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BookingSync and Smily’s Sebastien Grosjean on why he is looking forward to VRWS 21
As September 16-17, 2021 inch closer, the excitement among the attendees of the 2021 iteration of the Vacation Rental World ...

Use Case: How we used Instagram marketing to generate 500+ leads for our vacation rental business
Instagram is a powerful marketing channel for travel brands. But when you get started, you are faced with a unique ...

AJL Atelier’s Simon Lehmann on why not attending VRWS 21 is a mistake
A truw vacation rental industry insider, Simon Lehmann has made his bones in the industry over an impressive career that ...

Vacation Rental World Summit 2021 speakers and presenters
The agenda of VRWS 2021 has just been released. The Vacation Rental World Summit 2021 will be held in Annecy, ...

Vacasa SPAC presentation Slides: Deep-dive on their acquisition strategy (160+ property management companies and counting)
Vacasa, the leading property management company in North America, representing 30,000 properties, is to go public in Q4 2021 through ...

Attract more guests and remote workers with the Airbnb wifi speed test
Airbnb hosts can now test their wifi speed, see the results, and get their listing updated accordingly, straight from the ...

Rentals United and VrTech founder Vanessa De Souza Lage on attending VRWS 2021
Vanessa De Souza Lage is one of the most recognizable faces in the vacation rental industry. A tireless industry maven, ...

What Airbnb’s 2021 mission statement says about the company’s ambitions
A company’s mission statement says a lot about how it sees itself, how it wants others to see it, where ...

FinTech by Booking, Revolut Stays, Dtravel: Payment solution hype vs real-world problems
The topic of payment is so important that Airbnb, and now Booking.com, have set up entire FinTech units. Things are ...

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 ...

Inclusivity in travel: Fabstayz, a dedicated platform for LGBTQ+ guests
The topic of inclusivity has relevance outside of just pride month. As the business of vacation rental evolves, conversations and ...

India vacation rental trends 2021 with Rohit Taparia
With a population of 1.366 billion (2019), India represents a sizeable chunk of the world’s population, including, presumably, travelers. Yet ...

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 ...