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Recession-Proofing Your Vacation Rental Business

Sarah DuPre -
The short-term rental (STR) industry has shown incredible resilience over the past couple of years. Even since the beginning of this year, we have...
Business

Who Sold? Here’s What We Know: 2022 Vacation Rental Management Acquisitions

Amy Hinote -
There has been a recent whirlwind of acquisition activity in the vacation rental industry as national brands look to rapidly grow their portfolios. Although...
Business

2021/2022 Ski Destinations Showing Big Performance Gains in ADR and RevPAR for Vacation Homes and Condos

Melanie Brown -
The past few years have been extremely tumultuous for ski destinations in the Western United States. COVID-19 regulations, changing traveler trends, and dependence on...
Business

“It’s like a short-term rental regulation pandemic.” 2022 Spring Vacation Rental Regulatory Trends + Fall Outlook

Paris Achen -
More stringent short-term rental (STR) regulations have been gaining momentum at city councils and legislatures all over the country. “It’s like a short-term rental regulation...
Business

HR 2022: Attracting Today’s New Workforce after the Resignation Tsunami and the Great Renegotiation

Sue Jones -
It goes without saying that today’s workforce expects something different than before. Both job seekers and employees are reassessing their employment, becoming more selective...
COVID-19

5th Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, Feb 2: Why It Matters

Amy Hinote -
It only takes listening to a couple of earnings calls from publicly traded hospitality companies to know how important direct bookings are to hotels,...
Business

Simon Lehmann and Nicolas Galantini: Harnessing Industry Recovery

Simon Lehmann -
After 19 months of an unprecedented global pandemic, the travel industry—as a whole—has deeply suffered. However, recoveries across the travel industry have not all...
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COVID-19

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Predicts Travel Revolution: “Travel as we know it is never coming back.”

Amy Hinote -
At this week’s Skift Global Forum, Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky told an audience of travel providers that the world is experiencing a...
Business

Skift Founder and CEO Rafat Ali Discusses Upcoming Skift Global Forum, Sep 21-23

Amy Hinote -
Tuesday kicks off the annual Skift Global Forum at the TWA Hotel at New York’s JFK Airport, September 21 - 23. However, this year’s...
Business

Former Expedia and Airbnb Exec Shaun Stewart Shares Insight at Data and Revenue Management Conference

Amy Hinote -
In a keynote presentation at the 3rd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management (DARM) Conference last month, Shaun Stewart discussed the recent “seismic...
Business

The Industry Needs Your Feedback in Phocuswright’s 2021 Short-Term Rental Survey

Pete Comeau -
Short-term rentals in the US have been on a steady growth trajectory over the past decade. Since 2013, Phocuswright, a leading travel industry research...
Business

COVID-19’s Silver Lining: Growth of Property Technology in the Vacation Rental Industry

Lino Maldonado -
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed hardships on many throughout our society over the past year. Yet some of us might admit in hushed tones...
Business

New Vacation Rental Data Standards in a Post-Pandemic World

Melanie Brown -
Experts in many fields, from economics to health care, have referred to COVID-19 as an accelerator that escalated shifts in societal behavior. The pandemic...
Business

Will this Ever End: Yet Another Canadian Government Shutdown Has Property Managers Feeling like Groundhog Day

Heather Bayer -
Someone once told me that, to the majority of our US friends, Canada is like the attic in their homes. They know it’s up...
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Business

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

Amy Hinote -
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,...
COVID-19

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

Amy Hinote -
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.

Amy Hinote -
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...
COVID-19

How Property Managers Can Capitalize on New ‘Revenge Travel’ Trends

Rachel Tabellion -
The rebound of the travel industry in the United States is underway with guests around the country booking out vacation rentals for the summer...
Business

2021’s Latest Issue of VRM Intel Magazine is Here

Amy Hinote -
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,...
COVID-19

71% of Travelers in the US & Europe to Book a Vacation Rental in the Next 18 Months

Europ Assistance Group -
Key Takeaways • Vacation rentals are among the top choice above all other forms of accommodation for 78% of travelers, continuing even beyond the pandemic...
Business

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

Amy Hinote -
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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Business

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

Amy Hinote -
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

Ben Edwards: The Game Has Changed, and It’s Time to Focus on the Money

Ben Edwards -
Take everything you know about the vacation rental industry and throw it out the window. What’s up is down, and what’s down is up....
COVID-19

Operations Technology is Critical for Vacation Rental Managers in 2021 by Jeremy Gall

Jeremiah Gall -
As we enter 2021, it has become clear that vacation rentals are the preferred lodging for those looking to spend time away from home....
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