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Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Skift’s short-term rental news is your go-to source for understanding the complexities and trends in vacation rentals. From expert property management advice to essential regulatory updates, our articles equip you with the knowledge to navigate this dynamic landscape.

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Announcements

Airbnb Hospitality Guru Explains Hospitality to Travel Bloggers

Ex-hotelier Chip Conley is attempting to bring uniform standards of hospitality to the Wild West of online property sharing and half a million micro-entrepreneurs worldwide.

Greg Oates, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

7 Things Priceline’s Jeffery Boyd Changed About the Business of Travel

Priceline's Jeffery Boyd is going out -- from the CEO post, at least -- at the top, and the guy with a banker's demeanor will come to be viewed as a rock star of online and mobile travel. We don't know about groupies, but there certainly are a ton of imitators.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway Must Determine How to Prevent War Between its Customers

This will be an interesting dance for HomeAway, which clearly wants to cater more to the major players, meaning professionally managed properties.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway’s Profits Increased 63% in Q3 As It Introduced New Business Model

HomeAway has been aggressive in offering ancillary products to owners, managers and travelers, and that revenue increased nearly 25% in the third quarter. Ancillary revenue is now 16.3% of HomeAway's total revenue. See, it's not just airlines selling optional products.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

6 Travel Challenges for New York City’s New Mayor

The city is an urban playground for visitors and locals alike and we'd like to see its new leader take inspiration from his sometimes dictatorial and always opinionated predecessor.

Jason Clampet and Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway Takes a Controlling Stake in its 21st Vacation Rental Company

HomeAway's history is rollups in the vacation rental space, from around the globe. It has this down.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Expedia CEO Is Bullish About the Future of Airbnb

Expedia partnered with HomeAway on vacation rentals last week. One day it is going to partner with or acquire a sharing economy company built in the Airbnb mold, depending how the market shakes out. When you are as big as Expedia, you can afford to sit back and see how things shape up.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

HomeAway Launches Luxury Vacation Rental Site

By launching this new luxury site, HomeAway is leveraging existing assets and tweaking them a bit with a dose of curation. Given the rise of vacation clubs and the supposed boom in luxury travel, this move makes a lot of sense.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Vacation Rentals Startups Are Hot, But How Real Is the Market?

The presence of established players such as HomeAway and TripAdvisor, plus a market that isn't as addressable as it might appear, will make the vacation rental startup sector the next bubble.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s CTO on the Battle for New York and IPO Rumours

The next six months will be interesting for the rental upstart, and fascinating to watch from the outside. Can it find a balance with regulators and can it keep the user growth momentum going?

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago