Interview: Stay Alfred CEO on Building the Future of Vacation Rental Tech
Photo Credit: A Stay Alfred Rental in Seattle, Washington. The company seeks to offer a consistent room experience across its rentals nationwide. Stay Alfred
Skift Take
There's a new generation of property managers trying to bring hotel-like professionalism and scale to the vacation rental market. Their tech chops will play a large role in determining if they succeed or fail.
The vacation rental market is one of the most dynamic parts of the travel landscape today. Underpinning the whole ecosystem is a complex network of technologies, which we believe are essential for leaders in the space, regardless of role, to understand.
To this end, last week we launched the latest report in our Skift Research service, Decoding the Modern Vacation Rental Technology Landscape.
Below is an interview with Jordan Allen, the CEO of Stay Alfred, and Roth Fouty, its vice president of technology, that has been edited for length and clarity. Stay Alfred is one of a new generation of ‘Hotel 2.0’ vacation rental property managers that are trying to bring hotel-like brand standards and scale to the vacation rental market.
We think that our conversation with Stay Alfred highlights the massive technological hurdles the operators face. For instance, off-the-shelf technology may not meet their needs and third-party software must be integrated in a scalable way.
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