Archive for the ‘United Kingdom’ Category

Toro Holidays Includes 1300 Holiday Homes in England

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

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Toro Holidays announces that they have expanded their range to include a further 1300 cottages throughout England.

Toro Holidays Logo

Toro Holidays Logo

This increase takes Toro’s range to over 3500 holiday cottages and apartments across the UK. (more…)

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…)

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…)

HomeAway UK’s Q1 report reveals rentals are 2nd top accommodation

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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Marketplaces

HomeAway UK today released their Q1 report revealing industry statistics and traveler trends.

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Highlights:

  • Around one in five Brits will choose a holiday home rental for their main holiday in 2010
  • HomeAway inventory now rivals that of largest hotel chains in the world: 480,000+ properties v. Intercontinental’s stock of 620,000+ hotel rooms
  • Supply will continue to grow as more owners look to cover their costs: over half of owners renting their property cover 50% of their mortgage with rentals

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