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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…)
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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
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…)
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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
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…)
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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
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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Marketplaces
Second Porch and CorporateHousingByOwner.com today announce a partnership to distribute and enable thousands of furnished rental listings from CorporateHousingByOwner.com to be seen and accessible via Second Porch’s integrated Facebook application and social vacation home marketplace.
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Second Porch enables travelers to rent and recommend vacation homes with friends, and friends of friends, on Facebook. (more…)
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Marketplaces
Paradizo.com announces its new venture with The Society of Leisure Enthusiasts in a partnership that will create more opportunities for both travelers and vacation rental property managers and owners.
Paradizo partners with The Society
Paradizo.com caters to the planning and booking needs of luxury travelers and TheSociety offers a marketing solution for luxury vacation rentals around the world. Together, the Paradizo and The Society connect vacation rental property managers and owners with travelers seeking unique and personalized vacation experiences. (more…)
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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 DRK Enterprises Inc., who owns and operates the MyVacationRentalGuide.com website, have signed a new partnership agreement. Now, Barefoot clients have the opportunity to list their properties on the MyVacationRentalGuide.com site. (more…)
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Barefoot Technologies and Intelsys Inc. are proud to announce a joint venture between their respective companies to establish a ‘data interface’ between Barefoot Technologies Agent 3.0c vacation rental property management software and Intelsys Inc.’s Status Tracker housekeeping management system. This interface will allow clients using both systems to automatically transfer information between the two programs, creating a synergism that will dramatically enhance the capabilities and user experience of both programs.
Barefoot and Intelsys team up
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to transfer information between Status Tracker and Barefoot Agent,” stated Ed Ulmer, Director of Business Development with Barefoot Technologies. “Our clients have been using Status Tracker successfully for quite awhile and had been requesting a way to share information between our two systems. This data interface will allow us to request the current housekeeping status of all properties from Status Tracker and integrate this into the Agent thereby consolidating property status information into one convenient location for non-housekeeping users.”
Barefoot Technologies and Intelsys Inc. Announce Data Interface Between Two Industry Leading Software Programs
The interface will also allow Status Tracker to transparently request a list of properties needing housekeeping attention directly from the Barefoot Agent. Seamlessly identifying these properties will significantly facilitate the housekeeping manager’s ability to automatically create all required housekeeping task assignments with a single button click.
“Providing the connection to systems like Barefoot’s Agent is the first step to integrating Status Tracker with vacation property management systems and will allow us to expand our market exponentially over the next 24 months,” stated Richard Winnick, CTO of Intelsys. “Implementing this information transfer between our two respective programs represents a significant step in facilitating our clients use of both systems.” Winnick further explained that this joint effort also demonstrates the commitment of both companies to creatively consider options and opportunities outside their own companies to provide the best services possible for their clients.
About Barefoot:
Barefoot is a provider of browser-based reservation and asset management systems in the vacation rental industry. It claims of being the first browser system in the industry, the first to provide online booking, tenant, owner access and to offer social media tools and is designed to be tailored to meet clients’ exacting needs.
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VACANDO, the Swiss-based Online Holiday Home Marketplace owned by Interhome has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Dutch operator NextPax.com. Thanks to this cooperation, VACANDO will be able to increase its offering to more than 100,000 holiday homes around the world. The available range is being greatly expanded in popular destinations such as Scandinavia and Croatia.
Nextpax Logo
In order to fulfil its role as an online holiday accommodation marketplace with the most diverse possible range of accommodation, VACANDO also offers customers holiday accommodation from established agencies like Inter Chalet, Interhome and Sol og Strand. Well-known operators like Dancenter, TUI Ferienhaus and Villa Vacant will now be added to this listed, thanks to the collaboration with NextPax.com, thus increasing the number of holiday homes on offer to more than 100,000. Most striking is the growth in Scandinavia as well as in popular beach destinations in Greece, Croatia and Hungary.
The Dutch operator NextPax.com is bundling the product data from leading European holiday home operators and will update and provide these every day to business partners. At the present time NextPax.com has integrated the offerings from Bungalow.net, Dancenter, Interhome, Topic Travel, TUI Ferienhaus, VipHolidays, Villa Vacant and others into its system. The intention is to integrate more operators, such as Inter Chalet or Muchosol. “By working together with NextPax.com we can save ourselves the trouble of making direct connections with each of the individual operators and so we can offer our customers an even more comprehensive range at minimal expense,” explains Kilian Eyholzer, CEO of VACANDO AG. The holiday homes of the new partners can be booked online via VACANDO from now on.
SaveOnResorts.com partners with LeisureLink’s ABetterStay.com
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Edited Press Release
ABetterStay.com, a vacation rental website owned and operated by LeisureLink, today announced that SaveOnResorts.com has joined its affiliate program. SaveOnResorts.com expanded their offering of discounted stays by including ABetterStay.com properties.
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“SaveOnResorts.com reaches a unique audience of frequent travelers looking for value-priced lodging. Our properties are a perfect fit for that audience, since they offer spacious accommodations, kitchen facilities, and family togetherness at low per-person prices. We expect this to be a valuable partnership for both companies and our respective customers,” said Erik Hovanec, CEO of LeisureLink, Inc, parent company of ABetterStay.com.
“Since we focus on vacation travel, ABetterStay.com is a natural partner for us. Their inventory supports our core mission of providing affordable vacations that are tailored to the individual traveler. We are always looking for ways to broaden resort choices for our customers, and our partnership with ABetterStay.com adds a wide variety of new properties,” said Kevin Schneider, Chief Executive Officer of SaveOnResorts.com.
“We are already hard at work with the SaveOnResorts.com team to add special promotions and packages that will provide real value to their consumers, while bringing new guests to our client properties,” Hovanec concluded.
ABetterStay.com properties went live on SaveOnResorts.com as of March 13, 2010.
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