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Using Airbnb For Bookings Just Got Even More Risky with New Refund Policy

Amy Hinote -
Yesterday Airbnb announced a change to its refund policy that has the potential to be disruptive for professional vacation rental managers and homeowners, aka...
Business

VRM Intel Live! Events Scheduled for Wilmington, Branson, and Breckenridge

Amy Hinote -
It's time for VRM Intel to take a road trip! A lot has changed in the vacation rental industry in the last two years,...
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

Ximplifi Announces Investment from SpotX Co-founders Mike Shehan & Steven Swoboda

VRM Intel Staff -
This week, Ximplifi announced a minority investment from SpotX co-founders Mike Shehan and Steven Swoboda. The funding provides Ximplifi, a technology-enabled accounting and consulting firm...
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The Rise of the Bespoke Experiences: New Challenges Bring Increased Opportunities for Revenue Managers

Jordan Locke -
By Jordan Locke, Revenue Performance Manager for Vacation Rentals, Expedia Group “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” —Niels Bohr (Nobel Prize...
Business

Analysis: “Reinventing” Vacation Rental Management by Alex Nigg

Alex Nigg -
Vacasa isn’t reinventing property management. Vacasa (NASDAQ: VCSA) just had a blockbuster quarter. Q4 financial results were impressive, and the market rewarded its execution with...
Business

Are you a Visionary without an Integrator at Your Vacation Rental Management Company?

Steve Trover -
Vacation rental management companies almost always start with humble beginnings and big visions for a better future. Some of us begin as “rent by...
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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...
Business

Vacation Rental Pioneer Awards Honor Heather Bayer, Jeanne Dailey, and Carole Sharoff

VRM Intel Staff -
At the Vacation Rental Women’s Summit, recently held at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans, Vacation Rental Pioneer Awards were presented to three outstanding women...
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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

VTrips adds CFO Paul Smith-Marquez and CGO Sandra Brahn to its executive team

VRM Intel Staff -
This week VTrips announced that it has added Paul Smith-Marquez as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Sandra Brahn as Chief Growth Officer (CGO) to...
Business

Inhabit IQ Appoints New Leader for Digital Marketing Services Group

Inhabit IQ -
Dawn Yeskulsky to expand services and build on the company’s legacy of customer-focused results. Inhabit IQ®, a unique collective of tech-forward products serving the residential,...
Business

VTrips acquires Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Ryson Vacation Rentals

Amy Hinote -
VTrips acquired two of the most recognizable brands in the vacation rental industry, Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations in McHenry, Maryland, and Ryson Vacations Rentals...
Business

Vacasa acquires Outer Beaches Realty on Hatteras Island

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa has acquired Outer Beaches Realty on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. According to the Outer Banks’ Island Free Press (IFP), plans are in the...
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Business

EOS Investors acquires Brittain Hotels & Resorts in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Amy Hinote -
EOS Investors LLC (EOS), a privately held hospitality investment firm, today announced a partnership with Brittain Resorts & Hotels, involving seven oceanfront resorts in...
Business

Exclusive: Vacasa CEO Matt Roberts discusses IPO on first day of trading

Amy Hinote -
It’s official. Vacasa began trading today as a public company (NASDAQ: VCSA). The TPG-backed SPAC assigned Vacasa a total value of nearly $4 billion,...
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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STR Investor Sascha Hausmann Sentenced to 10 Months for Domestic Assault

Amy Hinote -
Sascha Hausmann, partner at Howzat Partners, has been sentenced to ten months in prison for assaulting his ex-partner. According to the release from Barcelona's...
Business

Key Data Raises $5M Series B from Ballast Point Ventures

Amy Hinote -
Ballast Point Ventures announced a $5 million Series B investment in Key Data Dashboard (“Key Data”), which provides benchmark and comparative market performance data...
Business

VRMA partners with Vrbo to expand membership to include individual hosts and homeowners

Amy Hinote -
Today the Vacation Rental Management Association announced to its membership that it is partnering with Vrbo and “expanding its membership to include rental property...
Business

FVRMA is now the Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals (FAVR): Executive Director Denis Hanks discusses FVRMA’s rebrand

Amy Hinote -
The Florida Vacation Rental Management Association (FVRMA) announced last week during its annual meeting at the Xtravaganza conference that it is rebranding and changing...
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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...
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