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Elevating Standards, Quality & Guest Experience in Vacation Rentals

Paul Bergeron -
"The issue of raising quality in short-term rentals is a fundamental one for our industry. It is so closely tied with raising standards, trust,...
Business

Skift Short-Term Rental Summit, Dec 9 with Vrbo, Vacasa, Marriott, Expedia, Sonder, and more

Amy Hinote -
Skift is hosting its Short-term Rental and Outdoor Summit this week, December 9 – 10. The cost to attend is $145, and the short-term...
Education

Hotel and Vacation Rental Experts Come Together to Discuss Revenue Management at Upcoming Forum

Amy Hinote -
For decades, the travel industry has bobbed in and out of speculative attempts toward what many believe to be an inevitable convergence of the...
Marketing

Opinion: Beverly Serral—I Went to Skift’s Short-Term Rental Summit and Here’s What Happened

Beverly Serral -
By Beverly Serral, cofounder and CEO of BESTNEST Attendee 1: I hope I hear a lot about master leases. Attendee 2: I hope I hear a...
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...
Marketing

Independent Vacation Rental Managers: Beat the Disruptors by Playing Your Game

Doug Kennedy -
Play to Your Strengths as a Local Vacation Rental Brand Like virtually all industries these days, the vacation rental (VR) business is experiencing a period...
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TurnKey Vacation Rentals raises $48M and looks to package and sell its technology to vacation homeowners and small property managers

Amy Hinote -
TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today it has secured $48 million in funding, bringing the total amount of capital raised to date to $120 million....
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Education

Trust Flow Matters

Vince Perez -
Expedia’s recent revenue miss is flushing out the true state of OTAs as it relates to our industry. Doing away with the HomeAway brand...
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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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Opinion: Why The Vacation Rental Industry Needs Ratings 

Alex Nigg -
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: “Travelers say they’re tired of the unknown.”   Why is...
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The Rise of Brands in the Vacation Rental Industry

Alex Nigg -
Branding, they say, is everything. If you’re starting a company, one of the first things you’ll hear is that you need a strong brand. People...
OTAs

Skift Reports on the Current State of Relationships Between OTAs and Hoteliers

VRM Intel Staff -
Most major hotel company CEOs are still insistent that their direct booking pushes are working, but they’re candid about also maintaining ties with major...
OTAs

Hotels Work to Regain Business Lost to OTAs

VRM Intel Staff -
Major hotel chains are engaging in an online turf war with the very travel sites that have helped drive their businesses. Marriott International Inc., Hilton...

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