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Stay Alfred Offers Free Vacation Rentals to Cancer Patients

Stay Alfred Vacation Rentals Offers Complimentary Lodging to Cancer Patients in 11 US Cities Stay Alfred is pleased to announce an agreement with the American...

Guest Communications: Is Your Brand at Risk?

brand a·ware·ness noun the extent to which consumers are familiar with the distinctive qualities or image of a particular brand of goods or services. Customer engagement is...

WSJ: HomeAway Mocks Airbnb Sharing Economy in New Ad

By Suzanne Vranica, WSJ --HomeAway Inc. wants to remind you of all about the funny and uncomfortable ways that sharing someone’s home on vacation...

Is Your Website Mobile Friendly?

The Importance of Responsive Design In April 2015 Google introduced the mobile-friendly update to their algorithm. This update meant that a website’s mobile friendliness would...

Blue Tents Tips to Better Booking in 2016

By Blue Tent Marketing As 2016 quickly approaches, we are encouraged to revisit marketing strategies and discover ways to increase overall revenue throughout the upcoming...

Ojai, CA Bans Vacation Rentals and Votes to Subpoena Airbnb and VRBO

There will be no vacation rentals allowed in Ojai. After a year of debate, public hearings, policy proposals by a focus group, and suspension of...
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Onsite Property Management Association (OPMA) Reaches Major Membership Milestone

Membership Rental Inventory Exceeds over 50,000 Rental Units in Less than Two Years Panama City Beach, FLA.  (January 12, 2016) – The Onsite Property Management...

Oranj Palm Vacation Homes acquires Catalina Island Vacation Rentals

Oranj Palm Vacation Homes and Catalina Island Vacation Rentals, the leading vacation rental companies in the Coachella Valley and Catalina Island respectively, announced their...

$2.2B Capital Injected into Vacation Rental Industry in 2015

$2.2 billion in disclosed angel and institutional funding has been raised by startups in the vacation rental industry in 2015, and 99% of that investment is being used...

2015 End of Year Security Summary By Tom K

By Tom K --The bad guys are still out there, and their attacks keep getting better! They're well funded, very focused, and unrelenting. If your...

RGI hands VRMA management reins over to SmithBucklin

On December 1, the management of the Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) shifted from Raybourn Group International (RGI) in Indianapolis to SmithBucklin in Washington...

Recap of the New England Vacation Rental Managers Association’s Annual Meeting (NEVRMA) by Atlantic Vacation Homes

By Michelle Fonvielle Williams, Atlantic Vacation Homes -- On Monday, December 7, 2015 vacation rental managers from all over the Northeast came together for the...

Tansler Raises $1.3M for Vacation Rental “Reverse-Auction” Site

Tansler announces $1.3 million in additional funding and wins General Catalyst Award for Travel Innovation and The Most Innovative Emerging Company at the Phocuswright...
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2015 Acquisitions of Vacation Rental Management Companies

In 2015 the vacation rental industry has seen a staggering $2.5 billion of disclosed venture capital injected. Expedia announced it will purchase HomeAway for $3.2...

TripAdvisor lowers manager fees and adds traveler fee

Today TripAdvisor implements a new fee structure for vacation rental managers bringing parity to their pricing model for vacation rental listings. Yesterday, TripAdvisor sent an...

Q&A with Carl Shepherd, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy and Development Officer and Director, HomeAway, Inc.  

Tucked in the fast-paced heart of downtown Austin, HomeAway’s World Headquarters occupies the corner of 5th and Lamar. Just forty-eight hours before his final...

A Tribute to Milton Buehner: One Who Epitomized Innovation, Integrity, Passion, and Servant Leadership

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” –Mother Teresa This quote was often used...

Takeaways from OPMA Fall Executive Summit

The Onsite Property Management Association (OPMA) held its Fall Executive Summit Nov 17-18 in Tampa, FL. This forward-looking conference addressed a multitude of high-level...

NEVRMA set to begin Dec. 7 in Portsmouth, NH

The New England Vacation Rental Managers Association (NEVRMA) Meeting kicks off Monday, December 7 at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH. Atlantic Vacation Homes,...

Wyndham signs deal with Booking.com

Wyndham Vacation Rentals recently inked a global distribution agreement with Priceline's Booking.com. Per the deal, Wyndham's vacation rental brands will use the Booking.com site and...
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LeisureLink partners with Springer-Miller

LeisureLink™ today announced a new partnership with Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (SMS), a cross-platform, guest-centric hospitality management systems. The integration offers SMS clients direct access from...

LiveRez hits milestone with 1,000th software customer

Eagle, ID – LiveRez.com announced today the addition of its 1,000th customer. “This is a historic day at LiveRez,” said LiveRez CEO Tracy Lotz. “Our strength...

Vacation Rental Managers in Paris Face Unprecedented Challenges in Wake of Night of Terror

Vacation rental industry veterans are familiar with disaster preparedness. Hurricanes, fires, and other weather-related incidents have had dramatic impact in many vacation rental destinations...

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