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Update 12/18/18: Councilmember Palmer has delayed the preliminary vote on this measure to January. Today, New Orleans...

This week, Airbnb announced its acquisition of Luckey Homes, a property management company based in France. The news...

On Tuesday, El Dorado County’s official election results confirmed that South Lake Tahoe’s Measure T has passed...

Airbnb wants professional property management companies to know its aim is to work more closely with the...

Resort Realty announced today that it has acquired Elan Vacations. Founded in 2001, Elan Vacations specializes in...

Vacation rental software company Hostaway recently announced a seed funding round of $1.45 million. The round was...

Communication via texting is rapidly increasing as we all see every day. Now when I dine out at a restaurant...

HomeAway Software announced today that it has named Ryan Hutchings as its new General Manager, replacing Cliff...

The Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, recurring on the first Wednesday in February, is set for...

In 2007, Dr. James Oldroyd’s Lead Response Management Study found that agents who responded to a lead...

Last month, VillaKey became the first vacation rental company to become certified in autism travel by the...

As Vacasa snaps up property management companies, it’s also creating an ecosystem of secondary service offerings that...

The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though...

For the first time ever, there are more job openings available than there are eligible people to...

A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall over the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms...

On Tuesday, residents in several municipalities cast their votes for or against local short-term rental ballot measures....

Once a year, some of us make an appointment with a doctor for a physical. This is when the doctor “lifts...

TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today that it has appointed Chris Elam as vice president of guest experience....

Last week’s Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference in Las Vegas was the largest yet with...

If any company can find opportunities amid challenging circumstances, it’s Starr Textile Services. In 2004, Meyer Vacation...

Consistency Drives Convergence In a recent USA Today article on why Airbnb and similar sharing economy businesses are dwindling in popularity, this quote caught my eye:...

Airbnb currently offers 5 million listings in 191 markets (compared to HomeAway, which lists 1.6 million properties)....

Baltimore city council is likely to issue final approval of a short-term rental ordinance to ban new...

The vacation rental industry is booming. In the United States alone, there are an estimated 4,500 professional operators managing more than 600,000...