Thibault Masson
How Airbnb Payments, Inc. became a money transfer platform to help Ukrainian hosts
In this article, we look at why companies like Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Hopper need to build robust and flexible ...
Vacation rental company funding trends 2021 & 2022
In which type of property management companies and vacation rental tech startups did the money flow in 2021 and early ...
The short-term rental industry joins forces on how to welcome Ukrainian refugees (or just donate)
At Rental Scale-Up, our previous article on Airbnb’s Help Ukraine initiative generated a lot of contacts from hosts as well ...
Airbnb Help Ukraine initiative: How to list your place and host a refugee
In the article, we show you how to list your place on Airbnb.org to welcome Ukrainian refugees. The military and ...
Wave of money over the short-term rental industry. Exclusive report shows investment is not just into big players.
Rental Scale-Up has just released an exclusive report on investment trends in the short-term rental industry. They looked at 110 ...
Inside Hopper Homes: Susan Ho on launching an MVP with 2 million listings and innovating where Airbnb and Booking.com are not
In just 4 months, Hopper went from 0 to 2 million vacation rental listings available on its travel app. How ...
AvantStay and Saluda Grade create a $500 million short-term rental fund
What can $500 million buy? Apparently, big vacation rentals where to party without the owner or the neighbors complaining. Imagine ...
Airbnb Q4 2021 financial results: Great earnings, but question about supply growth linger
Here are our favorite data and quotes from Airbnb’s Q4 2021 financial results released this week. You can also check ...
2022 Airbnb strategy
Brian Chesky has shared Airbnb’s 2022 strategy. Here are three pillars on which Airbnb’s new product features, marketing initiatives, new ...
Is Live Anywhere the new normal for Airbnb?
Since 2007, Airbnb’s core mission has been to help anyone belong anywhere. For the hosts that make Airbnb, Airbnb, this ...
Airbnb’s Terms of Service Update Raises Security Deposit Questions
Airbnb has updated its Terms of Service. Everyone will have to accept them starting from April 22, 2022. We looked ...
Best vacation rental markets 2022: Hawaii, Alaska, and Tennessee ahead of Florida
AirDNA has just released its list of the best places to invest in a U.S. vacation rental in 2022, ranging ...
How to pick and enter a new vacation rental market (for property managers)
If you’re a vacation rental manager, it’s important to know how to pick the right market to enter. In this ...
U.S. vacation rental market trends with VacayMyWay
Join the Scalers Network to get in-depth insights on US short-term rental trends with this monthly live call every month! ...
Vacation rental owner lead generation campaigns: 3 Key Metrics to Watch for better ROI
As a vacation rental executive, you know that adding new inventory is key to growing your business. But what are ...
Booking.Yeah Super Bowl commercial with Idris Elba (Booking.com)
Booking.com‘s 2022 Super Bowl ad has been revealed. It can win an award for one of the most sadomasochistic exercises ...
Vrbo Super Bowl commercial: A place for together.
The Vrbo Super Bowl 2022 commercial, called A Place for Together, wants to show that the family-friendly Vrbo vacation rental ...
How to execute a Homeowner Acquisition Campaign (and when to outsource it to experts)
A homeowner acquisition campaign is a marketing strategy employed by vacation rental management companies to attract homeowners who own property ...
How Wil Slickers is building Hospitality.FM as the Spotify of hospitality
Wil Slickers, the host of the Slick Talk podcast, has launched Hospitality.FM, a network of hospitality podcasts. We talked with ...
2022 U.S. Travel Trends According to Booking.com
Travel has become more affordable and accessible than ever, with more and more people choosing to travel worldwide during their ...
