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Unbundling the Property Manager 

Property managers (PMs) traditionally provide a wide range of activities, including design and listing preparation, competitive benchmarking, pricing advice, marketing, distribution, guest screening and communications, reservation services, payment management, operations...

Is Your Vacation Rental Company Set Up for Dynamic Pricing? 

Going from setting rates once a year through a handful of seasons to having rates that change daily has major implications for all levels of the vacation rental organization. Whether using some...

Virtual Resort Manager Seminar Coming to Wilmington, Dec 12

Virtual Resort Manager is bringing a vacation rental industry seminar for vacation rental managers to Wilmington, NC, December 12 at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside. Pete Wenk, founder...

The State of Vacation Rental Software 2018

“The Tech-Enabled Vacation Rental Manager” examined the increase of technology functionality utilized by property managers (PMs) to meet and scale needs throughout the company....

Scared about Changing Your Property Management Software?

As business owners and property managers, we are all accustomed to making difficult decisions. Some may just be choosing which team member needs to...

Successfully Navigating Changing Your VRM Software

Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of people and organizations more than the word change. While change is a natural part of any life...

It’s Time to Ask More from VR Revenue Management Tools

When it comes to managing your portfolio of vacation rentals, no one knows your strategy better than you do. Working in conjunction with your...
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3 Big Myths About Direct Bookings

“One would think that given all of the industry attention on direct booking, there would be a more uniform way of looking at what...

It’s All About Experiences

Vacations, at their essence, are experiences. Your guests come to you in search of fun and excitement. When they return home, what they will...

When It’s Time to Sell Your Business, Who’s Looking Out for You?

As the industry continues to change, vacation rental company owners are increasingly considering an exit or preparing their businesses for sale. While many owners...

Top-Down Leadership Insights for Vacation Rental Managers

  Senior Leadership: The Difference between Well Managed and Well Led It makes sense that part of the reason we’re seeing so much interest in our...

How to Make Your Vacation Rental Business a Success

Welcome to a New World of Travel  The travel industry has hit a new level in the past few years. Travelers are not just visiting...

Who Owns Your Data? Vacation Rental Technology Companies Weigh in on Renewed Concerns about Data Privacy and Usage.

Last month, HomeAway reportedly contacted several software companies requesting “strategic partnerships” between HomeAway and software providers in which the software companies would share client data with HomeAway to...

Living in a World of 800 lb Gorillas: Convergence Drives Growth…and Opportunity 

By Alex Nigg, Founder and CEO, Properly -- The short-term rental industry is expanding rapidly. As Douglas Quinby of Phocuswright reminds us, our industry is increasingly converging with the...
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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...

The Tech-Enabled Vacation Rental Company Has Arrived, But What Does It Mean?

Over the last several months, fast-growing vacation rental companies have begun to describe themselves as “technology-enabled” or “tech-enabled” in the media and in their communications. However, in a sector...

Founder and CEO Tracy Lotz Discusses LiveRez’s Growth, Outlook, and New Initiatives  

Founded in 2008, LiveRez has grown to be one of the most used technology platforms in the vacation rental industry. With over 1,200 systems...

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...

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...
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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...

LiveRez Teams Up with Blizzard Internet Marketing

LiveRez Teams Up with Blizzard Internet Marketing to Offer Wider Range of Services to its Property Manager Partners The partnership will allow the vacation rental...

Beyond Pricing Acquires Smart Host

Vacation rental revenue management software provider, Beyond Pricing, today announced the acquisition of Smart Host, a Techstars alum which provides vacation rental owners and...

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