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Adding inventory to your rental program

For a vacation rental manager, the competitive landscape is rapidly changing. Acquiring new home inventory into a vacation rental program requires strategic and proactive...

Expedia buys Orbitz…3 weeks after acquiring Travelocity

It is a two-horse race now in the online travel booking world: Expedia is buying Orbitz for about $1.6 billion in cash. This comes...

TruPlace and Barefoot Technologies Partner to Integrate Interactive Floor Plans into Property Management Software

TruPlace, Inc., the number one provider of interactive floor plans in the vacation rental industry, is partnering with Barefoot Technologies, a pioneer in enterprise...

Judge raises concerns over HomeAway suit against San Francisco’s Airbnb law

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A federal judge Friday raised concerns about vacation rental marketplace HomeAway's challenge to a San Francisco ordinance regulating short-term rentals...

Expedia purchases Travelocity for $280M

As rumored, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced it has acquired Travelocity from Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) for $280 million in cash. The acquisition follows the 2013...

Onsite Property Management Association Challenges Proliferation of Illegal Short Term Rentals

OPMA Board approves efforts to battle unlawful business practices within the self-managed rental sector. In a major industry development the Onsite Property Management Association (OPMA),...

TruPlace Hires GTHY’s Rob Johnson and Brian Buck

TruPlace, Inc., the largest provider of interactive floor plans in the vacation rental industry, today announced it is launching its national sales rollout strategy...
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Barefoot CEO Ed Ulmer looks ahead to 2015

With over twenty years in the vacation rental management industry, Barefoot Technologies CEO Ed Ulmer has a breadth of knowledge and expertise that keep...

5 Vacation Rental Marketing Technology Tools and Tactics to Consider for 2015

From changing business models and technology to evolving consumer behavior, vacation rental marketers are challenged with keeping up, learning new skills and monitoring shifting...

10 Experts Predict Vacation Rentals In 2015

In a recent article, Matt Landau, founder of the Vacation Rental Marketing Blog, interviewed vacation rental industry leaders about their predictions for 2015. Landau's...

Vacation Rental Pros acquires Beach Properties of St Augustine

Last week Vacation Rental Pros, headquartered in Northwest Florida, purchased Beach Properties of St Augustine, adding 93 homes to its inventory. With just under 1,000...

Under the Hood with Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Sales

Founded in 2008, Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Sales is one of the top vacation rental management companies in the Deep Creek Lake area...

Vacation Rental Pros acquires Lahaina Island Properties and more

Ponte Vedra-based VacationRentalPros.com added more than 220 new properties to its portfolio through the acquisition of Lahaina Island Properties, based in Fort Myers, Florida,...

VRHP Annual Conference Starts Monday

The Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professionals has released the agenda for the 2014 National VRHP Conference in Charleston, SC, November 10-12. The conference is designed...
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Barefoot’s Yarbrough questions Brent Bellm about HomeAway’s closed communication initiatives

Claiborne Yarbrough from Barefoot Technologies sat down with HomeAway COO Brent Bellm at the VRMA Annual Conference in San Diego to discuss HomeAway's closed...

HomeAway sues San Francisco over Airbnb ordinance

HomeAway, the nationโ€™s largest vacation-home rental site, on Monday filed suit against San Francisco saying its new law to regulate short-term rentals in private...

Interview with Doug Macnaught, Former President and Co-Founder of Instant Software

In 2010, Doug Macnaught and Dave Hopcroft, co-founders of Instant Software, sold their vacation rental software company -including the software platforms PropertyPlus, V12, First...

Vacation Rental Road Trip! One year…all vacation rentals.

By Amy Hinote, Editor and Founder, VRM Intel -Road trip! Starting November 1, I am taking VRM Intel on the road visiting professional vacation...

More to consider than the multiple when selling your vacation rental company

When you have an offer on the table for your vacation rental management company, the price tag jumps off the page. It is especially...

Northern Michigan Vacation Rental Experience

August 2014 --Chicago was getting pretty stifling in the late part of the summer, so I needed to get out of the city and...

Winter Park, CO Vacation Rental Experience

March 2014 --March at Winter Park Resort was truly a Winter Wonderland! I stayed with Winter Park Lodging Company, easily one of the most...
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Property Management Software in the Vacation Rental Industry

HomeAway Software: You know them as the provider of Escapia, V12, PropertyPlus, First Resort and Entech, butย HomeAway Softwareย is now doing much more. At this...

Travel Insurance Companies for Vacation Rentals

  Red Sky Travel Insurance: -The travel insurance team you can count on.ย Red Skyโ€™s ownership and management team have been in the vacation rental industry...

Credit Card Processing for Vacation Rental Managers

Ascent Processing:ย Payment processing with a personal touchย Ascent Processing is a small, progressive, client-centric electronic payment and gateway service provider. They are committed to excellence...

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