Thibault Masson
Airbnb Travel Insurance for Guests: Cost, details, limitations, differences with Aircover
Airbnb is rolling out its guest travel insurance in the US, the UK, and 8 countries of the European Union. ...
Airbnb 2022 commercials: Airbnb Categories (Castles, Amazing Pools, Camping, and OMG!), with music and locations
Airbnb is launching a new global marketing campaign promoting its just-launched Airbnb Categories. The campaign features 4 of the 56 ...
Why Expedia Group is taking Vrbo’s Trip Boards to Expedia.com and Hotels.com
Vrbo wants to be seen as the best site where to book large vacation rentals that are fit for family ...
Vacation rental consultancy AJL Atelier and M&A specialist Raincatcher partner up to target the US market
Vacation rental and business consultancy AJL Atelier and business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions firm Raincatcher have announced their partnership. ...
Vrbo’s strengths within the Expedia group: Longer stays over hotels, success in France, Australia, and Brazil.
Vrbo is part of the Expedia Group. During the pandemic, Vrbo became a hot item within the group’s brands (e.g. ...
US: Booking.com invests in tech and ads to grow its “alternate accommodations” business
As announced in 2021, Booking.com is doing more to increase its revenues, in the US, from its “alternate accommodations” business, ...
Fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes: Pacaso, Ember, Here, Kocomo, Prello, Altacasa & August
Several companies such as Pacaso, Ember, and Kocomo are now offering fractional ownership of luxury vacation homes. What does this ...
How do Airbnb Categories work?
For its 2022 Summer Update, Airbnb has introduced 56 categories that allow travelers to discover more properties and destinations than ...
(video + text) Brian Chesky shows what Airbnb’s 2022 Summer Release is about
Let’s hear about the 2022 Summer Release directly from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Here are the video, transcript, and visual ...
Airbnb 2022 Summer update release
So, after the dust has settled, does Airbnb’s “biggest change to the platform in a decade” live up to its ...
Airbnb quarterly results: First profitable Q1 ever, great outlook for 2022
While waiting for the “biggest change to Airbnb in a decade” (see our expectations for Airbnb’s 2022 Summer release), let’s ...
$16 million in seed funding for Jarvis ML, a machine learning solution provider for vacation rental managers
Jarvis ML helps short-term rental and vacation rental management companies increase their revenues and profits by letting them leverage their ...
Booking.com’s new €1,000,000 Partner Liability Insurance and Damage Deposits by Booking.com vs Airbnb vs Vrbo
When it comes to listing a vacation rental property on an online platform, one of the biggest blockers for hosts ...
What is HomeToGo’s “onsite booking” model and how it can help the company compete with Airbnb
What if the rise of HomeToGo’s “onsite booking” services was allowing vacation rental managers to find a new source of ...
Over $400,000 Raised in Record-Breaking VRMA Advocacy Fundraising Campaign Kickoff
On Tuesday, April 12, at the Vacation Rental Management Association’s Spring Forum in Chicago, the organization held a surprise kickoff ...
New Airbnb Rebooking and Refund Policy tougher for Hosts … but Guests affected by new terms too
(April 14, 2022 update) After much uproar on social media, in the trade press (see our original article below) and ...
AirDNA review: Vacation Rental Data for the European Market (February 2022)
Our vacation rental data partner AirDNA has just shared with us its review of the European market for February 2022. ...
How Airbnb wants to unlock the next generation of Hosts
Airbnb needs to grow its supply. To do that, it needs to unlock the next generation of hosts, as per ...
Booking.com hacks its Deals and Promotions pages to create a “Ukrainian Refugee Rate”
For what we think is the first time, Booking.com has launched a “Humanitarian Aid” tab in its extranet where its ...
Global Vacation Rental Report: Great insights despite skewed data due to respondent base
Vacation rental data provider Transparent and vacation rental channel manager Rentals United have joined forces to publish a Global Vacation ...
