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SkyRun Vacation Rentals Owner Barry Cox: Finding a Competitive Edge in Today’s Vacation Rental Market

I’ve lived in the mountains of Colorado for seventeen years now, a transplant from the East Coast by way of the Midwest. Given that winter...

Keys to Successful Content Marketing for Vacation Rentals

Content marketing is more than a hot buzzword. It is a highly effective marketing strategy that can boost your company’s profits and decrease your dependence on...

Wyndham CEO on EU Vacation Rentals: “We received considerable interest in this business from potential buyers”

In August, Wyndham Worldwide announced plans to spin off its hotel business from its ownership business to allow the two separate companies to focus on their...

Expedia CEO Discusses HomeAway’s Q3 Growth: “They are just pushing a ton of change.”

Despite an active hurricane season, strong third quarter performance by HomeAway provided Expedia with much needed positive talking points during today's earnings call, as newly...

Vacasa Raises $103.5M in Largest Funding Round in Vacation Rental Management History

Vacasa announced today the company has raised $103.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Riverwood Capital, followed by New Spring Capital,...

OneRoofTop Founders Discuss Recent Acquisition by Cloudbeds

Cloudbeds, San Diego-based provider of software and channel management for independent properties (hotels, hostels, inns, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, vacation rentals, and more), announced...

HomeAway Addresses Questions About Its New Revenue Management Tool

Expedia-owned HomeAway recently launched its revenue management tool, MarketMaker, that allows vacation rental owners and managers to compare pricing with other homes listed on HomeAway’s sites and...
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Who is the next disruptor in the vacation rental industry?

Travelers have been staying in vacation homes for centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence and disruption of VRBO.com and Airbnb that the industry...

Vacation Rental Managers and Owners: What is Your Brand Worth?

The above question was asked to several veteran managers this week at a meeting I attended.  It is an uncomfortable question, one that produces...

Vacation Rental Options Minutes from VRMA National Conference

The Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) National Conference is set to kick off October 15-18 in Orlando, FL at the Omni Championsgate Resort. Over...

HomeAway’s New Revenue Management Platform is the Latest Industry Disruptor for the Fast-Evolving Vacation Rental Industry

Today, at its software user conference, Expedia-owned HomeAway launched a revenue management and pricing platform, MarketMaker. With MarketMaker, vacation rental owners and managers are...

HomeAway to Sponsor “Vacation Rental Potential” TV Series on A&E

Today at its user conference, HomeAway announced it is sponsoring an upcoming TV series titled "Vacation Rental Potential." The series will be produced by Chicken...

$3M Lawsuit Against Vacasa Serves as a Warning for All Vacation Rental Managers

Last week, an Oregon resident and vacation home owner filed a lawsuit against Portland-based Vacasa requesting class action status and seeking $3 million in estimated...

Managers And Owners Angry At HomeAway’s Changes, But Is It Fair?

Vacation rental managers and homeowners in traditional vacation markets are up in arms about the many changes at HomeAway since Expedia’s purchase of the...
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Meredith Lodging Acquires Oregon Shores Vacation Rentals

Meredith Lodging LLC, based in Lincoln City, Oregon, announced today that it has acquired Oregon Shores Vacation Rentals. This is Meredith Lodging's fifth vacation...

Expedia’s CEO Heading to Uber

According to the New York TImes, Uber has selected Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to take over the CEO role left vacant after the controverisal resignation of...

[Free Webinar] 8/24 The Secret Season: Your Advertising Playbook for Turning On Your Off Season

After a whirlwind summer, you’re likely running on fumes and the idea of promoting your off season may seem like a daunting task with...

Discrimination: An Old Problem For A Young Industry

I literally could not believe the words. These were my friends. Good friends. Not racist people… Or, so I thought. “I’m not racist, but I...

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on HomeAway Performance: “These changes represent industry best practices and serve to improve the overall experience and protection of our...

Last week, as part of its Q2 2017 earnings call, Expedia provided an update on HomeAway activity. According to Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, “We recently...

Vacasa Founders Eric Breon and Cliff Johnson: An Inside Look at Vacasa’s Fast Growth and the Lessons Learned Along the Way 

With 1,400 employees, Vacasa is making headlines as the fastest-growing technology-enabled, full-service property management company in the vacation rental industry. Currently the second-largest vacation rental management...

Introducing VRM Intel Dashboards

The Comparative Dashboard Vacation Rental Managers Have Been Looking For! UPDATED: VRM Intel Dashboards sold in 2018 and is now known as Key Data Dashboard. The...
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Stay Alfred Raises $15M and Introduces Hotel-Like Short-Term Rentals to Downtown Urban Markets  

Founded in 2012, Spokane-based Stay Alfred manages four hundred short-term rentals in busy downtown areas in twelve major U.S. cities, with plans to grow its rental inventory tenfold and expand internationally over the next...

RedAwning CEO Tim Choate on $40 million raise: “The market opportunity is essentially unlimited”

RedAwning recently announced it has secured $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Boston-based growth equity firm Silversmith Capital Partners. RedAwning primarily...

NAVIS Introduces First-to-Market Solution to Recent Vacation Rental Listing Site Changes

BEND, Ore. (August 10, 2017) – NAVIS, the No. 1 reservation sales and marketing technology provider for the hospitality industry, this week revealed the...

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