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Are HomeAway and Airbnb on a collision course?

By Dennis Schaal | October 17, 2011

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. Read More

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HomeAway lists discounted vacation rentals for victims of Vermont floods, Texas wildfires

By Dennis Schaal | September 12, 2011

There couldn't be more of a contrast between flooding in Vermont from Hurricane Irene and the parched earth that fed Texas wildfires, but both natural catastrophes left people needing temporary homes... Read More

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Airbnb tries to get house back in order, guarantee scheme now effective

By Kevin May | August 15, 2011

It took a bucket load of bad publicity and at least one trashed property, but Airbnb has finally launched its owner insurance scheme. Read More

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Reality bites - Airbnb told to register as seller of travel

By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011

Is Airbnb merely a "neutral venue" enabling users to arrange stays with one another? Read More

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Ten critical questions for person-to-person business models in travel

By Alex Bainbridge | August 1, 2011

Extraordinary amount of intense debate recently regarding issues around person-2-person (P2P) business models for tours and accommodation. Read More

HomeAway introducing preferential vacation rental listings and Facebook integration

By Dennis Schaal | July 27, 2011

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. Read More

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Airbnb captures $112M funding round, wants global domination

By Kevin May | July 24, 2011

Almost two months after rumours first surfaced of a mammoth funding round, Airbnb has finally completed its Series B injection of $112 million in capital. Read More

How Pegasus Solutions-VRMA vacation rental switch negotiations collapsed

By Dennis Schaal | July 5, 2011

Now that year-long negotiations with the Vacation Rental Managers Association have collapsed, Pegasus Solutions says it is continuing to develop a vacation rental switch and will bring it to market on... Read More

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Skyra wants to take on the big boys of rentals with freemium model

By Kevin May | July 5, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel property exchange service Skyra. Read More

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HomeAway executes IPO and iStopOver finds room to acquire Vacapedia

By Dennis Schaal | June 29, 2011

A few hours after HomeAway priced its IPO and became a public company, there's more activity today in the vacation-rental and rent-a-room market: iStopOver acquired Vacapedia. Read More

HomeAway dropped Beyond.com domain name idea for more earthly pursuits [video]

By Dennis Schaal | June 28, 2011

With HomeAway slated to go public as early as tomorrow, co-founders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd took to the social media airwaves to reminisce about the company's origins and to mark the respective... Read More

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MetroGuest aiming to bring new perspective to apartment rental

By Kevin May | June 22, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based vacation and apartment rental platform MetroGuest. Read More

HomeAway outpaces Kayak and prices IPO

By Dennis Schaal | June 16, 2011

Vacation rentals are a hot property and HomeAway took the next step in its IPO process, pricing its shares at between $24 and $27. Read More

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Wimdu captures mammoth $90M funding round for apartment rental push

By Kevin May | June 15, 2011

Looks like investment bragging rights belong to apartment rental service Wimdu after confirming an eye-watering $90 million funding round ahead of rival Airbnb making its own deal official. Read More

HomeAway debuts ReservationManager for payment options

By Dennis Schaal | June 2, 2011

HomeAway, which has pledged to ease the online booking of vacation rentals, is debuting ReservationManager for property owners. Read More

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