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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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Airbnb passes marketing costs on to owners/managers

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Airbnb, the largest marketing site for short term rentals, is passing on its marketing costs to homeowners and property managers. If this statement makes...
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Link to Booking.com using LeisureLink/HomeAway Software Integration

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LeisureLink™ was selected to be the preferred partner for HomeAway Software® for vacation rental listing distribution to Booking.com. The agreement leverages LeisureLink’s extensive online...
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HomeAway acquires Dwellable, moves team to Austin

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By John Cook, --Dwellable has found a new home. The Seattle vacation rental startup — founded three years ago by developersNathan Kriege and Adam...
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Bill Furlong Promoted at HomeAway to VP North American Business

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HomeAway announced the promotion of Bill Furlong to vice president of the North American business and Matt Laessig to vice president of global business...
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Potential Yapstone/ VacationRentPayment Hack on HomeAway?

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Over the last two days, there have been several reports that home owners listing on HomeAway's sites received a letter from Yapstone (VacationRentPayment) informing...
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Online Travel Sites Battle For Short-Term Rental Market Share

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By Investor's Business Daily --When  Expedia (EXPE) bought Travelocity in November, the big-four U.S.-based global online travel companies became three. If Expedia's pending $1.3 billion...
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Barefoot, Airbnb and BookingPal Talk to NC Property Managers

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Barefoot recently announced that their customers can list their inventory on Airbnb through either of their two partners, Leisurelink or BookingPal. In a seminar...
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Priceline CEO: “Moving into Vacation Rentals”

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In this month's earnings call, Priceline CEO Darren Huston let investors know Priceline is actively making a strong push into vacation rentals in the...
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Inside Airbnb’s Algorithm

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By Dan Hill, Product Lead, Airbnb -- How much should you charge someone to live in your house? Or how much would you pay...
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Part 3: TripAdvisor Issues: Where is TripAdvisor Heading With Vacation Rentals?

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For industry participants and analysts, it is difficult to understand why TripAdvisor is not leading the fast-growing vacation rental sector. When TripAdvisor entered the vacation...
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Part 4: TripAdvisor Issues: TripAdvisor Responds to Issues While Vacation Rental Managers Rally to Address Concerns

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This series "TripAdvisor Issues" has been examining the problems vacation rental managers are facing with their listings on TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals/FlipKey (TAVR), rate parity,...
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Part 2 -TripAdvisor Issues: “Reviewing TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals”

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In “What’s Going on With TripAdvisor: Part 1” we discussed a sampling of the complaints vacation rental managers are reporting about TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals...
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Part 1: TripAdvisor Issues – “What’s going on with FlipKey/TripAdvisor?” (Pt 1 of 4)

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Throughout the second half of 2014 and into 2015, vacation rental managers have been reporting a multitude of issues with their listings on FlipKey/TripAdvisor. From...
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9 Key Takeaways from HomeAway’s Q2 Earnings Call

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Today HomeAway reported on second quarter earnings: Second quarter revenue of $125.8 million -up 19.5% versus a year ago Second quarter listing revenue of $99.8 million...
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Editorial: Owner Service Providers in the Sharing Economy

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The Important Role of Owner Service Providers in the Sharing Economy Editorial by John Banczak, Co-founder and Chairman, TurnKey Vacation Rentals It would be virtually impossible...
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Kayak to display HomeAway listings

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Today HomeAway and Priceline-owned Kayak announced an agreement to display HomeAway's vacation rentals on Kayak's metaseach platform. According to the press release, "Integration is expected to be...
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Shakeup at HomeAway: Shepherd to Retire, Bellm leaving, Hale moved to COO

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HomeAway made several announcements in yesterday's Q1 2015 earnings call that turned the heads of industry observers. First, CEO Brian Sharples announced that Co-founder and...
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Is Airbnb Saying NO to Professionally Managed Vacation Rentals?

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Airbnb recently removed listings posted by professional vacation rental management companies in Los Angeles, sparking questions about the company's direction as they move towards their IPO roadshow. Globe...
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HomeAway’s Game Plan

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Vacation rental giant HomeAway has been sending its executive team around the US this month to talk to rooms full of investors, to get...
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Do OTA’s undermine the value of the vacation rental manager?

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Professional vacation rental management companies are important to the growth of the industry and need to be careful that they don’t become minimalized to...
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HomeAway’s Sharples talks Airbnb, Valuation, Business Model and Future

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The vacation-rentals firm’s CEO says he’s running a real business, and the “sharing economy” has nothing to do with it. Brian Sharples, CEO and founder...
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Expedia buys Orbitz…3 weeks after acquiring Travelocity

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It is a two-horse race now in the online travel booking world: Expedia is buying Orbitz for about $1.6 billion in cash. This comes...
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Expedia purchases Travelocity for $280M

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As rumored, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced it has acquired Travelocity from Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) for $280 million in cash. The acquisition follows the 2013...
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