Friday, December 5, 2025
type here...
- Advertisement -

TAG

OTAs

Latest News

VR Companies Make Phocuswright’s Hot Startups List

Alexa Nota -
On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ, a club that connects travel startup founders,...
Education

VRM Intel’s Takeaways from the VRMA International Conference

Amy Hinote -
Last week’s Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference in Las Vegas was the largest yet with over 1,700 attendees, and the event proved...
Latest News

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...
News

Are Hotels Obsessed with Direct Bookings?

Alexa Nota -
Hoteliers are debating the amount of focus that should be given to direct bookings. Recent PhocusWire articles, written by reporter Lisa Fox and Duetto's Patrick...
Marketing

What Vacation Rentals Can Learn from the OTA Wars

Amber Mayer -
Is there any end in sight to the booking battle between hotels and OTAs? Can we at least expect a change in terminology so...
Marketing

10 Tips for Successful Distribution

VRM Intel Staff -
Nearly 70 percent of all reservations are driven by online channels, an incredible statistic from Phocuswright. From what we’ve seen, this change in user...
Latest News

Vacation Rental Listing Site Launches Crowdfunding Campaign Ahead of ICO

Alexa Nota -
This week vacation rental listing site Vacayrx launched a crowdfunding campaign and plans to use the funds to promote an initial coin offering (ICO) later this...
- Advertisement -
News

Guesty Appoints Vered Raviv Schwarz as Chief Operating Officer

Alexa Nota -
All-in-one short-term rental software Guesty welcomes Vered Raviv Schwarz as its new chief operating officer to oversee the company’s global operations from its Tel...
News

CanadaStays Partners with Inntopia

Alexa Nota -
  CanadaStays announced yesterday its partnership with Inntopia, a booking system for hotel and lodging managers. By distributing on CanadaStays, Inntopia property managers now have a...
Marketing

Doubling Down on the Guest Experience

Touch Stay -
As I listened to Simon Lehmann at the European VRMA Conference explain why he always brings a set of sharp knives when staying at a...
Marketing

Creating a Sustainable Advantage with Automated Distribution

Bluetent Staff -
There is no doubt that distribution and the increasing prevalence of online travel agencies (OTAs) have caused a significant disruption in the vacation rental...
Education

Long Live the OTA! 5 Major Issues Marketplaces Solve for You by David Angotti

David Angotti -
It’s time to have a difficult conversation: listing sites are not the enemy. If we choose to form an alliance rather than complain, online...
Latest News

Technology-enabled Property Management Lodging Platforms

Steve Milo -
The vacation rental industry is undergoing a rapid transformation in terms of both market growth and in the operational and lodging side. With the...
Latest News

Airbnb Amends Lawsuit Against Santa Monica to Focus on California Coastal Act and Federal Law

Heather Weiermann -
AirBnb did not waste any time in taking action to incorporate last week's California Coastal Commission 9-2 vote to reject Laguna Beach’s ordinance, which...
- Advertisement -
Business

3 Big Myths About Direct Bookings

VRM Intel Staff -
“One would think that given all of the industry attention on direct booking, there would be a more uniform way of looking at what...
Business

OTAs Are Not the Problem—Dependency Is

Heather Weiermann -
One of the more popular sports in the vacation rental industry today seems to be bashing listing sites and OTAs (online travel agencies). The...
Latest News

Who is the next disruptor in the vacation rental industry?

Amy Hinote -
Travelers have been staying in vacation homes for centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence and disruption of VRBO.com and Airbnb that the industry...
Latest News

Vacation Rental Managers and Owners: What is Your Brand Worth?

Vince Perez -
The above question was asked to several veteran managers this week at a meeting I attended.  It is an uncomfortable question, one that produces...
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...
Marketing

Kelsie Skinner: “Time to re-evaluate your listing site dependency.” 10 Ways to Adapt to the New Reality of Vacation Rental Listing Sites

Amy Hinote -
Listing sites have been hard at work this year implementing changes that have far reaching effects for vacation rental managers, namely withholding contact information...
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...
- Advertisement -
Marketing

Measure, Convert, Retain, Optimize: A Quick Guide to Listing Site Independence for VRMs

Amy Hinote -
The number one request for information from vacation rental managers (VRMs) we receive at VRM Intel is about listing site independence. VRMs are looking...
Latest News

The 2017 Winter Issue of VRM Intel Magazine is Here

Amy Hinote -
As vacation rental managers, you have numerous hats to wear in order to be successful. Consequently, in this winter issue, we decided to shift...
Latest News

Vacation Rental Pros Steve Milo Talks Acquisitions and Growth Strategy

Amy Hinote -
In 2002, Steve Milo, founder and managing director of Vacation Rental Pros Property Management LLC, purchased his first vacation rental home in Venice, Florida,...
123Page 3 of 3

Latest news

- Advertisement -

© 2025 VRM Intel, LLC. All rights reserved.

About Us

Popular Category

Editor Picks

It’s Your People, Stupid

Am I calling you stupid? Not really. Just grabbing your attention. But let me break down something I see in company after company that,...