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Vacation rental metasearch platform gets funding

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2014 --Tripping, which lets you search through thousands of vacation rental sites, has announced its Series A funding round. The company isn't...

VDS launches loyalty program for vacation rentals

For years other industries including hotels/resorts, rental car companies, airlines, supermarkets and restaurants have implemented loyalty and guest retention programs while the vacation rental...

What is a virtual tour, floor plan tour, 360 tour, etc.?

Virtual tours, 360's, Panoramas, floor plan tours…the terminology used to describe ways to showcase properties online can be unclear and confusing. VRM Intel decided...

Resort Realty acquires Hatteras Island’s Colony Realty VR operations

When Resort Realty's CEO Mike Harrington expanded operations to Hatteras Island in February of this year, he recognized the opportunity saying, "We feel there...

RateCoaster releases dynamic rate tool for the vacation rental industry

RateCoaster produces Demand-Driven Pricing that automatically updates suppliers' management systems and in turn publishes to their own website and channels like Airbnb and Homeaway,...

Turnkey Vacation Rentals acquires Coastline Adventures

AUSTIN, TX, May 5, 2014 — TurnKey Vacation Rentals today announced its acquisition of Coastline Adventures, a long-time Port Aransas, TX-based vacation rental manager. With...

TripAdvisor Acquires Vacation Home Rentals

NEWTON, Mass., May 1, 2014 -- TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP), today announced it has acquired Vacation Home Rentals, a Massachusetts-based vacation rentals website. Vacation Home...
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FVRMA backed House bill passes Senate, now to Governor

Vacation rental owners appear to have fought off efforts to allow cities and counties in Florida once again to ban some types of short-term...

Hotel industry plans attack on vacation rentals

Over the last decade the vacation rental industry's share of the lodging market rose from 8% to 20%, and online vacation rental bookings jumped from...

Seaside Vacation Rentals Acquires JoHank Rentals

Seaside Vacation Rentals on the Southern Coast of Maine announced its acquisition of JoHank Rentals, located in Wells, Maine. JoHank Rentals has a long standing...

HomeAway Q1: 8 things we learned from HomeAway’s earnings call

HomeAway's stock price fell April 28 to $32.60, down from $48.90 in February of this year. However in last week's earnings call HomeAway reported...

VRM Implements BookEasy Responsive Design

White Realty, a long-time Virtual Resort Manager client, has launched a new website built on the VRM's Responsive Web Design platform. The new site...

Is rate parity coming to the vacation rental industry?

What is rate parity? In short, “rate parity” is offering the same rate with the same conditions for a particular room type, regardless of the...

Mountain Travel Symposium: Panel discusses rentals-by-owners

By Lauren Glendenning Websites like VRBO.com and Airbnb.com are giving discerning travelers an alternative to resort lodging in mountain destinations, but they’re also creating some...
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Surpassing the competition, LiveRez’s Tracy Lotz remains committed to independence

802. 802 is the number of vacation rental management companies who have purchased LiveRez’s vacation rental management software platform as of April 9, 2014. Vacation...

Vacasa acquires Utah Vacation Homes

Portland, OR based property management company Vacasa Rentals recently purchased Utah Vacation Homes. Founded in 2009, fast-growing Vacasa manages over 700 vacation homes in the western U.S.,...

HomeAway: Over $40M Sold -HomeAway execs Sharples, Shepherd, Buhrdorf, Hale et al. sell shares for $40M+

Updated: April 11, 2014 HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples has another significant chunk of stock for at least the fourth time in the past five weeks. Sharples acquired...

Myrtle Beach vacation rentals generated $200M + 2,500 jobs

Last year, short-term rentals in Myrtle Beach generated an economic output of $200.7 million and supported 2,587 jobs. Residents and the local tourism industry of...

Study Finds Short-Term Rentals Bring Enormous Economic Benefits to Coachella Valley

Last year, short-term rentals in Coachella Valley generated $272 million in overall economic activity and supported 2,539 jobs.   COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. – March 27 –...

FL Amendment to Vacation Rental Bill Moves Closer to Governor’s Desk…With Limits

Facing opposition from property rights advocates and the vacation rental industry, state lawmakers in both the House and Senate took a step back from...

Vacation rentals at center of Asheville, NC dispute

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Officials in Asheville have three months to come up with rules and regulations regarding short-term vacation rentals after property owners...
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Fortune Looks at HomeAway and Airbnb

On March 12, 2014, an interesting article released by Fortune titled Quietly Growing Up in Airbnb's Shadow, provides a unique perspective on the similarities...

Rel=”Canonical” Tags: Saving SEO for Vacation Rental Managers?

Rel="canonical" tags are used when duplicate content is present to let search engines (e.g. Google) know that the content on a page is not...

Industry Leaders Weigh In On Recent Acquisitions

In the last month, the vacation rental industry has seen several acquisitions of technology companies: RealPage acquired Bookt/Instamanager VacationRoost acquired LeisureLink HomeAway acquired Glad to Have You Each...

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