HomeAway

HomeAway may test IPO market
By Dennis Schaal | February 9, 2011
HomeAway reportedly is shopping for bankers as a prelude to testing the IPO market. Read More
TLabs Showcase - Inspirato
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TLabs Showcase - Inspirato
By Dennis Schaal | February 4, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based luxury vacation rental and trip management service Inspirato. Read More
Teletext relaunches Villarenters, pushes self-service technology
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Teletext relaunches Villarenters, pushes self-service technology
By Kevin May | February 4, 2011
Teletext Holidays is upping its fight against HomeAway in the holiday letting market in the UK, unveiling a new version of its VillaRenters brand and the system to support it. Read More
TLabs Showcase - InCircleSales
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TLabs Showcase - InCircleSales
By Kevin May | February 2, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based vacation rental platform InCircleSales. Read More
HomeAway Super Bowl ad will be kickoff to online campaign
By Dennis Schaal | January 31, 2011
HomeAway is planning such an extensive social media and online advertising campaign surrounding its 30-second TV spot during the Super Bowl Feb. 6 that the in-game commercial may almost seem... Read More
HomeAway gets social in distribution partnership with Gogobot
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HomeAway gets social in distribution partnership with Gogobot
By Dennis Schaal | January 26, 2011
HomeAway struck a distribution partnership with social trip-planning site Gogobot.com. Read More
HomeAway lets you vacation like an Obama
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HomeAway lets you vacation like an Obama
By Dennis Schaal | December 22, 2010
Some lodging websites such as iStopOver and Airbnb let you rent rooms in homes or apartments and live like a local, but HomeAway takes a different marketing angle -- with HomeAway you can vacation like... Read More
HomeAway leverages WikiLeaks and social media to begin Super Bowl advertising hype
By Dennis Schaal | December 15, 2010
It's only week 15 in the NFL season, but HomeAway has already kicked off the hype, which will culminate in its second Super Bowl ad on Feb. 6. Read More
Sharples of HomeAway: We are finding ecommerce religion, but …
By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2010
Vacation rental leader HomeAway has been finding religion in ecommerce, but doesn’t feel it should “throw too much down a pipe until you know it works.” Read More
HomeAway, Wyndham reserve judgment on switch
By Dennis Schaal | November 3, 2010
HomeAway and Wyndham are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Vacation Rental Managers Association's proposed distribution switch for professionally managed properties. Read More
High noon at the vacation rental saloon
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High noon at the vacation rental saloon
By Valyn Perini | November 2, 2010
Everyone agrees that the vacation rental industry is in a state of evolution, if not revolution. But one that increasingly resembles a classic Western movie. Read More
Google Ventures invests in rental giant HomeAway
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Google Ventures invests in rental giant HomeAway
By Kevin May | October 29, 2010
Google Ventures, the investment division created by the search giant in early-2009, has spent a sizeable chunk of its annual fund on HomeAway. Read More
Next gateway? Vacation rentals going online
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Next gateway? Vacation rentals going online
By Dennis Schaal | October 19, 2010
Vacation rentals, with all of their complex inventory, slowly are going online. Read More
HomeAway woos property managers with acquisition
By Dennis Schaal | October 5, 2010
Seeking to increase its hold on vacation rental property managers, HomeAway acquired a partner and competitor, Instant Software Inc. Read More
HomeAway reveals tax threat could hit owner numbers
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HomeAway reveals tax threat could hit owner numbers
By Kevin May | October 1, 2010
The number of overseas property owners based in the UK currently using HomeAway could fall by a fifth if controversial new tax proposals are implemented. Read More
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