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Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Find news stories, highlighting the latest trends, developments, and opportunities in the vacation and short-term rental markets. Read stories about property management, regulation changes, and the impact of technology on the guest experience. News stories in the archive also analyze the role of major players in the industry, such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, and how their strategies and innovations are influencing the overall market.

Hotels

New Trends Report: The Vacation Rental Technology Ecosystem

With technology innovation and a thriving online distribution landscape, vacation rental owners are taking their businesses to new heights. Technology is revolutionizing the vacation rental at a multitude of touchpoints.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 9 years ago

New Trends Report: The Vacation Rental Technology Ecosystem

Hotels

It’s Beginning: Onefinestay Pilot With Hyatt Highlights Sharing Economy Collaboration To Come

We've been watching how early adopters in business travel are beginning to partner with Uber and Airbnb. Likewise, segments of the hotel industry are beginning to accommodate the sharing economy. Five years from now that collaboration and cooptation will be in full swing.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

It’s Beginning: Onefinestay Pilot With Hyatt Highlights Sharing Economy Collaboration To Come
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Business Travel

How Uber and Airbnb Are Winning Over Business Travelers in 9 Charts

For first time Uber is now more popular among business travelers than taxis as a percent of all rides, a seminal moment if there ever was one for the business traveler transport economy.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 9 years ago

How Uber and Airbnb Are Winning Over Business Travelers in 9 Charts

Hotels

Airbnb’s Growth Doesn’t Scare Priceline at All

Airbnb, with its roughly $24.5 billion valuation, would likely be too big for most of the online travel agencies to acquire but if they are forced to enter the sharing economy in a bigger way several years from now they always have the resources to buy their way in.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Airbnb’s Growth Doesn’t Scare Priceline at All

Hotels

Airbnb to Work With FEMA on Disaster Response Housing

A great combination of flexible housing and smart logistics.

Skift | 9 years ago

Airbnb to Work With FEMA on Disaster Response Housing

Hotels

Onefinestay to Embark on ‘Very Deliberate’ Expansion With $40 Million Funding Round

In the same way that Onefinestay is the boutique Airbnb, this funding round is the smaller equivalent to its larger rival's recent $1.5 billion haul.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Onefinestay to Embark on ‘Very Deliberate’ Expansion With $40 Million Funding Round

Hotels

Airbnb $1.5 Billion Funding Deal Attracts Chinese Investor at $24 Billion Valuation

Airbnb needs to go local in China and bringing on board investors with ample roots and experience in China is a savvy move.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

Deutsche Bank Analyst Doesn’t Understand the Sharing Economy and Booking Sites

Hotels and the big online travel agencies will have to adapt to the sharing economy. Booking.com is already doing so in the form of nearly 300,000 vacation rentals and Expedia is taking its sweet time and will make a move when it has to.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Deutsche Bank Analyst Doesn’t Understand the Sharing Economy and Booking Sites

Hotels

What’s an Airbnb Listing Worth in 2015?

Airbnb's capability for growth is much greater than any traditional hotel chain but it can also disappear faster than you can type "enforcement of municipal zoning and/or condo board rules."

Jason Clampet, Skift | 9 years ago

What’s an Airbnb Listing Worth in 2015?

Hotels

Dubai Tourism Becomes an Unlikely New Vacation Rental Destination

Dubai isn't all about 5-star hotels anymore. Now there are 3-bedroom apartments in Palm Jumeirah for $469 per night that should be suitable for a broader range of travelers.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Dubai Tourism Becomes an Unlikely New Vacation Rental Destination