Thibault Masson
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 ...
Futurestay, the vacation rental software platform for rentalpreneurs, raises $11M
Vacation rental software provider Futurestay, which focuses on powering the rental business of entrepreneurs with 1 to 10 properties, has ...
AirDNA and Transparent acquired: Hotels, Real Estate, OTAs and STR investors hungry for Vacation Rental Data
Vacation rental data is hot, not just for professionals from the short-term rental industry. Over the last two weeks, two ...
Vacasa (VCSA) 2021 results: High costs of supply growth and tech investment, but positive EBITDA expected in 2023
The story of Vacasa, Inc. (VCSA) is one of spending a lot of money on building a tech platform and ...
Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $100 million, on the heels of Vacasa
Evolve Vacation Rental Network recently raised $100 million of capital with Durable Capital Partners LP leading the charge. This comes ...
Vrbo: Stock booster for Expedia Group
Like Airbnb, Expedia Group has recorded its best Q4 ever (from October to November 2021). While the Vrbo stock does ...
