Thibault Masson

How to use content marketing to build authority and become an Airbnb alternative
How do you turn your listing site into a travel resource that hits multiple times each of the visitors in ...

AirDNA: VRWS 2021, Fascinating summer 2021 data, and dynamic pricing integration with Futurestay
AirDNA is one of the sponsors of the upcoming 2021 edition of the Vacation Rental World Summit (VRWS) in Annecy, ...

Hometogo: $1bn value based on booking commissions and software revenues
As we announced last week, vacation rental marketplace Hometogo is supposed to go public via a planned €1.2 billion transaction. ...

Investment money and deal-making also flourishing in Europe
While the overall vacation rental market data are not as rosy in Europe as in the US for this summer, ...

How sponsoring VRWS 2021 can help you get more leads, grow your authority, and gather market insights
If you are a vacation rental industry player, such as a vendor, a listing site, or a software provider, you ...

Expedia Group (EXPE) and its subsidiary Vrbo – Growing Connections
Vrbo has been part of Expedia Group for a few years and the connections between the two entities are getting ...

Why attend Vacation Rental World Summit 2021
Our Rental Scale-Up team is delighted to invite you to join us at the 2021 edition of the Vacation Rental ...

(Videos) Deep-dives into Airbnb’s stunning search options: Flexible Destinations, Flexible Matching, and Flexible Dates.
When, on May 24, Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky announced that his company was releasing 103 updates, a set of 3 ...

2021 – 2023 US Short-term rental market trends, according to AirDNA
Short-term rental data provider AirDNA has boldly gone where no industry analyst has gone before by publishing a forecast report ...

Airbnb firm cancellation policy: Differences with moderate and strict
In June 2021, after several months of testing, Airbnb introduced its new Firm cancellation policy. Firm fits between Moderate and ...

Vacation rental tech: Own vs. Rent, a live workshop with Yoomondo
If you are scaling your property management business, it comes a time when you wonder you should be switching from ...

How flOasis, a new listing site of unique stays for remote workers, launched in under 12 months
How do you launch a booking platform offering unique stays to remote workers and digital nomads under 12 months? How ...

The ridiculous debate about Airbnb’s cleaning fees.
Twitterstorm erupted after “We gotta stop Airbnb” message shows screenshot of a $114 cleaning fee. Twitter users and the press ...

No, Airbnb’s Smart Pricing algorithm does not discriminate against black hosts. But …
On May 13, 2021, the Financial Times published an article titled “Airbnb pricing algorithm led to increased racial disparities, study ...

Hottest U.S. vacation rental trends for summer 2021
It is no secret that traditional vacation rental markets (coastal, mountain, and rural) are booming in the US for summer ...

7 new Vrbo developments that property managers and hosts should not miss
While Airbnb was busy packaging no fewer than 103 updates in one release in May, Vrbo has launched new features ...

Vrbo commercials: After a Long Wait series, with John Legend
Vrbo’s advertising activity has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic: In 2020, the company unveiled a ...

Airbnb and Booking targets of G7 push for higher taxes for multinationals and EU focus on restraining gatekeepers
Property managers and vacation rental owners operate businesses that are fundamentally local. As such, they pay taxes in the cities, ...

U.S. Vacation Rentals vs. Labor Shortages: Extenteam’s Luke Bujarski reports
After losing a dramatic number of jobs in 2021, the vacation rental industry is now scrambling to find workers. Extenteam, ...

3 thought-provoking data points from Airbnb’s 2021 travel report
In our European travel report, we shared data about Airbnb’s bookings for summer 2021. One striking data point showed that ...