Archive for June, 2010

TripAdvisor Acquires Holiday Lettings

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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TripAdvisor, the world’s leading travel website and an operating company of Expedia, Inc., today announced it has acquired one of the United Kingdom’s largest independent holiday home website, holidaylettings.co.uk.

holidaylettings.co.uk acquired by Tripadvisor

holidaylettings.co.uk acquired by Tripadvisor

The acquisition demonstrates TripAdvisor’s continued expansion into the holiday home marketplace, following the launch of vacation rentals on TripAdvisor in 2009, and the purchase of a majority stake in U.S.-based FlipKey.com in 2008. Holidaylettings.co.uk will continue to be operated as an independent site. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. (more…)

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BedandBreakfast.com releases French, Italian and Spanish website

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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BedandBreakfast.com, a leading online B&B directory and reservation network worldwide, recently launched three sister sites in French, Italian, and Spanish, enabling travelers to access expanded listings for more than 11,000 BedandBreakfast.com members in their native languages.

French logo of bedandbreakfast.com

French logo of bedandbreakfast.com

Travelers can enjoy the ease of planning B&B getaways in their own language, while innkeepers can effortlessly translate information about their properties into four languages – English, French, Italian and Spanish. (more…)

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Rentalo Launches Reservation, Invoicing and Payment Solution

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

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Marketplaces

Rentalo.com introduces its new Booking Management solution for vacation rental owners. The new system is designed to streamline the booking process through an integrated reservation, invoicing, and payment solution.

Rentalo's EZ Reserve

Rentalo's EZ Reserve

Branded as “EZ Reserve”, the system is a complete and useful booking engine for vacation rental owners. With the EZ Reserve system owners are able to control their booking process by tracking reservations, invoices, and payments online. (more…)

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Barefoot Technologies partners with Easy Pay and Kaba Ilco

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

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Technology & Internet services

Barefoot Technologies, a provider of browser-based reservation and asset management systems in the vacation rental  industry, and Easy Pay Solutions, a provider of secure payment card technologies, today announced a new partnership.

Barefoot partners with Easy Pay Solutions and Kaba Ilco

Barefoot partners with Easy Pay Solutions and Kaba Ilco

Now, customers using the Barefoot software have a number of available PCI compliant (www.pcisecuritystandards.org) payment card processing solution. (more…)

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U.S. Demand for Vacation Lodging Declines in May Due to Oil Spill

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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Technology & Internet services

LeisureLink, Inc., the distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, today updated the LeisureLink Demand Index™ through May 2010.

LeisureLink's demand index

LeisureLink's demand index

The report, compiled monthly by LeisureLink, shows consumer demand for Vacation Lodging in mainstream online travel channels showed an unusual sharp decline in May due to the Gulf Coast Oil spill. (more…)

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Pressrun week #22

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

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Interest in Vacation Rentals Remains Strong According to New HomeAway Report

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

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Second home owners who rent their homes to travelers, on average, generate more than $35,000 in rental income each year, according to HomeAway – which released its quarterly “HomeAway Vacation Rental Marketplace Report.”

Vacation rentals vs. hotels

Vacation rentals vs. hotels

On average, second home owners are renting their properties to travelers 20 weeks a year, and the rental income generated is helping many owners offset mortgage and upkeep costs. In fact, the HomeAway report found 38 percent of owners generate enough rental income to cover 75 to 100 percent of their mortgage. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of owners earn enough to cover at least 50 percent of their mortgage. (more…)

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Holiday Lettings introduces video display

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

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Holiday home owners who advertise their accommodation through holidaylettings.co.uk can now showcase their properties full potential by including a video of their holiday home.

Video section on listing

Video section on listing

Introduced to provide a richer sense of the holiday experience that can be expected when staying at the advertised holiday home, videos are available on Premium Adverts, the site’s most successful advertising option. (more…)

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