Thibault Masson
Booking.com Introduces Payments by Booking.com for Vacation Rental Managers
As we mentioned in our analysis of Booking.com’s US strategy, the company has finally released a payment solution for vacation ...
Airbnb Hosts Can Finally See Their Listing Categories: Here’s How to Check and Correct Them
With Airbnb’s new update, hosts can now easily view their listing categories, ensuring their properties are properly categorized for better ...
The Tragic Case of a Toddler’s Death in a Vacation Rental Raises Questions About Liability and Safety
The devastating case of Enora Lavenir, a 19-month-old toddler who tragically died due to a lethal amount of fentanyl in ...
Urban Short-Term Rentals for Groups: A Comprehensive Deep Dive with Roami’s CEO Andreas King-Geovanis on Strategy and Vision
Urban short-term rentals are back in demand after more than two years of tepid demand. Time to explore this thriving, ...
Optimizing Revenue in Uncertain Markets: A Review of PriceLabs’ New Releases for Short-Term Rental Businesses
PriceLabs, the dynamic pricing and revenue management platform for short-term rental businesses, has introduced two new features to help hosts ...
Airbnb’s Future: Moving Beyond Travel and Expanding Housing Options, as per Brian Chesky
Airbnb was once a simple travel marketplace, connecting travelers with unique accommodations around the world. But today, the company is ...
Affordability and Comfort: Airbnb Targets Budget-Conscious Families
Airbnb is looking to position itself as the ultimate destination for family travel but may face challenges in shedding its ...
Vrbo to Switch to Expedia Group Platform in 2023: Challenges and Opportunities
In 2023, vacation rental booking platform Vrbo will be switching to Expedia Group’s platform. This move presents both challenges and ...
Airbnb Plus and Luxe in 2023: A Comeback Story for Premium Stays?
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, Airbnb made the difficult decision to pause two of its ambitious ...
Decoding Airbnb’s strategic priorities for 2023
While commenting on its 2022 financial results, its first-ever profitable year, Airbnb uncovers its three strategic priorities for 2023: In ...
Airbnb Attains Yearly Profitability for First Time in 2022, Breaking Records With Most Profitable Quarter Ever
During the fourth quarter of 2022, Airbnb reported a net income of $319 million, its most profitable quarter ever. Compared ...
Comparing Airbnb and Vrbo’s Policies on Verifying Guests and Preventing Party Bookings
Airbnb and Vrbo have recently been in the news for presenting some of their measures to better protects hosts. As ...
Why it makes sense for Expedia to push individual hosts to Vrbo
Recently, there were murmurs that Expedia was set to remove vacation rentals from its website. But according to travel publication ...
booking.yeah doesn’t work, but Booking doubles down for Super Bowl 2023 with Melissa McCarthy
For the second year, Booking.com is releasing a Super Bowl ad. In 2022, its ad featured Idris Elba and relaunched ...
ChatGPT Prompts for Vacation Rental Managers: Combine content, SEO, and formatting
We’ve already covered how vacation rental managers can leverage A.I .text-generators for travel and tourism. As the weeks go by, ...
Short Term Rental Operators Leverage Sustainability Badges to Maximize Clicks and Bookings
The Pursuit of Sustainability: Accommodations and Travelers Show Interest Booking.com’s research reveals an appetite for sustainability on both the traveler ...
Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Tripadvisor Join Forces to Showcase Historical Rise of European Short-Term Rental Markets
Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Tripadvisor have teamed up with the European Union to provide exclusive monthly statistics on short-term accommodation ...
Evaluating the Evidence: A Closer Look at Data Provided by Airbnb on New Hosts’ Success
Airbnb’s recent “Airbnb It” advertising campaign has been designed to convince more people to become hosts on their platform. The ...
2023 Airbnb Commercials: Occasional hosts, airbnb it and get paid!
Over a decade ago, Airbnb’s first hosts were early adopters eager to be the first to join the Airbnb network. ...
Airbnb 2023 strategy playbook
What will Airbnb’s strategy be in 2023? We’ll first look at what Airbnb could take from 2022 and carry over ...