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Luxury Retreats gets $11M in Funding Led by iNovia

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

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Last week Mike Harrington, former CEO at Resort Realty of the Outer Banks, resigned from Resort Realty and acquired Topsail Realty in Topsail, North...
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Selling a VRMC: 6 Reasons 2015 Might Be the Best Year to Sell Your Vacation Rental Management Company

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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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PMT Launches RateChaser™

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Property Manager Tools (PMT) – the originator, and still the leader, in automated quote response technology with SmartResponse™ – has launched the next generation...
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Wyndham acquires Vacation Palm Springs

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Today Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) acquired Vacation Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California, adding approximately 450 vacation rental properties to its inventory. Vacation Palm Springs was...
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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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Stuart Pack named CEO at Resort Realty

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Resort Realty has named Stuart Pack the company’s new Chief Exectutive Officer, replacing Mike Harrington, who recently stepped down. “Stuart has been one of the main...
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The Plight of the In-House Marketer in the Vacation Rental Industry

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In order to keep up with increasing competition, marketing expectations for 2015 and beyond are astonishingly high in the vacation rental management industry. Today's marketing...
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Hyatt deepens vacation rentals footprint with investment in onefinestay.com

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The hotel industry has fought short-term rental companies like Airbnb tooth and nail. But, in a rare move, Hyatt Hotels has aligned itself with...
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FTC schedules workshop on sharing economy issues

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The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on June 9 to explore issues relating to emerging internet peer-to-peer platforms— the “sharing” economy—and the...
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OPMA Executive Summit in Atlanta a resounding success

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In what was referred by many as a ground breaking industry event. The Onsite Property Management Association (OPMA) hosted it's Executive Summit May 11...
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Airbnb Buddies up to North Carolina Cities

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BY TAYLOR KNOPF --North Carolina guests renting rooms and apartments through Airbnb soon will begin paying sales and hotel occupancy taxes. The online vacation rental...
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HomeAway Survey: Strong Influence of Kids on Family Travel Plans

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Findings show what “kidfluencers" – and their parents – really want in a whole vacation: adventure, family bonding and a pool. HomeAway, the world’s leading...
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Myrtle Beach: 37% decrease in Spring weekly vacation rentals

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Study shows 37% decrease in weekly Myrtle Beach vacation rentals in Spring 2015. A new study shows weekly vacation rentals on the Grand Strand are...
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Urban Vacation Rentals on the Rise: Data from Beyond Pricing

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By Nick Wallace --Since it began operating in 2008, Airbnb has shaken up the hospitality industry, and reports are that it could soon be...
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LiveRez wins 2015 Travel Industry Excellence Award in Boise

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LiveRez won the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce‘s 2015 Travel Industry Excellence Award. This is the second year in a row the company has been...
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Airbnb annihilates vacation rentals…again…in Santa Monica

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Led by Airbnb, Santa Monica banned vacation rentals for less than 30 days, but legalized “home-sharing” -- in which the occupant rents a couch,...
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7 takeaways from the NAR Vacation Home and Investment Property Report

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What we can confidently say about second-home buyers by Heather Bayer on May 6, 2015 With the release of the National Association of...
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Travel Trends Position Vacation Rental Operators to Increase Revenue with a Personalized Guest Experience

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May 5, 2015 – Today’s travel trends put vacation rental (VR) professionals in an enviable position--they are in the right place at the right time....
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George Volsky: New Business Models: Next-Gen VRMs

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By George Volsky --Evolution is spawning next-generation VRM business models and changing the face of vacation rentals. Note: The blog below comes from the standing-room-only...
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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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Kitchen inventory cost for vacation rentals

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We recently furnished a vacation rental kitchen with the kitchen inventory recommended by Pro Housekeeping's Steve Craig and the Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals and...
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Airbnb doesn’t fight against PMs, they fight against second home owners

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Facing an initial public offering, Airbnb’s overwhelming problem is that their business is illegal in the majority of the large cities in which they...
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Bluetent Acquires MyVRMS

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Bluetent, the premier digital agency for the vacation rental industry, recently announced that it has acquired MyVRMS, the vacation rental software that automates responses...
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