Another week, another acquisition for TripAdvisor – this time snapping up Spain-based vacation rental service Niumba in another undisclosed deal.
TripAdvisor bolsters vacation rental focus as another acquisition adds Niumba to portfolio
May 7, 2013 By 3 Comments
Insider Guides bring Gogobot content to Homeaway
April 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
Crowd-sourced content continues to appeal to travel brands, as Gogobot and Homeaway partner on a product called Insider Guides that brings local insider knowledge to travelers.
Kigo rental technology service secures $1.8 million funding round, plots expansion to Asia
April 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
Back-end systems in the vacation rental sector are also on the receiving end of investment, as Spain-based Kigo wins a $1.8 million Series A injection this week.
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Tujia secures Series B funding, total at $64 million as vacation rental market grows fast in Asia
February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
China-based vacation rental service startup Tujia secured its Series B funding from GGV Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, CDH Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Ctrip and HomeAway.
The Scan: Visit Suffolk and HomeAway campaigning, Datalex and Onefinestay recruiting and other travel tech news
February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Visit Suffolk, HomeAway, Datalex, Onefinestay, Ebookers, Farelogix, Dolphin Dynamics, Farelogix, Vayable, EZY-Go, RyanairHotels and Egypt also get a mention in our scan of briefs and other items making the news on February 15.
The Scan: Tivoli, Ibis and SLH get mobile but Greenland gets social, and more travel tech news
January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It’s mostly about accommodation distribution as Treovi, SLH, Ibis, Hotelbeds, GuestCentric, JustBook, HomeAway, Reevoo, AeroNexus, Elite Meetings and Greenland all make the cut in our roundup of stories making news and driving opinion on 22 January
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The travel industry can be absurd, so don’t add to the suck factor – do something crazy instead
January 9, 2013 By 31 Comments
It was like a breath of fresh air and a punch in the face all at the same time, if that’s possible.
Booking.com extends vacation rental offering with partner properties, another new battle starts
January 8, 2013 By 13 Comments
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to observers of Booking.com (and the quest for global domination) as it now looks to be increasing its coverage of vacation rental properties.
HomeAway expands in China, via TuJia
December 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This month, 2,000 HomeAway listings have been translated to Mandarin and posted on TuJia, China’s leading vacation rental portal. It’s the first part of an Asia expansion.
How to kill Airbnb at its own game
December 4, 2012 By 38 Comments
Airbnb is the darling poster child of the entire startup world right now. The company raised $200 million in its latest round, at a valuation of $2.5 billion.
