Archive for the ‘USA’ Category

Alta Ski Area Outsources Central Reservations to VacationRoost

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

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Marketplaces

Alta Ski Area today announced that it has partnered with VacationRoost, a provider of managed vacation rentals, to outsource its central reservations service on Alta.com. “Our goal is to help our guests plan their uniquely tailored visit to Alta and the Little Cottonwood Canyon area,” said Connie Marshall, Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Alta.

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Alta ski area

“We are excited about partnering with VacationRoost to provide this important service to our guests. Their strong technology platform and experienced customer service agents will allow us to deliver this world-class service.” (more…)

HomeAway Launches Vacation Rental App for the iphone

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

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Marketplaces

HomeAway Inc. – a leading online vacation rental marketplace – today announced the launch of its free HomeAway Vacation Rental Search iPhone application.

HomeAway iphone app

HomeAway iphone app

The app, developed by Mobiata, creators of the travel applications FlightTrack and TripDeck, makes it easier than ever for travelers, especially families, to search, filter and share the more than 230,000 global vacation rental properties available on HomeAway.com.

The app incorporates many of the same convenient features found on HomeAway.com including filter by number of bedrooms and price, but also enables users to search as specifically as “Lake Travis, pet-friendly, outdoor grill, with pool,” for example. (more…)

Escapia and Navis announce integration of their systems

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

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Technology &  Internet Services

Escapia, Inc., a provider of web-based vacation rental software and NAVIS, a provider of leisure sales optimization for the resort lodging market, announced the release of their technology integration of Escapia property management software and NAVIS Narrowcast leisure sales solution. (more…)

Barefoot integrates with Packlate.com

Friday, July 23rd, 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 PackLate.com, a last minute vacation rental marketplace with deals on over 5,000 properties in 24 destinations, today announced a new partnership.

Barefoot and Packlate collaborate

Barefoot and Packlate collaborate

Now, clients using the Barefoot software have the opportunity to directly integrate their property details, availability, and rates with PackLate to increase bookings of last minute inventory. (more…)

RentalSpot.com LLC Launches Alpha Version of its Vacation Rental Website

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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Marketplaces

Rentalspot.com has launched the alpha version of its free to advertise. RentalSpot.com provides tools that allow vacationers collaborate, making the home selection a group process for one or more families or a group of friends vacationing together.

Rentalspot.com's map search

Rentalspot.com's map search

RentalSpot.com allows vacation rental owners, vacation rental agencies and managers to register, and list all of their vacation rental properties for free.

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BedandBreakfast.com partner with Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII)

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

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Marketplace

BedandBreakfast.com, an international travel website in the B&B industry and a division of HomeAway, Inc., has partnered with the Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII) to become a Platinum Key Supporter and the organization’s largest patron.

PAII website

PAII website

The partnership aims to help the organization grow and promote awareness that B&Bs are a “Better Way to Stay” than a cookie-cutter hotel. (more…)

Two Silicon Valley Executives Join HomeAway

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

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Marketplaces

HomeAway,  a leading online vacation rental marketplace – today announced the appointment of two extraordinary executives to its rapidly growing global team.

Tom Hale and Brent Bellm

Tom Hale and Brent Bellm

Brent Bellm, who served as CEO of PayPal Europe Ltd. and most recently as head of global product at PayPal, joins HomeAway as chief operating officer (COO), succeeding COO Andrew Harris, who passed away in early June. (more…)

Barefoot Technologies to enable XML integration of Travel Guard

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

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Technologies & Internet services

Barefoot Technologies, a provider of browser-based reservation and asset management systems in the vacation rental industry, and Travel Guard North America, a leading provider of travel insurance plans and assistance services, have signed an agreement which makes XML integration available to Barefoot clients.

Travel Guard logo

Travel Guard logo

The XML platform will allow Barefoot to design and customize a specialized interface for non-website travel insurance sales.

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TripAdvisor Acquires Holiday Lettings

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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Marketplaces

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…)

BedandBreakfast.com releases French, Italian and Spanish website

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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Marketplaces

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…)