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HomeAway voices opposition to proposed Austin short-term rental rules

By Michael Theis --As the Austin City Council is set to consider a series of changes to the city's short-term rental ordinance, representatives from Austin-based vacation...

Airbnb and AH&LA Find Unfortunate Common Ground at FTC Workshop

In June, the Federal Trade Commission held a workshop to explore issues relating to the “sharing” economy, including economic activity, competition, and benefits and...

New Website for Jobs in the Vacation Rental Industry

Today VRM Intel Launched ProVRM, a new website for jobs in the fast-growing vacation rental industry. With all of the growth in the industry, we...

Part 3: TripAdvisor Issues: Where is TripAdvisor Heading With Vacation Rentals?

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...

Part 4: TripAdvisor Issues: TripAdvisor Responds to Issues While Vacation Rental Managers Rally to Address Concerns

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,...

NYT: Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions

Early in the evening of July 4, Micaela Giles’s mobile phone started sounding alerts, and a series of messages straight out of a horror...

Coldwell Banker Vacation Rentals Proposes Alternative to Ocean City’s Planned Short Term Rental Restrictions in R-1 District

OCEAN CITY – MD Coast Dispatch --The Mayor and City Council agreed Tuesday to explore further an alternative suggested to the proposed R-1A district...
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Part 2 -TripAdvisor Issues: “Reviewing TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals”

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...

Vacation Rental Pros Expanding and Hiring

VacationRentalPros.com, one of Florida's largest and fastest growing vacation rental companies, today announced record breaking revenue, a new, larger headquarters, and creation of seven...

TurnKey Vacation Rentals Raises $5 Million

TurnKey Vacation Rentals, one of the most talked-about new business models in the vacation rental industry, received another $5 million in funding last December,...

Part 1: TripAdvisor Issues – “What’s going on with FlipKey/TripAdvisor?” (Pt 1 of 4)

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...

Attn: VRMA Members -Vote on Bylaws Change

The VRMA Bylaws Committee has proposed changes to VRMA's Bylaws to better reflect the association's core value of inclusiveness while making improvements to VRMA's...

Are vacation rental companies overvaluing themselves?

As Airbnb siphons $1 billion from the investment community with a fresh $25 billion post-money valuation, companies in the high-profile vacation rental industry are...

Austin Report: Short-term rentals not a neighborhood problem

Short-term rental regulation has been a hot topic as sites like Airbnb gain popularity in non-traditional vacation rental markets.  As everyone in the VR...
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2015 Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals National Conference Agenda

The 2015 Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals National Conference Agenda has been finalized and posted for your review. The topics discussed at this years conference include:...

Ascent Processing Announces Dawn Yeskulsky As Director of Business Development

Ascent Processing Inc. recently named Dawn Yeskulsky as its Director of Business Development and Partner Relations. Dawn has been with Ascent Processing since 2010,...

Wyndham Continues Buying Spree With Whistler Acquisition

Wyndham Vacation Rentals announced its acquisition of ResortQuest Whistler. The purchase marks Wyndham's "first foray" into Canada and adds nearly 600 condominium units to its growing portfolio...

VRMs: Be Counted. Take the 2015 VRM Survey

Data collection has begun for the 2015 National VRM Industry Survey. This is the survey that can make a difference for your business! For several...

Editorial: Owner Service Providers in the Sharing Economy

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...

Brindley Beach “Phoenix Rising”

By Kip Tabb, North Beach Sun Everyone handles disaster differently. For Doug Brindley, President of Brindley Beach Vacations, when the company’s Corolla offices burned to...

Outer Banks Fire at Brindley Beach Vacations

On Friday night, a fire broke out at Brindley Beach Vacations and Sales in Corolla, NC. Currituck County spokesman Randall Edwards said the fire started...
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Luxury Retreats gets $11M in Funding Led by iNovia

Luxury Retreats, a company offering curated luxury vacation rentals, today announced that it has raised $11M in capital funding to continue its differentiation strategy...

Topsail Realty acquired by Mike Harrington

Last week Mike Harrington, former CEO at Resort Realty of the Outer Banks, resigned from Resort Realty and acquired Topsail Realty in Topsail, North...

Selling a VRMC: 6 Reasons 2015 Might Be the Best Year to Sell Your Vacation Rental Management Company

With increased attention on the vacation rental sector in the media and in the market, investors are sprinting into the industry and looking to...

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