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Building for a Niche Audience: Three Vacation Rental Entrepreneurs Purpose-Design Vacation Rentals to Meet Unique Travel Needs

Heather Bayer -
What do a collection of homes on golf courses in Alabama, a 10-bedroom mansion in Branson, Missouri, and a sun-drenched villa on the island...
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Predicting a recession? Historically, vacation rentals in domestic leisure destinations perform well during recession periods

Amy Hinote -
While no one wishes for a recession, it is hard to ignore multiple predictions that one is coming. As we look at travel sectors...
Education

VRM Intel Live! coming to Destin, January 23, 2020

Amy Hinote -
VRM Intel Live! is coming to Sandestin's Baytowne Wharf Conference Center, January 23, 2020, with 20 educational sessions and workshops for professional vacation rental...
Education

Owners and 3rd Party Channels: Convincing Homeowners to Pursue New Guests using Expedia and Booking.com

Michelle Marquis -
The way guests book vacation rentals (VRs) has changed dramatically in the past five years. One of our Gulf Coast clients with 200 properties experienced...
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Revenue Management: Who’s in Your Driver’s Seat

Andrew McConnell -
At the recent Inaugural VRM Intel Data & Revenue Management Conference in Atlanta, the first day largely focused on “setting the table.” This meant...
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Scaling Your Business: 5 Focus Areas For Human Resource Managers

Sue Jones -
In the vacation rental industry, we frequently hear chatter about scaling businesses. The topic of scaling is a nebulous idea that may leave some...
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18 Months in Review: A Look at Actual ADR, Occupancy, Length of Stay, and Booking Window Across Key Vacation Rental Markets

Amy Hinote -
While the concept has taken time to catch on, vacation rental managers and DMOs are beginning to value and utilize comparative data platforms that...
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Looking for that special family Christmas gift? 5 reasons to give the gift of time with a family vacation (plus booking tips)

Amy Hinote -
Choosing the right Christmas presents for family members can be challenging. We look for gift ideas that are meaningful, create joy, build lasting memories,...
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Calculating Occupancy in the Vacation Rental Industry: Should Owner Stays and Maintenance Holds Be Considered for Vacation Rentals?

Hannah Wheeler -
Occupancy has consistently been used as a staple indicator of performance for hoteliers and rental managers. Because occupancy rates are one of the most useful...
Education

The Pricing Technology Process: How hoteliers combine data, pricing tools, software, and revenue management services.

Ryan Saylor -
What Can VR Revenue Managers Learn from the Hotel Industry? With more and more emphasis being placed on vacation rental revenue management, what do we...
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Expedia’s stock tanks as company looks to bypass Google and increase direct bookings on Vrbo

Amy Hinote -
Expedia’s stock is down 26 percent today after the company posted Q3 2019 results showing underperformance. According to Bloomberg, Vrbo posted another decline in...
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Vacasa raises $319M to ramp up global expansion

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa, today, announced a $319 million strategic investment round led by tech investor Silver Lake, along with existing investors Riverwood Capital, Level Equity and...
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Property managers’ company logos and names disappear from Vrbo listing pages in what company calls a “test”

Amy Hinote -
Late last week, vacation rental managers began reporting that their company logos had disappeared from Vrbo's listing pages.  Previously, Vrbo displayed company logos on listing...
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LiveRez founder and CEO Tracy Lotz out, Inhabit IQ exec to lead internal transition

Amy Hinote -
Today, Inhabit IQ announced to its LiveRez customers that founder and CEO Tracy Lotz and CFO Rich Cook are leaving the company. The email...
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Vacasa Finalizes Purchase of Wyndham Vacation Rentals at $162M

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa has finalized its acquisition of Wyndham Vacation Rentals from Wyndham Destinations (NYSE: WYND) for a purchase price of $162 million. Vacasa financed the...
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Inside look at Inhabit IQ: GSV combines commercial, residential, and short-term rental technology under proptech umbrella.

Amy Hinote -
Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) began making waves in the vacation rental (VR) industry late last year as news spread that the long-term equity firm...
OTAs

The big deal in Vacation Rentals: Booking’s new Quality Ratings

Alex Nigg -
Throwing the gauntlet: dead in five years? Three years ago, Maninder Gulati of OYO predicted at Phocuswright India that “plain aggregators” will be dead in...
Service

Matt Landau’s “The Vacation Rental Show” spans continents and makes the jump to primetime TV in Middle East and North Africa

Amy Hinote -
Last year, Matt Landau partnered with Booking.com to produce he second season of the web series, The Vacation Rental Show, in which Landau travels...
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VRMA breaks ties with LSI Tools as comparative data provider for vacation rental manager members

Amy Hinote -
Days ahead of the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference—and with data and revenue management at the forefront of discussions—the industry's trade association...
Service

Delivering and Communicating Deep Service Value to Homeowners

Jeremiah Gall -
The past decade in hospitality has been a whirlwind, and short-term rentals have (and are still having) an incredible run. Every aspect of the...
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Catching up with the FOCKers. Latest from OTA leaders: Fogel, Okerstrom, Chesky, and Kaufer

Amy Hinote -
Over the last several years, four CEOs have led online travel agencies (OTAs) in feeding the top of the consumer funnel for alternative accommodations...
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How did Booking.com rate your properties? New classification system gives vacation rentals a star rating

Amy Hinote -
Property managers and homeowners using Booking.com who haven't checked the site lately might be surprised to find a star rating on their property listings. Booking.com...
Education

20-question survey for vacation rental managers. We need your input.

Amy Hinote -
For vacation rental professionals, we need your help! Will you help us by taking a 20-question survey about your thoughts about the future of the...
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Beyond Pricing Raises $42.5M to Expand Pricing Tool Technology for Vacation Rental Managers

Amy Hinote -
Beyond Pricing, the vacation rental industry's largest provider of revenue management tools, announced today that it has raised $42.5 million to execute on a...
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