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Sharples of HomeAway: We have the vacation rental pipe for online travel agencies, but …

November 16, 2011 By Dennis Schaal 1 Comment

How soon will it be before major online travel agencies go after the vacation rental market in a really big way?

Filed Under: News Tagged With: airbnb, Brian Sharples, business models, homeaway, mergers and acquisitions, online booking, online travel agencies

HomeAway introducing preferential vacation rental listings and Facebook integration

July 27, 2011 By Dennis Schaal 4 Comments

HomeAway is in the process of rolling out tiered payments for listings for vacation rental owners, enabling them to pay higher fees to see their listings climb higher on the page.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: business models, financials, homeaway, online booking, preferential displays, RevenueManager, tiered listings, vacation rentals, VRBO

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