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Expedia CFO's global plan: acquire, invest, and consolidate

By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2015

Mark Okerstrom, chief financial officer for Expedia Inc, loves doing deals. The more complex, the better, he says. In the past two years, the 42-year old lawyer led the company's successful acquisi Read More

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HomeAway shares its game plan during investor roadshow

By Sean O'Neil | March 3, 2015

Vacation rental giant HomeAway has been sending its executive team around the US this month to talk to rooms full of investors, to get the word out about its stock. This week, chief executive Brian Read More

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One decade in, HomeAway reminds us all that it is not Airbnb

By Nick Vivion | February 23, 2015

Vacation rental platform HomeAway has hit a major milestone, celebrating its first decade in business this month. Such moments offer a pause for reflection — or a swift kick to recalibrate a company Read More

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Expedia: Playing catch-up against Priceline while digesting Wotif, Travelocity

By Sean O'Neil | February 5, 2015

Expedia Inc was an early starter in the online travel business. Yet it's been looking enviously at rival Priceline Group's large and profitable acquisitions of Booking.com, Agoda, and Kayak. In the Read More

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HomeAway loses in its attempt to stop San Francisco rentals law

By Sean O'Neil | January 28, 2015

Vacation-rental provider HomeAway's attempt to stop new regulations for house rentals in San Francisco has been halted. Today a district judge dismissed HomeAway's case and denied its request for a Read More

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2015 will be the year that the sharing economy grows up

By Viewpoints | January 15, 2015

Even beyond the world of travel, it is hard to argue with the statement that 2014 was the year of the sharing economy. From Uber’s $40 billion valuation (I apologize in advance if this number is ou Read More

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Airbnb ecosystem expands to include hosts-hosting-hosts service

By Nick Vivion | January 12, 2015

The continued success of sharing economy companies such as Airbnb and HomeAway has led to a wholesale shift in city economics as more residents rent accommodation to visitors. And just as the pressure Read More

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Startup pitch: HemenKiralik, or Flat4Day, is Turkey's HomeAway

By Sean O'Neil | January 8, 2015

Launched in Istanbul in early 2012, HemenKiralik is a fast-growing vacation rental platform with a focus on properties in Turkey and neighboring countries. Its sister site is Flat4Day. The marketpl Read More

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How Tujia plans to grab space in China's growing vacation rental sector

By Viewpoints | January 2, 2015

Vacation rental business isn’t new in the travel and tourism sector, you can read plenty of stories about how travellers used to send paper cheques and finalize rental paper contracts for their trips Read More

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APAC travel sweet spot: Forget the rich, here come the value-conscious

By Pamela Whitby | December 12, 2014

With the younger generation earning more and intra-APAC travel on the rise in 2014, online travel companies better be in fighting form in 2015. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for Eye Read More

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The rise of mobile to drive bookings of in-destination services

By Viewpoints | December 3, 2014

Mobile devices are now outperforming PCs in terms of both product sales and broadband subscriptions. As a result, mobile is going to play an increasingly central role in the travel industry in the Read More

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CanadaStays claims top spot among Canadian vacation rental sites

By Sean O'Neil | November 20, 2014

Canada's vacation rental market isn't a cottage industry anymore. The market in Canadian chalets and cabins has been late to embrace e-commerce. But it is catching up now. CanadaStays, the large Read More

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HomeAway leads $20 million investment round in Gogobot

By Nick Vivion | November 12, 2014

Vacation rental service HomeAway has doubled-down on content, reviews and recommendations for its guests by leading a $20 million Series C investment round in social review engine Gogobot. Other pa Read More

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HomeAway files suit against the City of San Francisco

By Nick Vivion | November 3, 2014

In the latest development in the short-term rental saga, vacation rental provider HomeAway has filed suit against the City of San Francisco in an attempt to block recent legislation regulating the ind Read More

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ShareBetter attempts to put a lid on NYC short-term rentals with safety tool, parody video

By Nick Vivion | October 14, 2014

The ongoing saga of short-term rentals in New York City has been boosted in part by the legalization of the industry in San Francisco this month. A coalition in New York has started to counter recent Read More

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