HomeAway on phishing, peers and professional managers

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The vacation rental industry has truly gone international — “international criminals” are directing phishing scams at owners and renters, says HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples.

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Big switch: Vacation rental association and Pegasus come to terms after dispute

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After severing ties in June, the Vacation Rental Managers Association and Pegasus Solutions have come to terms on a vacation-rental switch for professionally managed vacation properties.

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Jetsetter begins offering vacation rentals with live booking

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Jetsetter is expanding beyond its core hotel business into offering vacation homes with live availability and online booking.

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TravelStorm sends cancellation notice to vacation rental sites, claims HomeAway played hardball

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TravelStorm, which hosts vacation rental sites owned by professional property managers, yesterday gave customers notice that it will cease operations June 4.

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HomeAway gets sued and property managers caught in the middle

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HomeAway got sued a couple of months after acquiring Instant Software and the dispute has left up to 70 to 80 professional management companies of vacation-rental properties hoping their websites don’t crash and scrambling to rebuild and redeploy them on new servers.

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