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HomeAway adds “Traveler Fee” for guests to pricing model

Today, as Expedia announced it is buying HomeAway for an estimated $3.9 billion, HomeAway also shook the vacation rental industry by announcing they are...

Why Airbnb chose LiveRez over the rest for software integration

Airbnb met with 87 vacation rental software providers and chose LiveRez for integration. In this video, Airbnb Head of Vacation Rentals Shaun Stewart tells us...

Crystal Balling the Industry’s Technology Glut

The industry is being deluged with technology, some fueling next-gen VRM business models. This panel highlights hot new technology categories,  while noting the staggering...

NAVIS Launches New Narrowcast Vacation Rental Edition

NAVIS announced the launch of NAVIS Narrowcast Vacation Rental Edition, a modular and scalable version of their award-winning reservation sales system designed to scale and...

Link to Booking.com using LeisureLink/HomeAway Software Integration

LeisureLink™ was selected to be the preferred partner for HomeAway Software® for vacation rental listing distribution to Booking.com. The agreement leverages LeisureLink’s extensive online...

HomeAway acquires Dwellable, moves team to Austin

By John Cook, --Dwellable has found a new home. The Seattle vacation rental startup — founded three years ago by developersNathan Kriege and Adam...

Data Security Failure at VacationRentPayment

Payment services provider YapStone (VacationRentPayment) sent out a letter last month notifying property managers and owners who had applied for merchant accounts through HomeAway...
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Bill Furlong Promoted at HomeAway to VP North American Business

HomeAway announced the promotion of Bill Furlong to vice president of the North American business and Matt Laessig to vice president of global business...

Potential Yapstone/ VacationRentPayment Hack on HomeAway?

Over the last two days, there have been several reports that home owners listing on HomeAway's sites received a letter from Yapstone (VacationRentPayment) informing...

Online Travel Sites Battle For Short-Term Rental Market Share

By Investor's Business Daily --When  Expedia (EXPE) bought Travelocity in November, the big-four U.S.-based global online travel companies became three. If Expedia's pending $1.3 billion...

Barefoot, Airbnb and BookingPal Talk to NC Property Managers

Barefoot recently announced that their customers can list their inventory on Airbnb through either of their two partners, Leisurelink or BookingPal. In a seminar...

Inside Airbnb’s Algorithm

By Dan Hill, Product Lead, Airbnb -- How much should you charge someone to live in your house? Or how much would you pay...

Priceline CEO: “Moving into Vacation Rentals”

In this month's earnings call, Priceline CEO Darren Huston let investors know Priceline is actively making a strong push into vacation rentals in the...

Part 3: TripAdvisor Issues: Where is TripAdvisor Heading With Vacation Rentals?

For industry participants and analysts, it is difficult to understand why TripAdvisor is not leading the fast-growing vacation rental sector. When TripAdvisor entered the vacation...
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Part 4: TripAdvisor Issues: TripAdvisor Responds to Issues While Vacation Rental Managers Rally to Address Concerns

This series "TripAdvisor Issues" has been examining the problems vacation rental managers are facing with their listings on TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals/FlipKey (TAVR), rate parity,...

Part 2 -TripAdvisor Issues: “Reviewing TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals”

In “What’s Going on With TripAdvisor: Part 1” we discussed a sampling of the complaints vacation rental managers are reporting about TripAdvisor Vacation Rentals...

Part 1: TripAdvisor Issues – “What’s going on with FlipKey/TripAdvisor?” (Pt 1 of 4)

Throughout the second half of 2014 and into 2015, vacation rental managers have been reporting a multitude of issues with their listings on FlipKey/TripAdvisor. From...

9 Key Takeaways from HomeAway’s Q2 Earnings Call

Today HomeAway reported on second quarter earnings: Second quarter revenue of $125.8 million -up 19.5% versus a year ago Second quarter listing revenue of $99.8 million...

Editorial: Owner Service Providers in the Sharing Economy

The Important Role of Owner Service Providers in the Sharing Economy Editorial by John Banczak, Co-founder and Chairman, TurnKey Vacation Rentals It would be virtually impossible...

PMT Launches RateChaser™

Property Manager Tools (PMT) – the originator, and still the leader, in automated quote response technology with SmartResponse™ – has launched the next generation...

Kayak to display HomeAway listings

Today HomeAway and Priceline-owned Kayak announced an agreement to display HomeAway's vacation rentals on Kayak's metaseach platform. According to the press release, "Integration is expected to be...
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Hyatt deepens vacation rentals footprint with investment in onefinestay.com

The hotel industry has fought short-term rental companies like Airbnb tooth and nail. But, in a rare move, Hyatt Hotels has aligned itself with...

LiveRez wins 2015 Travel Industry Excellence Award in Boise

LiveRez won the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce‘s 2015 Travel Industry Excellence Award. This is the second year in a row the company has been...

Bluetent Acquires MyVRMS

Bluetent, the premier digital agency for the vacation rental industry, recently announced that it has acquired MyVRMS, the vacation rental software that automates responses...

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