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Expedia Slow to Execute HomeAway Partnership

Speed and innovation usually characterize successful and growing companies, but when it comes to the prospect of starting to offer HomeAwayโ€™s vacation rentals on...

Content Marketing in 2014 for Accommodations Providers

In 2013 searchers evolved the way they sought information over the Internet, and towards the end of the year, search engines released their updates...

Loyalty Marketing Webinar by Visual Data Systems

Robert Gray & Susan DeCourcey from Visual Data Systems presented a live webinar yesterday entitled "Loyalty Marketing And The Vacation Rental Industry." For those...

Southern Shores Realty’s Yield Management Gamble Pays Off Big – First of Its Kind in Vacation Rental Destination

December 16, 2013 --In a rental promotion first of itโ€™s kind on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, stakes were high and expectations unknown....

3 Reasons HomeAway is not ready to be acquired …yet

Earlier this week, Bloomberg Businessweek's Sarah Rabilย discussed HomeAway's attractiveness as an acquisition target for online travel companies, such as Expedia and Priceline. The article...

InstaManager now has Instant Connection to Priceline’s Booking.com

Property managers using InstaManager can now instantly distribute their property's on Priceline's Booking.com. Dec. 6, 2013 -- InstaManager, a Software as a Service (SaaS) pioneer...

Rank Higher on VRBO

Brian Sharples, CEO at HomeAway explains how to get your properties to rank higher in the HomeAway family of consumer-facing websites, including VRBO.com. Mapping, photos,...
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HomeAway buys Australian rental rival Stayz for $200M

Big deal in the vacation rental sector โ€“ HomeAway has splashed out some $198 million to buy the Stayz Group, a major player in...

HomeAway and Priceline Push Leisure Travel Booking to Top Performing Industry in Market in November

In November, the Leisure-Travel Booking sector provided the best gains among industries, as a result of strong performances by HomeAway (AWAY) and Priceline (PCLN),...

Matt Landau shares 5 free tools for vacation rental managers

Many consider the vacation rental industry to be polar opposite from its hotel counterpart: Less professional, less established, less technologically advanced. But property managers occupy...

HomeAway follows Booking.com lead with Interhome partnership

HomeAway, Inc. announced today it has partnered with Interhome to distribute their inventory of 30,000 vacation rental properties on HomeAway websites using its new...

All Star Vacation Homes Acquires Southern California Vacation Rentals

All Star Vacation Homes -San Diego is born with All Star Vacation Home's expansion into SoCal. Outgoing VRMA President Steve Trover, CEO of All...

Googleโ€™s Organic Keywords โ€œNot Providedโ€? 10 Easy Ways for Vacation Rental Managers to Adapt

For Vacation Rental marketers, this latest news from Google is disappointing. Historically, online marketers have been able to see which organic (not paid) keyword(s)...

HomeAway Partners with Expedia

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Two online travel leaders, HomeAway, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY) and Expedia.comย (NASDAQ: EXPE), today announced an agreement intended to expand online travel accommodation...
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2013 Portrait of American Travelersยฎ Reveals Increase in Travel Intentions, But Continued Caution About Household Budgets

82 Percent of Active Travelers Planning to Take the Same or More Trips in the Year Ahead ORLANDO (September 30, 2013) โ€“ Americans intend to...

Special Occasions: the Latest Emerging Trend in Vacation Rentals

Marketing Tips for the Vacation Rental Industry By Camilo, Acosta, PayByGroup The vacation rental market suffers from a lack of industry-wide data, but a recent study...

Email Marketing and Gmailโ€™s New Tabs Feature

By Amy Hinote, NAVIS A few months ago, Google redesigned their inbox, introducing a new Tab format which categorizes userโ€™s emails into Primary, Social and...

Email Subject Lines: 8 Tips for Getting your Emails Opened

By Amy Hinote, NAVIS The Subject line of your email campaign is the first thing your reader sees and can mean the difference between being...

Trent Blizzard shows how to turbocharge your reviews with “rich snippets”

By Trent Blizzard Turbocharge Your Reviews With Rich Snippets   Adding reviews to your vacation rental web pages is a slam-dunk. ย Consumers love them, plain and simple....

Airbnb now allows hosts/managers to sell activities, services and tours in addition to short-term rentals

May 1, 2013 -- Recently, Airbnb has adapted its business model to include sales of tours, activities and services in addition to short-term rentals. The...

How to Increase Your Bookings with Portals

If you have a successful vacation rental agency or youโ€™re a hard working vacation rental owner, you might wonder if your own vacation rental...
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You Must be Tripping! Metasearch for the Vacation Rental Industry

April 15, 2013 - Wondering where the Kayak for the vacation rental industry is? It is here and -surprisingly -has gone slightly under the...

Part One: A Look Back at How the Marketing and Competitive Landscape Has Changed for Vacation Rental Managers

Measuring Performance for Vacation Rental Management Companies Part One:ย A Look Back at How the Marketing and Competitive Landscape Has Changed for Vacation Rental Managers   For vacation...

Zipinion Launches Market Research Tool for Real Estate and Vacation Rentals

Austin, TX โ€“ March 29th, 2013 --Today Zipinion, a technology company with focuses in the market research and customer insight spaces, announced the release...

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