What’s all the fuss about online vacation rentals? PackLate, in partnership with wholesaler Tourico Holidays, has been delivering real-time bookings of vacation rentals at “door level” to travel agencies, tour operators and their consumer websites for a couple of months.
Further consolidation in the holiday, or vacation, rental space this week as Netherlands-based @Leisure snaps up UK-based Pureholidayhomes
Kayak, mulling an exit strategy, added someone to its board who has executed one — Brian Sharples of HomeAway.
If you search for vacation rentals you must be Tripping
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.
HomeAway isn’t ready to jump into the peer-to-peer rental market, but is watching Airbnb and others to see how the sector shakes out.
Jetsetter is expanding beyond its core hotel business into offering vacation homes with live availability and online booking.
It isn’t often that you get a lot of candor from TripAdvisor about the hazards of user-generated content, but parent company Expedia says TripAdvisor “faces potential liability” for content users post in reviews, blogs, comments and social media.
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.
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