OTAs

Over the last several years, four CEOs have led online travel agencies (OTAs) in feeding the top...

Property managers and homeowners using Booking.com who haven’t checked the site lately might be surprised to find...

Play to Your Strengths as a Local Vacation Rental Brand Like virtually all industries these days, the...

As the industry hits its third wave of maturity, there’s a renewed focus on consolidation. Vacasa continues...

Expedia’s recent revenue miss is flushing out the true state of OTAs as it relates to our...

What if the Only Website You Ever Needed for Travel Booking was Google.com? Related: Before you read...

Google has officially jumped into the vacation rental industry, leading to both excitement and trepidation among rental...

Today, Expedia announced that it has rebranded VRBO.com to Vrbo.com and asks consumers to pronounce the marketplace...

On the second #BookDirect Day in 2019, over 5 million travelers received emails with a social reach...

By John Dalton Only a small percentage of the traveling public knows condo hotels exist. Many tourism...

I once spoke at VRMA conferences about the changes, expense, and reality of OTAs coming into the...

In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community...

Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners,...

Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed...

In the past few months, I have had the privilege of sitting on industry panels with some...

As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are...

“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays....

Emerald Coast by Owner (ECBYO.com) announced yesterday that it has acquired regional site DestinFlorida.com in an equity...

2018 was a whirlwind for those of us who cover the vacation rental industry. The pace of...

We had the chance host a panel of executives at Phocuswright’s conference in Los Angeles, with the...

A dozen years ago, before HomeAway acquired VRBO and before vacation rentals had any presence with major...

Agoda Outside recently released At Home Around the World: The Short-Term Rentals Handbook for Guests, Hosts, Neighbors and...

Tourist crowds wandering Burano, a quiet residential island off of Venice   Billed as an “ethical alternative...