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How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

By Sean O'Neil | November 5, 2015

Today's Expedia Inc's acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer s Read More

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Expedia acquires HomeAway for $3.9 billion

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

So it wasn't the Priceline Group after all - Expedia has announced its intention to buy vacation rental brand HomeAway for $3.9 billion. It is the second biggest deal in travel tech in this decade, Read More

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Airbnb campaign pays off, wins battle in its own backyard

By Kevin May | November 4, 2015

The city of San Francisco has voted against legislation that would have put the skids under the Airbnb model in its home city. Initial results from the Proposition F (as the proposed piece of of re Read More

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Airbnb, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Booking, and Rented talk vacation rentals

By Nick Vivion | November 2, 2015

The mainstreaming of vacation rentals, regional consolidation, regulation and technology-driven operational efficiency were themes at the closing session of the annual Vacation Rental Managers Associa Read More

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HomeAway rebrands Travelmob, the Asian Airbnb, in its own name

By Sean O'Neil | October 26, 2015

HomeAway, the private home rental platform, officially publicized today that it has bought the remaining 37% share of Travelmob, the Singapore-based rental and listings company, having previously acqu Read More

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The salt and pepper of travel startups, from some seasoned pros

By Kevin May | October 19, 2015

Bright eyed and bushy tailed, and the wonderful sense of optimism that carries travel startups into their early stages. And then the chance for the old timers (experience-wise, of course) to either Read More

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Tujia, China's HomeAway and Airbnb hybrid, closes $300M round

By Sean O'Neil | August 3, 2015

Tujia, a vacation rental platform with a minority stake owned by HomeAway and with short-term listings that are like Airbnb's, has closed a $300 million round. The investment round valued the startup Read More

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Expedia likes Google instant book, HomeAway, and Chinese affiliate sales

By Sean O'Neil | July 31, 2015

Expedia Inc has released its second quarter earnings. (Here are the topline financial numbers.) CEO Dara Khosrowshahi held a conference call with investors. Below are the highlights of what he sai Read More

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Silently debuting homestays, Booking.com jabs Airbnb

By Sean O'Neil | July 13, 2015

Booking.com, the online travel agency giant owned by Priceline Group, has begun listing homestays. These accommodations don't come from Booking's traditional vacation rental inventory. A majority o Read More

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Kayak set to display HomeAway vacation rental inventory by year's end

By Nick Vivion | June 1, 2015

Vacation rental behemoth HomeAway has inked a deal with Priceline Group's KAYAK which will make HomeAway's vacation rental inventory available on the metasearch engine. The integration will include Read More

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HomeAway fulfills promise to enter urban markets, goes head-to-head with Airbnb

By Nick Vivion | May 21, 2015

Just a few months back, Tnooz spoke with HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples about the differences between his company and Airbnb. One of the key differences — the focus on vacation markets — is becoming l Read More

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Lodgify, the vacation rental platform, raises Euro 600,000

By Sean O'Neil | May 19, 2015

Lodgify, a vacation rental technology startup, said today it has closed a Euro 600,000 of equity investment. The seed round includes angel investor Chris Hitchen, HOWZAT Partners, and Venrex Inve Read More

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HomeAway makes C-suite changes, reports solid earnings

By Sean O'Neil | April 23, 2015

Vacation home platform Homeaway announced several changes in its executive positions along with its first quarter earnings report today. Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $493 to $500 Read More

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HomeAway invests in CanadaStays, fighting Airbnb on northern front

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

HomeAway, the vacation rental giant, said that it had led a C$6 million round of fundraising for CanadaStays, a holiday home platform in Toronto. The 30-employee startup claims to generate vastly m Read More

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HRS shows why online travel agencies need a vacation rental strategy

By Kevin May | March 11, 2015

HRS is poised to attack the vacation rental sector in a major way, shining another light on where the next online travel agency battleground is likely to be. The European OTA, which has a significa Read More

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