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GSV-led technology rollup in vacation rental industry rebrands and names new leadership team

GSV-led technology rollup in vacation rental industry rebrands and names new leadership team
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Amy Hinote
September 13, 2019

This week, Knoxville-based Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) announced to its Vacation Brands and Property Brands teams that it has combined its short-term and long-term property management companies into a new brand—Inhabit IQ.

According to an internal announcement, “Inhabit IQ is a unique collective of tech-forward software companies, formerly Vacation Brands and Property Brands, serving the residential, commercial and vacation rental industries.”

Over the last year, GSV led a private-equity-funded rollup, acquiring majority stakes in large technology companies and service providers in the professionally managed vacation rental industry (including Streamline Vacation Rental Software, Bizcor, Bluetent (which purchased Visual Data Systems), Rental Guardian, Virtual Resort Manager (VRM), iTrip Vacations, and LiveRez).

Initially, GSV aggregated these companies under a short-term rental umbrella known as Vacation Brands. GSV led a similar initiative in the long-term rental management industry under the Property Brands label.

According to the email, “Vacation Brands and Property Brands have come together to form a new entity doing business as Inhabit IQ,”

The announcement named a new leadership team:

  • Lisa Stinnett, CEO
  • John Vingia, COO
  • Chad Scott, CRO
  • Bill Roselli, CFO
  • Kristoph Gustovich, CTO

 

According to its email, this team “will lead Inhabit IQ, providing insight and tenured management expertise to companies across the platform through extensive operational, financial, and strategic go-to-market experience.”

The announcement added, “In many ways, you won’t experience any noticeable changes. Your company’s platforms are still sold to the market individually, as Inhabit IQ does not offer any solutions itself to the market. Rather, the companies under the Inhabit IQ umbrella manage unique and independent go-to-market strategies with the operational oversight of Inhabit IQ leadership. Now, you have a wider network of partnerships supporting the momentum of the market.

“Some of the near-term benefits you can expect from the combination support operational efficiencies, such as Vacation Brands companies benefiting from an established Property Brands infrastructure and experienced corporate executive team. We also anticipate additional opportunities for employees in this structure as we continue to move forward.”

The email added, “The positive effects that were expected from the Vacation Brands formation will continue on with Inhabit IQ as we work to identify valuable integrations, cross-sell opportunities and innovation strategies that offer more to our customers than ever before.”

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8 Comments

  1. D Thomas says:
    September 24, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    First congratulations to GSV for buying LSI. I would not count on VRMA to keep their Insight project with LSI since GSV owns Itrips – a property management franchise model that competes with local companies. Talk about allowing the fox into the hen house! Second, GSV is using an old Private Equity trick. They are “merging” Property Brands with Vacation Brands to try to hit their numbers and cloak the upcoming shortfall in the Vacation Brand numbers. The big question for those companies who sold into Vacation Brand is what valuation are they getting as they get diluted into Inhabit IQ. Another concern for those companies who sold early like Streamline is how much money GSV paid to acquire LiveRez which is rumored to be $90 million due to a bidding war. Companies who are talking to GSV would be wise to learn from LiveRez that their best strategy would be to hire an I-Bank and solicit multiple bids. This is what LiveRez did and it reportedly generated twice the valuation as Streamline. Of course, the goal has always been for GSV to flip the merge company to another PE company. Hope whoever they are shopping this roll-up does their homework and actually talks to property managers in the industry.

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    • Toni LeGras says:
      September 25, 2019 at 2:46 pm

      So far no one is including property managers in the conversation, and we are being treated like widgets.

      A strange oversight in our opinion, as we are the ones with the bulk of the inventory. It will be interesting to see the response over the next year.

      Reply
  2. Matthew Tesdall says:
    September 24, 2019 at 11:35 am

    Thanks Amy for the great article. Now is the time to “dig in your heals” and fight for what we have built. There will always be plenty of opportunity for local companies to thrive when they are able to adapt quickly while keeping their primary focus on their owners, guests, and the communities they serve. Excelling at these things will protect local vacation rental companies from being consumed or pushed out by the “big box” platforms. Building a solution where we have tools similar to what big businesses are using (like KPIs – Key Performance Indicators), while keeping the local look and feel of our companies is more crucial now than ever before. There is to much seasoned experience and talent in our industry … it is time for us to band together and charge the hill!!!

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  3. B. Anthony says:
    September 15, 2019 at 5:38 am

    Yes, we got the notification about the increase. I have been thinking for some time that it was not a matter of if but when LiveRez would sell the business or IPO. Well, in effect they have sold the business and now must increase prices to improve profitability to increase book value and then sell again. LiveRez is a good software but doubling of cost has us looking for an alternative. So for us it not a matter of if we will change, but when.

    PS. Many thanks to Amy and VRMintel for keeping us informed. Much appreciated.

    Reply
    • audrey says:
      September 21, 2019 at 9:48 am

      What software are you considering and who might do a website?

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  4. T. LeGras says:
    September 14, 2019 at 5:44 pm

    “you won’t see any noticable changes . . . ”

    Right! We have Live Rez and just received 30 day notice that they are increasing their fees from .5% to 1%, which is a 100% increase I am sure no one will NOTICE this . ..

    We feel betrayed and hope other PMs will join to protest this monopolistic move.

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Amy Hinote is the founder and editor-in-chief of VRM Intel Magazine, which provides news, information and resources for the professionally managed vacation rental industry. With a background in finance and over 15 years in the vacation rental industry, Hinote has worked with property management companies, technology companies, intermediaries and investors, and provides insider information about the growing vacation rental industry. She also founded the data company, now known as Key Data Dashboard, which provides aggregated market intelligence and reporting for vacation rental managers. Hinote resides between Alabama's Gulf Coast and Evanston, Illinois.

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