse Policy – Retain Control, Reduce Liability

By Tom K Your IT Resources are valuable tools used to operate and propel your business. If you want these tools to be respected, you...

RateCoaster releases dynamic rate tool for the vacation rental industry

RateCoaster produces Demand-Driven Pricing that automatically updates suppliers' management systems and in turn publishes to their own website and channels like Airbnb and Homeaway,...
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Turnkey Vacation Rentals acquires Coastline Adventures

AUSTIN, TX, May 5, 2014 — TurnKey Vacation Rentals today announced its acquisition of Coastline Adventures, a long-time Port Aransas, TX-based vacation rental manager. With...

TripAdvisor Acquires Vacation Home Rentals

NEWTON, Mass., May 1, 2014 -- TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP), today announced it has acquired Vacation Home Rentals, a Massachusetts-based vacation rentals website. Vacation Home...

FVRMA backed House bill passes Senate, now to Governor

Vacation rental owners appear to have fought off efforts to allow cities and counties in Florida once again to ban some types of short-term...

The big 3 secrets to supercharged call conversions with Michelle Marquis

The buzz at our annual leadership conference was all about data, and data is king. When it comes to data’s roll in reservation call...

Hotel industry plans attack on vacation rentals

Over the last decade the vacation rental industry's share of the lodging market rose from 8% to 20%, and online vacation rental bookings jumped from...

Seaside Vacation Rentals Acquires JoHank Rentals

Seaside Vacation Rentals on the Southern Coast of Maine announced its acquisition of JoHank Rentals, located in Wells, Maine. JoHank Rentals has a long standing...

HomeAway Q1: 8 things we learned from HomeAway’s earnings call

HomeAway's stock price fell April 28 to $32.60, down from $48.90 in February of this year. However in last week's earnings call HomeAway reported...
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Train Staff, Increase Team Spirit

By Tom K In my last article I mentioned the Lunch & Learn. Properly used, this little gem can help you train your staff and...

VRM Implements BookEasy Responsive Design

White Realty, a long-time Virtual Resort Manager client, has launched a new website built on the VRM's Responsive Web Design platform. The new site...

Is rate parity coming to the vacation rental industry?

What is rate parity? In short, “rate parity” is offering the same rate with the same conditions for a particular room type, regardless of the...

Exit strategy: Ensuring top dollar for your vacation rental management company

Over the last decade, vacation rental managers (VRM) have been directly impacted by a multitude of economic conditions including a deep recession, real estate...

Surpassing the competition, LiveRez’s Tracy Lotz remains committed to independence

802. 802 is the number of vacation rental management companies who have purchased LiveRez’s vacation rental management software platform as of April 9, 2014. Vacation...

Mountain Travel Symposium: Panel discusses rentals-by-owners

By Lauren Glendenning Websites like VRBO.com and Airbnb.com are giving discerning travelers an alternative to resort lodging in mountain destinations, but they’re also creating some...

Vacasa acquires Utah Vacation Homes

Portland, OR based property management company Vacasa Rentals recently purchased Utah Vacation Homes. Founded in 2009, fast-growing Vacasa manages over 700 vacation homes in the western U.S.,...
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HomeAway: Over $40M Sold -HomeAway execs Sharples, Shepherd, Buhrdorf, Hale et al. sell shares for $40M+

Updated: April 11, 2014 HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples has another significant chunk of stock for at least the fourth time in the past five weeks. Sharples acquired...

Do Interactive Floor Plans Impact Bookings?

TruPlace, the vacation rental industry's leading provider of interactive floor plans, recently commissioned VRM Intel to conduct a 3rd party study designed to determine...

Creating a Beautiful Bed -Vacation Rental Housekeeping

By Eva Whitney, Vacation Rental Home and Guest I joined the military right out of high school, and I learned very quickly how to make...

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