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The Push for Quality: How Hotel Convergence is Affecting Vacation Rentals 

Jeremiah Gall -
A dozen years ago, before HomeAway acquired VRBO and before vacation rentals had any presence with major online travel agencies (OTAs), rental managers were...
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New Orleans Councilmember Palmer Proposes Vacation Rental Ban

Alexa Nota -
Update 12/18/18: Councilmember Palmer has delayed the preliminary vote on this measure to January. Today, New Orleans city councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer released details of...
OTAs

Airbnb’s acquisition of a property management company leads to concerns among property managers and hosts about Airbnb’s intentions

Amy Hinote -
This week, Airbnb announced its acquisition of Luckey Homes, a property management company based in France. The news comes on the heels of Airbnb's announcement...
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Former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland Joins BookingPal Board of Directors

Alexa Nota -
BookingPal is pleased to announce the addition of Sam Gilliland to its board of directors. Gilliland is the former chairman and CEO of travel...
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Las Vegas City Council Bans Vacation Rentals

Alexa Nota -
Las Vegas city council voted 4 – 3 on Wednesday to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals and limit hosted rentals to those that have...
Technology

HomeAway Software Has a New Interim GM: Ryan Hutchings

Amy Hinote -
HomeAway Software announced today that it has named Ryan Hutchings as its new General Manager, replacing Cliff Vars. In this role, Hutchings will oversee...
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HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

Alexa Nota -
Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...
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Continuous Learning: Knowledge is the Key to Business Success 

Heather Bayer -
“What’s the point of learning about crypto-currency? It will never affect me.” That was my sister’s response when I told her I was researching distributed...
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10 Questions with Airbnb’s Head of Professional Hosting, Clara Liang 

Amy Hinote -
Airbnb currently offers 5 million listings in 191 markets (compared to HomeAway, which lists 1.6 million properties). Growth rates at Airbnb have been extraordinary,...
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HomeAway Software is Getting Out of the Website-Building Business: Will Shut Down Escapia Web Services in May 2019

Amy Hinote -
HomeAway Software has been providing and maintaining websites for hundreds of professional property management companies who use its market-leading Escapia software platform since purchasing the...
Regulations

San Diego City Council Rescinds Short-Term Rental Ordinance

Alexa Nota -
San Diego city council voted 8 – 1 today to rescind the short-term rental ordinance passed in July that banned second-home rentals in the...
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Expedia CEO on HomeAway: “We bought the Craigslist of vacation rentals.” #SkiftForum

Amy Hinote -
At the recent Skift Global Forum, Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom fielded on-stage questions from Skift founding editor, Dennis Schaal, about the progress the company is...
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Former Airbnb Exec Shaun Stewart Discusses the State of the Vacation Rental Industry at LiveRez User Conference

Amy Hinote -
Last week at the LiveRez Partner Conference in Boise, Shaun Stewart, chief business development officer of Waymo and former global head of vacation rentals...
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HomeAway and Expedia Group Presidents Predict Next 10 Years of Travel and Tech

Alexa Nota -
In a fireside chat at HomeAway’s Rezfest yesterday, HomeAway president John Kim and Expedia Group brand president Aman Bhutani discussed what they see coming in...
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RemoteLock Updates Logo and Combines All Brands Into One

VRM Intel Staff -
RemoteLock, provider of the leading cloud platform for smart locks, announced August 15 that it has updated its logo and combined all its brands...
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HomeAway Launches Pet-Friendly Vacation Rental Collection

Alexa Nota -
HomeAway announced Monday it has launched a new collection of pet-friendly homes on HomeAway.com. For bookings made on hmwy.co/pet-travel between now and December 31,...
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MyVR’s Series A Funding Brings Randy Sparks Back to the Vacation Rental Industry

Alexa Nota -
MyVR’s $6.1 million Series A funding last December is being deployed in part to grow its first sales department, and its first hire brought...
Education

Skift Global Forum, Sep 27-28: Hear from Airbnb, Expedia, Google, Booking and TripAdvisor

Amy Hinote -
VRM Intel is partnering with Skift Global Forum taking place September 27-28, 2018 in New York, NY. Use code "VACATION" to save 20% off your ticket. Skift...
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Massachusetts Short-Term Rental Bill Hangs in Limbo

Alexa Nota -
At the end of July, Massachusetts lawmakers approved short-term rental regulations that include registration, tax collection, and a state-wide public registry of licensed rentals....
Education

Unbundling the Property Manager

Alex Nigg -
Property managers (PMs) traditionally provide a wide range of activities, including design and listing preparation, competitive benchmarking, pricing advice, marketing, distribution, guest screening and...
News

Share San Diego, Airbnb, and HomeAway Launch Referendum Fight Against Short-Term Rental Regulations

Alexa Nota -
Airbnb, HomeAway, and advocacy group Share San Diego announced yesterday a referendum petition to overturn the effective ban on second-home short-term rentals in San...
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HomeAway Proposes New Orleans Short-Term Rental Policy Amid Industry’s Uncertain Future in the City

Alexa Nota -
Last week HomeAway submitted a short-term rental policy proposal to the city of New Orleans. Its Whole-Home, Whole-Community Policy Solutions proposal follows a measure passed by...
Regulations

Average Noise Levels Compared in Short-Term Rentals and Long-Term Occupied Homes

David Krauss -
When Henry Ford’s Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908, the existing rules of the road were instantly rendered inadequate. In the...
Education

Real Estate and Vacation Rentals Relationship Status: “It’s Complicated”

Erica Muller -
Vacation rentals and real estate are two massive industries worth billions that have long existed parallel to one another. The juxtaposition of the two...
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