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US: Booking.com invests in tech and ads to grow its “alternate accommodations” business
As announced in 2021, Booking.com is doing more to increase its revenues, in the US, from its “alternate accommodations” business, ...
Fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes: Pacaso, Ember, Here, Kocomo, Prello, Altacasa & August
Several companies such as Pacaso, Ember, and Kocomo are now offering fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes. What does this ...
How do Airbnb Categories work?
For its 2022 Summer Update, Airbnb has introduced 56 categories that allow travelers to discover more properties and destinations than ...
How do Airbnb Split Stays work?
The last couple of years have been transformative for the short-term rental industry and although not all the changes may ...
(video + text) Brian Chesky shows what Airbnb’s 2022 Summer Release is about
Let’s hear about the 2022 Summer Release directly from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Here are the video, transcript, and visual ...
Airbnb 2022 Summer update release
So, after the dust has settled, does Airbnb’s “biggest change to the platform in a decade” live up to its ...
Airbnb quarterly results: First profitable Q1 ever, great outlook for 2022
While waiting for the “biggest change to Airbnb in a decade” (see our expectations for Airbnb’s 2022 Summer release), let’s ...
Navigating the Operational Challenges of a Growing Business: Overcoming Inflation and Labor Shortages in Short-Term Rental Management
In recent years, many short-term rental management businesses have experienced significant growth and expansion. Now, owing to inflation and labor ...
Finding the best vacation rental dynamic pricing tool made easy
Pricing competitively is proven to drive profitability for vacation rental businesses, but adjusting prices manually is time-consuming, and often prone ...
Skift Future of Lodging Forum: Who is it for, what to expect, and how to attend
Since the pandemic, the short-term rental industry has seen an influx of a whole new generation of guests. As travelers ...
Alexander Limpert on how property management company GuestReady scaled operations to achieve excellence
When looking at ways to improve operational efficiency in short-term rental property management, it is important to look at businesses ...
$16 million in seed funding for Jarvis ML, a machine learning solution provider for vacation rental managers
Jarvis ML helps short-term rental and vacation rental management companies increase their revenues and profits by letting them leverage their ...
Booking.com’s new €1,000,000 Partner Liability Insurance and Damage Deposits by Booking.com vs Airbnb vs Vrbo
When it comes to listing a vacation rental property on an online platform, one of the biggest blockers for hosts ...
How to Overcome Rising Costs with Operational Efficiency in times of inflation and labor shortages
2021 was a landmark year for the vacation rental industry in many ways, from unprecedented category awareness to explosive demand ...
What is HomeToGo’s “onsite booking” model and how it can help the company compete with Airbnb
What if the rise of HomeToGo’s “onsite booking” services was allowing vacation rental managers to find a new source of ...
Over $400,000 Raised in Record-Breaking VRMA Advocacy Fundraising Campaign Kickoff
On Tuesday, April 12, at the Vacation Rental Management Association’s Spring Forum in Chicago, the organization held a surprise kickoff ...
How to pick a short-term rental software vendor
Each month, Rental Scale-Up organizes a conference, bringing together industry experts for the latest short-term rental trends and insights on ...
Listen up, property managers: we’ve launched the Scale Rentals podcast
With so many insights to cover at the Scale Rentals Show, we’re counting down to Barcelona early by interviewing upcoming ...
What companies do Sykes own? A quick recap after a new string of acquisitions.
Sykes Holiday Cottages has been on an acquisition spree as of late, scooping up a number of smaller companies in ...
Investors buy into the importance of guest experience: Touch Stay closes seed funding round to ignite growth
Last March, we spoke to Andy McNulty, co-founder and CEO of Touch Stay, a digital guidebook company with 18,500 active ...
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