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Wyndham acquires Wimdu & 9Flats

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By Kevin May, Tnooz -- Something in the coffee over at Wyndham Worldwide, with its rental brand Novasol buying Wimdu and 9Flats – a pair that...
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Expedia Execs Discuss HomeAway Performance

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Last week, as part of its Q3 2016 earnings call, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and CFO Mark Okerstrom provided an update on HomeAway’s recent...
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Online User Experience: What You Can Learn From OTAs

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Listings sites such as HomeAway, Airbnb and Booking.com are continually investing in refining the user experience (UX), and there is much that both vacation...
Marketing

Airbnb tries to fight racism with rule changes

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By Tracey Lien -- Accused of doing too little to thwart discrimination on its short-term home rental platform, Airbnb announced policy changes Thursday that are intended...
Marketing

Diversifying Your Marketing Efforts: Vacation Rental Managers Can No Longer Afford to Put All of Their Eggs in the OTA Basket 

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By Heather Weiermann -- If you’ve ever heard the phrase “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket,” you will probably understand the idea of diversification...
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Booking.com: “Charging travelers is neither optimal for the customer, nor sustainable as a long-term business model.”

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An Inside Look at Booking.com: David Mau, Director of Product at Booking.com, talks to VRM Intel about their growth, pricing model, regulations and the importance...
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3 Ways to Overcome the Perception That OTAs Are Cheaper

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It’s all too easy to blame OTAs for shrinking profits by pointing fingers at their costly commissions and frustrating policy of withholding customer contact...
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Expedia Q2 Earnings: Revenues Fall Short Of Estimates

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By Adam Clark, Zacks.com -- Expedia Inc. (EXPE) just released its second quarter fiscal 2016 earnings results, posting earnings of $0.40 per share (excluding special items)...
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Airbnb Plans Dual Stock Sales to Push Off IPO

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WSJ -By Rolfe Winkler, Douglas Macmillan and Maureen Farrell - Airbnb Inc. lined up investors for a new funding round and an employee stock sale...
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LockState/Airbnb Partnership Featured on Denver’s Tech Tuesday

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KUSA - This week, Scott Yates and Gregg Moss sat down for the regular Tech Tuesday to discuss a Denver startup that aims to...
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Airbnb’s Discrimination Issues Not Going Away

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Airbnb has been all over the news lately, but this time not because of their high valuations, disruptive platform, uninhibited ability to raise capital,...
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HomeAway Takeaways from Expedia’s Q1 Report and Earnings Call

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The changes at HomeAway since Expedia’s acquisition of the company have caused significant buzz in the vacation rental industry. With changes in the subscription...
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Owners and Managers Report Drop-off in HomeAway Bookings and Inquiries

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"I have seen a 75% drop in page views over last year." "I have a calendar that is WIDE OPEN. for the first time ever." "Has...
Marketing

Is Airbnb a threat to Expedia and Priceline?

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Cowen & Co. analysts Kevin Kopelman and James Sullivan offered up a massive note summarizing findings from a survey of 1,400 travelers, which suggest...
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Marriott And Hilton Fight Back Against Priceline And Expedia

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Summary Higher commissions charged by Priceline and other OTAs have been a grudging point for hotel chains since the beginning. Hotel chains like Marriott and Hilton...
Marketing

HomeAway Didn’t Get A Google Penalty, SEO Drop is Self-inflicted

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BY CONRAD O'CONNELL, Digital Marketing Director at InterCoastal Net Designs (ICND) --Chatter recently came my way both from a few clients and on Twitter from Matt...
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Expedia on Homeway traveler fee: “We like what we see.”

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In yesterday's meeting with investors, Expedia took time to provide an update on activities related to their recent purchase of HomeAway. Expedia CFO Mark Okerstrom described...
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TripAdvisor stocks jump on acquisition rumors

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Buyout rumors making the rounds with traders have helped TripAdvisor log major gains over the last few days (+10%). Priceline has been mentioned as a...
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HomeAway CEO Addresses Traveler Fee Concerns

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HomeAway posted an open letter to property managers and homeowners yesterday addressing the addition of traveler fees for bookings on the site. In November, HomeAway...
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Snapshot of NYSE and NASDAQ Companies in the Vacation Rental Industry: EXPE, PCLN, TRIP and WYN

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As volatility continues to affect U.S. markets, stocks swing on turbulent oil prices, concern over global growth hit banks, and tech stocks continue to...
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Third Party Distribution Channels: The Changing Landscape of Third Party Booking Channels

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Love them or hate them, third party distribution channels have fundamentally changed the way consumers shop for vacation rentals and the way property managers...
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TripAdvisor lowers manager fees and adds traveler fee

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Today TripAdvisor implements a new fee structure for vacation rental managers bringing parity to their pricing model for vacation rental listings. Yesterday, TripAdvisor sent an...
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Wyndham signs deal with Booking.com

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Wyndham Vacation Rentals recently inked a global distribution agreement with Priceline's Booking.com. Per the deal, Wyndham's vacation rental brands will use the Booking.com site and...
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Why Airbnb chose LiveRez over the rest for software integration

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Airbnb met with 87 vacation rental software providers and chose LiveRez for integration. In this video, Airbnb Head of Vacation Rentals Shaun Stewart tells us...
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