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Community-Centered Booking Platform Fairbnb Gearing Up for 2019 Launch

Tourist crowds wandering Burano, a quiet residential island off of Venice   Billed as an “ethical alternative to Airbnb,” Fairbnb is gearing up for its 2019...

Los Angeles City Council Bans Traditional Vacation Rentals      

On Tuesday, Los Angeles city council voted 12 – 0 to limit short-term rentals to primary residences for a maximum of 120 days per...

GoLocal Suites Turns VRs into Immersive Shop for American-Made Products

  In June, vacation and short-term rental provider Northeast Suites launched GoLocal Suites, a line of properties in which every single item is made in...

New Orleans Councilmember Palmer Proposes Vacation Rental Ban

Update 12/18/18: Councilmember Palmer has delayed the preliminary vote on this measure to January. Today, New Orleans city councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer released details of...

Former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland Joins BookingPal Board of Directors

BookingPal is pleased to announce the addition of Sam Gilliland to its board of directors. Gilliland is the former chairman and CEO of travel...

VRMA: Working to Raise the Bar 

It’s always great to have the opportunity to contribute to an issue of VRM Intel. The Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) is excited to be partnering with...

PointCentral Sponsors Season 2 of Matt Landau’s Unlocked Podcast

Matt Landau, vacation rental thought-leader and host of A Sense of Place, the world’s first vacation-rental themed travel show, today announced the launch of...
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The Power of “I” in the Vacation Rental Industry

By Brett Parry, CMO, Streamline Vacation Rental Software--Many of us have heard “Do what you love” or “Follow your passion.” For most people, these...

Baltimore City Council Issues Final Vote to Pass Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Baltimore city council voted 10 – 3 to issue final approval a bill limiting short-term rentals to primary residences. One additional dwelling unit per...

Las Vegas City Council Bans Vacation Rentals

Las Vegas city council voted 4 – 3 on Wednesday to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals and limit hosted rentals to those that have...

Election Officials Confirm Vacation Rental Ban in South Lake Tahoe

On Tuesday, El Dorado County’s official election results confirmed that South Lake Tahoe’s Measure T has passed by just 58 votes, 3,517 to 3,459....

Resort Realty Acquires Elan Vacations on NC’s Outer Banks

Resort Realty announced today that it has acquired Elan Vacations. Founded in 2001, Elan Vacations specializes in vacation rental management and is based in...

VRM Platform Hostaway Raises $1.45 Million Seed Round

Vacation rental software company Hostaway recently announced a seed funding round of $1.45 million. The round was led by Finland-based Vendep Capital Fund, which...

Instant Gratification and the Five-Minute Golden Window 

In 2007, Dr. James Oldroyd’s Lead Response Management Study found that agents who responded to a lead within five minutes of the inquiry submission...
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VillaKey Becomes First Certified Autism Center VR Company

Last month, VillaKey became the first vacation rental company to become certified in autism travel by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education...

Hawaii County Passes Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Last week, the Hawaii County council voted 6–1 to pass short-term rental regulation Bill 108, which blocks new non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, limits where they can operate,...

Vacasa Adds Multifamily and Community Association Management Programs

As Vacasa snaps up property management companies, it’s also creating an ecosystem of secondary service offerings that have come with the acquisitions, most recently...

How Georgia Mountain Cabin Rentals Founder Paul Gribble is Raising the Bar for the Mountains that Raised Him   

The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though he was born and raised in the...

HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...

Today’s Challenge: Staffing to Meet Business Needs 

For the first time ever, there are more job openings available than there are eligible people to fill them. It should come as no...

DC Council Unanimously Approves Short-Term Rental Bill in Final Vote

The DC city council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a short-term rental bill that limits non-owner occupied rentals to primary residences only and caps them at a maximum...
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VR Companies Make Phocuswright’s Hot Startups List

On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ, a club that connects travel startup founders,...

Florida Panhandle Still Struggling One Month After Hurricane Michael

A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall over the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms to hit the US, those left in...

Vacation Rental Industry Loses Ballot Initiatives Around the Country

On Tuesday, residents in several municipalities cast their votes for or against local short-term rental ballot measures. In South Lake Tahoe and Pacific Grove,...

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