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Articles tagged “vacation rentals”

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Hotels

Tapping Into Hotel Suites to Compete in an Era of Airbnb

Hotels have long underutilized their high-value inventory, which means losing out on a huge opportunity to compete with vacation rental platforms. Suiteness, a new solution to the hotel marketplace, helps guests get the space they need and helps hotels increase their average booking value.

Tapping Into Hotel Suites to Compete in an Era of Airbnb

Business Travel

Tourism Australia Targets High-Spending Consumers With New Premium Strategy

Everyone is talking about experiential travel these days. But Tourism Australia is upping the ante, using experiences to drive a premium strategy aimed at attracting more affluent visitors.

Tourism Australia Targets High-Spending Consumers With New Premium Strategy

Online Travel

Vacation Rental Search Site Tripping Lays Off 15 Employees and Restructures

Metasearch is hard, and comparison-shopping for vacation rentals and apartment shares is even harder. Tripping and others are having a hard time building their brands in the face of competition from larger players with more ample resources.

Vacation Rental Search Site Tripping Lays Off 15 Employees and Restructures

Hotels

Airbnb Plus’ Risky Bet to Push Homesharing to a New Level

If Airbnb is successful with Airbnb Plus, it will ensure that alternative accommodations are no longer seen as an alternative. But making it a success will be easier said than done.

Airbnb Plus’ Risky Bet to Push Homesharing to a New Level

Hotels

New Skift Research Analyst Session: Exploring Vacation Rental Tech Must-Haves

More consumers than ever are using vacation rentals. But as the line with hotels blurs and the industry enter a new growth phase, it faces unique challenges in delivering the hospitality guests expect. Technology will be key to providing an elevated guest experience and will help determine who sees the most success.

New Skift Research Analyst Session: Exploring Vacation Rental Tech Must-Haves

Short-Term Rentals

Interview: Stay Alfred CEO on Building the Future of Vacation Rental Tech

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.

Interview: Stay Alfred CEO on Building the Future of Vacation Rental Tech

Online Travel

New Skift Research Report: Decoding the Modern Vacation Rental Technology Landscape

Vacation rentals are grappling with how to meet and exceed guest expectations across a fragmented market. As the industry grows, this challenge only gets tougher. A new generation of fast-evolving technologies could be part of the solution.

New Skift Research Report: Decoding the Modern Vacation Rental Technology Landscape

Online Travel

Booking Targets Urban Apartments in Vacation Rental Land Grab

Booking.com now wants to sign up all types of alternative accommodations, even short-term rental apartments that face increased regulation in many cities. CEO Glenn Fogel seems to think that the ultimate winner of the online travel game will be whoever has the most beds in the end.

Booking Targets Urban Apartments in Vacation Rental Land Grab

Online Travel

TurnKey Raises $31 Million as Vacation Home Rental Management Stays Hot

Does yet another big funding round signal that the vacation rental property market is over-heated? Nah. It's reasonable given the huge size of the opportunity and how much investment will be needed to digitize and automate the sector.

TurnKey Raises $31 Million as Vacation Home Rental Management Stays Hot

Hotels

Wyndham Sells Its European Vacation Rental Business to a Private Equity Firm for $1.3 Billion

Sorry, Airbnb. Those who follow the vacation rental business closely had a hunch that the business would be gobbled up by private equity and they were right.

Wyndham Sells Its European Vacation Rental Business to a Private Equity Firm for $1.3 Billion