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Articles tagged “vacation rentals”

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Hotels

Tech Solutions, Guest Experience, and Customer Touchpoints for an Evolving Vacation Rental Market

There’s more opportunity than ever in the fast-growing vacation rental business, but staying competitive now takes much more than providing a great property — owners and managers must continually upgrade everything from their technology to their guest experience.

LeisureLink + Skift | 8 years ago

Tech Solutions, Guest Experience, and Customer Touchpoints for an Evolving Vacation Rental Market

Online Travel

Beyond TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings: Its Tours and Restaurants on Track to Become $500 Million Business

Don't miss the forest for the trees: TripAdvisor is evolving into a well-rounded travel planning AND booking site. If hotel bookings on TripAdvisor eventually fall short of expectations it would be a big blow, but then tours and activities, restaurant reservations, vacation rentals, hotel metasearch and reviews can all play a role in taking up some of the slack.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Beyond TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings: Its Tours and Restaurants on Track to Become $500 Million Business
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The Vacation Rental Industry is Reaching a Digital Tipping Point

As the vacation rental industry grows up, the gap between those players embracing modern ways of operating and the rest is widening. Given the high expectations of today’s travelers and the leg up provided by digital tools, this divide will widen and the savvier operators will quickly dominate.

LeisureLink + Skift | 8 years ago

The Vacation Rental Industry is Reaching a Digital Tipping Point
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Short-Term Rentals

Why the Vacation Rental Industry Is Blowing Up Right Now

The $100 billion industry vacation rental sector could be going into over-drive as it attracts growing interest from investors, major hospitality brands and travelers seeking alternate accommodations.

LeisureLink + Skift | 8 years ago

Why the Vacation Rental Industry Is Blowing Up Right Now

Hotels

Priceline Group’s Earnings Reveal Its Alternative Accommodations Ambitions

The Priceline Group is looking for a CEO who can handle disruption and big changes in technology and market conditions in coming years. Just look at the changes in the Group's accommodations mix as lodging alternatives are approaching half of the company's roster of properties.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Priceline Group’s Earnings Reveal Its Alternative Accommodations Ambitions

Online Travel

Vacation Rental Startups Attract $100 Million in Funding So Far This Year

The vacation rental sector is highly fragmented, which provides many opportunities for funded startups that can make themselves indispensable to owners by providing services and efficiencies.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

Vacation Rental Startups Attract $100 Million in Funding So Far This Year

Hotels

Starwood’s Timeshare Spinoff Is Delayed

Just when we thought this would be a done deal ... Even so, it's business as usual, and as long as the Vistana spinoff closes before the Marriott one does, there shouldn't be any problems for Starwood.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago

Starwood’s Timeshare Spinoff Is Delayed

Online Travel

Analysis: Verdict on Priceline CEO’s Strategy Is Muddled by His Abrupt Ouster

Now-former Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston's decision to emphasize organic growth, his insistence that all properties sold on Booking.com be online bookable and instantly confirmable, and his strategy to keep Booking.com solely focused on the hotel business all set his tenure apart from those of his peers at Expedia. If you can set aside his apparently reckless behavior for a moment, it's a shame Huston won't be around to see his strategy through or to pivot, as required.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Analysis: Verdict on Priceline CEO’s Strategy Is Muddled by His Abrupt Ouster

Hotels

Expedia Hits Pause on Direct Booking Goals for HomeAway Division

To some extent, Expedia is molding HomeAway to its liking. Unlike Booking.com (for now, at least), HomeAway is backing off its goal of making all vacation rentals online bookable. Expedia is also adding apartments in urban areas to better compete against Airbnb and Booking.com.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Expedia Hits Pause on Direct Booking Goals for HomeAway Division

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Buys European Vacation Rental Site HouseTrip

TripAdvisor, Expedia, and other big booking brands will never have the buzz that Airbnb commands, but they do have the consumers. Whether or not they can get them interested in their urban products is another matter.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 8 years ago

TripAdvisor Buys European Vacation Rental Site HouseTrip