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5th Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, Feb 2: Why It Matters

Amy Hinote -
It only takes listening to a couple of earnings calls from publicly traded hospitality companies to know how important direct bookings are to hotels,...
Business

Inhabit IQ Appoints New Leader for Digital Marketing Services Group

Inhabit IQ -
Dawn Yeskulsky to expand services and build on the company’s legacy of customer-focused results. Inhabit IQ®, a unique collective of tech-forward products serving the residential,...
Business

VTrips acquires Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations and Ryson Vacation Rentals

Amy Hinote -
VTrips acquired two of the most recognizable brands in the vacation rental industry, Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations in McHenry, Maryland, and Ryson Vacations Rentals...
Business

Vacasa acquires Outer Beaches Realty on Hatteras Island

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa has acquired Outer Beaches Realty on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. According to the Outer Banks’ Island Free Press (IFP), plans are in the...
Business

Clark Twiddy: Understanding The Future Of Dynamic Pricing

Clark Twiddy -
Original Article Posted by Forbes and written by Clark Twiddy, the President of Twiddy & Company, a hospitality and asset management firm along North Carolina's...
Business

Exclusive: Vacasa CEO Matt Roberts discusses IPO on first day of trading

Amy Hinote -
It’s official. Vacasa began trading today as a public company (NASDAQ: VCSA). The TPG-backed SPAC assigned Vacasa a total value of nearly $4 billion,...
Marketing

Attract More Qualified Leads into Your Existing Marketing System with Instagram

Thibault Masson -
As a property manager, you may not believe that social media can help your business acquire more leads. You may have even tried and...
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Marketing

Improving User Experience: Utilizing Custom Search Results Pages on Vacation Rental Property Management Websites

Marshall Morrow -
For any vacation rental company trying to gain online exposure, there are a couple of digital marketing essentials your site should incorporate. One notable...
Marketing

Dream Kitchens Sell: How Kitchens Define the Character of Vacation Rentals

Amy Hinote -
Travelers are approaching staying in a vacation home in a whole new way. Years ago, vacation rental travelers prioritized the destination and cared little...
Business

The Value of Direct Bookings vs. the Airbnb & Vrbo Demand

Amy Hinote -
KPIs Show the Value of Direct Bookings, but Airbnb is Quickly Gaining Ground as a Percentage of Total Revenue  The following data sets were provided...
Business

Know Before You Grow: Measuring Homeowner Satisfaction before Growing Inventory

Amy Hinote -
As competition heats up for supply, vacation rental managers are investing heavily in homeowner acquisition. Throughout the industry, our mantra is “This industry is...
Business

Simon Lehmann and Nicolas Galantini: Harnessing Industry Recovery

Simon Lehmann -
After 19 months of an unprecedented global pandemic, the travel industry—as a whole—has deeply suffered. However, recoveries across the travel industry have not all...
Latest News

STR Investor Sascha Hausmann Sentenced to 10 Months for Domestic Assault

Amy Hinote -
Sascha Hausmann, partner at Howzat Partners, has been sentenced to ten months in prison for assaulting his ex-partner. According to the release from Barcelona's...
Business

Key Data Raises $5M Series B from Ballast Point Ventures

Amy Hinote -
Ballast Point Ventures announced a $5 million Series B investment in Key Data Dashboard (“Key Data”), which provides benchmark and comparative market performance data...
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COVID-19

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Predicts Travel Revolution: “Travel as we know it is never coming back.”

Amy Hinote -
At this week’s Skift Global Forum, Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky told an audience of travel providers that the world is experiencing a...
Business

Former Expedia and Airbnb Exec Shaun Stewart Shares Insight at Data and Revenue Management Conference

Amy Hinote -
In a keynote presentation at the 3rd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management (DARM) Conference last month, Shaun Stewart discussed the recent “seismic...
Marketing

Marketing Without Data is Like Boating Without A Motor

Scott Hahnert -
Spoiler alert...you won’t get very far. Getting the most out of your marketing efforts means investing in data. Come up with a tagline, use a...
Business

Upcoming battleground puts a spotlight on revenue management technology in the short-term rental sector

Amy Hinote -
Over the last two years, the short-term rental (STR) industry has exploded with increased consumer demand and a large amount of media attention resulting...
Business

Why Your Business Should Have an In-House Information Technology Leader at the Table

Wendy Glover -
Technology growth and consolidation in the vacation rental industry have exploded over the past five years. In a market where there were only five...
Business

Providing Guests with a Catered Travel Experience: Big Brands Collection of Zero-Party Data

Wendell Lansford -
What day of the week is it again? With so many of us staying home because of the pandemic, it can be hard to...
Business

COVID-19’s Silver Lining: Growth of Property Technology in the Vacation Rental Industry

Lino Maldonado -
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed hardships on many throughout our society over the past year. Yet some of us might admit in hushed tones...
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Business

3rd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference: Session Descriptions by Time (Data, Revenue Management, Marketing, and Executive)

Amy Hinote -
3rd Annual Vacation Rental DARM Conference (vrdarm.com) August 16 - 18, 2021 Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC  Click here for a printable PDF on the DARM...
Business

Third-Party Distribution Channels: Are OTAs Your Foe, Friend, or Frenemy?

Michelle Marquis -
My experience on this topic began with a foundation in the hotel industry where I saw distribution, revenue management, and use of online travel...
Business

Thinking Outside the (In)box: Using Email Marketing to Drive Bookings in Today’s Economic Climate

Jennifer Perez -
The world of travel is opening again. With COVID-related restrictions lifting and vaccine distribution expanding, the public is hungry for travel—and they’re booking vacation...
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