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Instant Gratification and the Five-Minute Golden Window 

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In 2007, Dr. James Oldroyd’s Lead Response Management Study found that agents who responded to a lead within five minutes of the inquiry submission...
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VillaKey Becomes First Certified Autism Center VR Company

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Last month, VillaKey became the first vacation rental company to become certified in autism travel by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education...
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Vacasa Adds Multifamily and Community Association Management Programs

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As Vacasa snaps up property management companies, it’s also creating an ecosystem of secondary service offerings that have come with the acquisitions, most recently...
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How Georgia Mountain Cabin Rentals Founder Paul Gribble is Raising the Bar for the Mountains that Raised Him   

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The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though he was born and raised in the...
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HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

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Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...
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Today’s Challenge: Staffing to Meet Business Needs 

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For the first time ever, there are more job openings available than there are eligible people to fill them. It should come as no...
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VR Companies Make Phocuswright’s Hot Startups List

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On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ, a club that connects travel startup founders,...
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Florida Panhandle Still Struggling One Month After Hurricane Michael

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A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall over the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms to hit the US, those left in...
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Vacation Rental Industry Loses Ballot Initiatives Around the Country

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On Tuesday, residents in several municipalities cast their votes for or against local short-term rental ballot measures. In South Lake Tahoe and Pacific Grove,...
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VRM Intel’s Takeaways from the VRMA International Conference

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Last week’s Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference in Las Vegas was the largest yet with over 1,700 attendees, and the event proved...
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Common Threads: How Starr Textile Services’ Ties to the Vacation Rental Industry Helped It Knit Success 

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If any company can find opportunities amid challenging circumstances, it’s Starr Textile Services. In 2004, Meyer Vacation Rentals in Gulf Shores, Alabama, was quickly outgrowing the only local...
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Opinion: Why The Vacation Rental Industry Needs Ratings 

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Consistency Drives Convergence In a recent USA Today article on why Airbnb and similar sharing economy businesses are dwindling in popularity, this quote caught my eye: “Travelers say they’re tired of the unknown.”   Why is...
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Simon Lehmann on Vacation Rental Software: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 

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The vacation rental industry is booming. In the United States alone, there are an estimated 4,500 professional operators managing more than 600,000 units with a compound annual supply growth...
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Properly Raises $8.5M for Housekeeping and Inspection Tech Platform for Airbnb Hosts

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2018's third quarter already has been packed with venture capital and private equity funding news. In the latest of a series of announcements, San Francisco-based Properly,...
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Streamline Raises Funding and Acquires Bizcor

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The content of this article is no longer available. Related articles Simon Lehmann on Vacation Rental Software: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly HomeAway Software is...
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HomeAway Software is Getting Out of the Website-Building Business: Will Shut Down Escapia Web Services in May 2019

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HomeAway Software has been providing and maintaining websites for hundreds of professional property management companies who use its market-leading Escapia software platform since purchasing the...
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Vacasa Raises Additional $64 Million in Funding, Bringing Total to $207.5 Million

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Vacasa today announced the company has closed on $64 million in a Series B-2 round led by existing investor Riverwood Capital with participation from...
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Phocuswright Conference to Address Alternative Accommodations

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Alternative accommodations, short-term rentals, vacation rentals—however you label this fast-growing lodging sector—there's no denying its impact on travel. The Phocuswright Conference, to be held...
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Expedia CEO on HomeAway: “We bought the Craigslist of vacation rentals.” #SkiftForum

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At the recent Skift Global Forum, Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom fielded on-stage questions from Skift founding editor, Dennis Schaal, about the progress the company is...
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TurnKey Adds InvitedHome Co-founders to Management Team

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InvitedHome co-founders, Michael Joseph and Tom Feldhusen, left the company to join the TurnKey Vacation Rentals team. According to TJ Clark, CEO at Austin-based TurnKey, the...
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Former Airbnb Exec Shaun Stewart Discusses the State of the Vacation Rental Industry at LiveRez User Conference

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Last week at the LiveRez Partner Conference in Boise, Shaun Stewart, chief business development officer of Waymo and former global head of vacation rentals...
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Stay Alfred Raises $47M, Bringing Total Funding to $62M

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Today, Stay Alfred announced it has raised $47 million in a Series B round led by Nine Four Ventures, bringing the total funding to $62...
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Vacasa Acquires/Saves Oasis Collections

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Vacasa announced it has purchased Oasis Collections, a short-term rental company with listings in U.S. and international cities including Barcelona, Chicago, London, Milan, Paris,...
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Skift’s Rafat Ali and Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian Discuss Alternative Accommodations

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Earlier today at Skift Global Forum in New York, Skift founder Rafat Ali and Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian discussed the company's trajectory and the...
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