Thibault Masson
Transparent launches Smart Rental (vacation rental and Airbnb data & analytics)
Smart Rental is Transparent’s latest advance in the vacation rental data industry. The analytical tool offered by the Madrid-based vendor ...
How the COVID-19 crisis helped Expedia Group turn a much-criticized HomeAway into a positively perceived Vrbo
In early 2019, property managers were using very harsh words when talking about HomeAway. They felt that the company had ...
Airbnb Hosts Update: Living on Airbnb long-term, re-hiring CS reps, and delayed payments
Catherine Powell, Airbnb’s Global Head of Hosting, has started posting a series of videos aimed at Airbnb hosts. She wants ...
Booking.com launches weekly and monthly rental rates to cater to the needs of short-term rental operators
Will we soon be able to reserve monthly rentals on Booking.com? On August 25, 2020, the company announced that it ...
Going Back to Basics: Reimagining Travel and Airbnb in the Post-pandemic World
The fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, which brought global travel to a near standstill, left businesses on all ends of ...
Nokori Pulse, the new vacation rental industry news and community site launched by Wes Melton
Nokori Pulse is an industry news and community website aimed exclusively at vacation rental owners, managers, and industry professionals. Created ...
Airbnb IPO 2020: An incredible comeback story, but doubts about the business rebound linger
On August 19, Airbnb officially announced that it was filing paperwork for an IPO. What does it mean? Why should ...
COVID-19 House parties: Airbnb extends booking restrictions to Spain, France, and UK and launches Summer Safety Campaign
Last week, we detailed the rise of wild house parties taking place in vacation rentals, as clubs and event venues ...
Summer 2020 vacation rental trends: France manages to lower the COVID-19 blow, while Italy, Portugal, and especially Spain are hit harder
Southern Europe is a big market for vacation rentals: Chalets in the French Alps, old farmhouses in Tuscany, villas on ...
Discover how Airbnb’s Global Head of Hosting wants to rebuild trust with Airbnb Hosts
Catherine Powell is the new Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb. In late July, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced drastic ...
Summer 2020 Trends: Rural places, cabins, Cottages, Private pools and “vacation rentals near me”.
In a previous article about Summer 2020 vacation rental recovery, we had shown you that searches on Google for terms ...
While Booking.com launches a “Work-Friendly Program” for homes and apartments, Airbnb reduces Airbnb for Work into a more nimble “Laptop-Friendly Workspace” requirement.
Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in ...
Vrbo as the key engine to Expedia Group’s results in Q2 2020. Vrbo brand off to a good start with a lot of direct traffic coming in. Supply may increase as homeowners need to generate money during the COVID recession.
On July 30, the Expedia Group, owner of Vrbo, among other brands, published its quarterly report for the second quarter ...
airbnb ceo Brian Chesky on drastic changes in travel patterns, pausing Airbnb plus and luxe, focusing on homes and experiences, refunding guests, firing employees, IPO plans and racial justice.
During an interview with Andy Serwer, Brian Chesky gave a very interesting and detailed exposé that vacation rental managers, Airbnb ...
misterb&b, the world’s largest booking platform dedicated to the LGBTQ community and its allies, on raising money, adapting to COVID, and investing in tech.
misterb&b (misterbandb.com) has grown from being a niche vacation rental website to being the world’s largest booking platform dedicated to ...
Already 40+ Vacation Rental Business Videos on the Rental Scale-Up Youtube channel
Get actionable insights for your vacation rental business by subscribing to the Rental Scale-Up Youtube channel. As some of you ...
Vacation Rental Recovery, in Data and Charts (US and Europe)
In Europe and in the US, the vacation rental recovery seems to be here. Data show a marked interest for ...
COVID-19 certification for cleaning services: Discover Cristal International Standards, Vrbo’s expert
As cleanliness is perhaps the hottest topic in the short-term rental industry at the moment, property managers can access checklists, ...
Goodbye, HomeAway: The Vrbo brand expands globally, while HomeAway disappears from the US
Goodbye, HomeAway. Adiós, TopRural. Adeus, AlugueTemporada. The Expedia Group has been busy streamlining its portfolio of vacation rental website brands. ...
2 Key Steps for Property Managers Reopening after COVID-19
Jil Mason, the founder of CleaningCertification.com, is sharing with us her expertise on the vacation rental cleaning guideline topic. Weeks ...
