Expedia Partners With HomeAway To Offer Vacation Rentals
Photo Credit: A vacation rental in Austin that has been rented through HomeAway. flickr / Heather Cowper
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Expedia's focus will remain with hotels for the forseeable future, but this pilot partnership with HomeAway on vacation rentals is the very beginning of what could be a dramatic change.
Expedia Inc. just vastly broadened its lodging options by partnering with the world's largest vacation rental provider, HomeAway, to offer its vacation rentals on Expedia.com in the U.S. and Mexico.
HomeAway's stock spiked last week over rumors about merger and acquisition activity. There were no mergers, but perhaps HomeAway's Expedia partnership triggered the activity.
In addition to hotels, Priceline's Booking.com displays apartment hotels, villas and some vacation rentals, but the pilot Expedia-HomeAway partnership
