All posts tagged "OTAs"

On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ,...

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

At the recent Skift Global Forum, Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom fielded on-stage questions from Skift founding editor, Dennis...

Hoteliers are debating the amount of focus that should be given to direct bookings. Recent PhocusWire articles, written...

Is there any end in sight to the booking battle between hotels and OTAs? Can we at...

Nearly 70 percent of all reservations are driven by online channels, an incredible statistic from Phocuswright. From...

This week vacation rental listing site Vacayrx launched a crowdfunding campaign and plans to use the funds to promote...

All-in-one short-term rental software Guesty welcomes Vered Raviv Schwarz as its new chief operating officer to oversee...

  CanadaStays announced yesterday its partnership with Inntopia, a booking system for hotel and lodging managers. By distributing...

As I listened to Simon Lehmann at the European VRMA Conference explain why he always brings a set...

There is no doubt that distribution and the increasing prevalence of online travel agencies (OTAs) have caused...

It’s time to have a difficult conversation: listing sites are not the enemy. If we choose to...

The vacation rental industry is undergoing a rapid transformation in terms of both market growth and in...

AirBnb did not waste any time in taking action to incorporate last week’s California Coastal Commission 9-2...

“One would think that given all of the industry attention on direct booking, there would be a...

One of the more popular sports in the vacation rental industry today seems to be bashing listing...

Travelers have been staying in vacation homes for centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence and disruption...

The above question was asked to several veteran managers this week at a meeting I attended.  It...

Most major hotel company CEOs are still insistent that their direct booking pushes are working, but they’re...

Listing sites have been hard at work this year implementing changes that have far reaching effects for...

Major hotel chains are engaging in an online turf war with the very travel sites that have...

The number one request for information from vacation rental managers (VRMs) we receive at VRM Intel is...

As vacation rental managers, you have numerous hats to wear in order to be successful. Consequently, in...

In 2002, Steve Milo, founder and managing director of Vacation Rental Pros Property Management LLC, purchased his...