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cottages4you partners with BedandBreakfastsGuide.com

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

UK accommodation website BedandBreakfastsGuide.com has teamed up with Wyndham Worldwide’s UK self-catering business cottages4you to add an additional 11,000 self-catering cottages.

This is in addition to its stock of 16,000 B&Bs, hotels and apartments.

Bedandbreakfastsguide.com website

Bedandbreakfastsguide.com website

Director Nigel Harris said: “We are finding that serviced apartments and cottages are proving to be very popular alternatives, particularly for families and groups who want the freedom to come and go as they please in top quality accommodation.

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Instant Software Announces Partnership with ParadiseHunter.com

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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Instant Software’s relationship with ParadiseHunter.com brings together technology, property management companies, and vacation travelers for a new and unique travel planning experience. Instant Software announces partnership with vacation rental website, ParadiseHunter.com, a vacation planning search engine that offers a variety of resources to help vacationers plan the perfect trip. By combining Detailed Destination Information, a television series, and the ability to book travel directly on their website, ParadiseHunter.com, according to Instant Software, is unique in its ability to connect travelers to the people and services who will create their memorable travel experience.

Paradiesehunter.com

Paradiesehunter.com

ISILink, ISI’s global distribution system for the Vacation Rental industry, will provide ParadiseHunter.com with the information needed to seamlessly create and maintain Vacation Rental listings, including property information, rate cards and up-to-date availability calendars.

ParadiseHunter.com’s President, Dennis Kambeitz is excited about the benefit this relationship will have for their customers. “ISI’s property management solutions manage more than 250,000 properties throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Our affiliation will increase the number of destinations represented on our website, as well as provide an influx of top-rated and quality rentals for our website’s visitors to choose from.”

ParadiseHunter.com is a comprehensive website for travelers, inspiring and educating them with information, videos, and photos on destinations worldwide. It features a powerful search engine for Vacation Rentals and International Real Estate, making it enjoyable and easy for visitors to find the perfect destination. In addition, website visitors can watch the Paradise Hunter TV Show online to learn more about the different locations and activities.

“Paradise Hunter brings a unique and wide-spread approach to the marketing of Vacation Rentals, which we feel will greatly benefit our clients,” said Dave Hopcroft, CEO of ISI. “With the economy still sluggish in the United States, Paradise Hunter’s popularity with Canadian travelers will help our clients tap into a growing customer base of thirty million people, resulting in increased occupancy rates.”

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PerfectFamilyVacations.com Partners with LeisureLink

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

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LeisureLink, Inc., the distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, announced that PerfectFamilyVacations.com (“PFV”) will now offer over 1000 LeisureLink properties in hundreds of destinations to its customers.

“We focus on providing family, condo style accommodations in resort settings”, said Bonnie Evans of PerfectFamilyVacations.com.  “In this difficult economy, people are looking for a balance between value pricing and a quality accommodation, LeisureLink’s inventory is a perfect fit for our customer base” she added.

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PerfectFamilyVacation.com's website

“PFV will be launching a family-oriented marketing campaign in 2010 to bring the site further visibility, we will honor community service, support charities, and bring attention to how important the simple moments and memories are, in all families and how we can easily help you find what you looking for in a vacation”, said Evans.  “All of these activities reflect a commitment to family and community that goes beyond just offering vacation opportunities”, she said.


Both partners’ technical teams have been deeply involved in the integration effort.  “We have been working closely with PerfectFamilyVacations.com to smoothly integrate our booking engine with their existing site”, said Steve Reich, Senior Vice President of LeisureLink.  “Our engineering team has added new capabilities to reflect PFV’s branding and site design within the booking engine, and we will add additional capabilities over time”, he added.  “All of our clients and distribution partners will benefit from these new development efforts”, said Reich.

“We are extremely pleased at how quickly and easily the development efforts have progressed”, said Bonnie Evans of PFV.  “Both teams have been on extremely tight timelines, and the cooperation has been wonderful”, she added.

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HomeAway partners with the New York Times

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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HomeAway the leading online vacation rental marketplace,  announced a week ago a strategic relationship with The New York Times, which operates the No. 1 newspaper site in the United States. As a result of this agreement, millions of monthly visitors to NYTimes.com can now easily find and compare properties in their favorite global destinations found on HomeAway.com through NYTimes.com Real Estate (www.nytimes.com/realestate) and Great Homes and Destinations (www.greathomesanddestinations.com).

Great Homes and Destinations from the New York Times

Great Homes and Destinations from the New York Times

Visitors to NYTimes.com now have access to a wide selection of global vacation rental listings, complete with reviews and the protection of the free HomeAway Rental Guarantee.

“We’re proud to join forces with one of the most-recognized news sources in the country,” says Brian Sharples, HomeAway chief executive officer. “With access to the millions of visitors who frequent NYTimes.com each month, the owners and managers who trust and list their property with HomeAway will benefit from the additional exposure their properties will receive.”

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Priceline.com to Offer Vacation Rentals from LeisureLink

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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Priceline.com and LeisureLink, the distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, announced today that priceline.com’s published-price hotel service will offer its customers booking access to LeisureLink’s network of condos, timeshares, vacation properties and boutique resorts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Terms of the partnership were not announced.

LeisureLink Logo

LeisureLink Logo

“LeisureLink’s extensive inventories in the condominium and vacation property categories will enable priceline.com to offer our customers even more choice and value when it comes to making their vacation lodging reservations,” said Tim Gordon, priceline.com’s Senior Vice President, Hotels.

“Vacation rental management companies have taken a cue from hotels and the explosive growth in online lodging sales over the past decade. They are increasingly offloading legacy practices to adapt and compete in a more hotel-centric distribution landscape,” said Douglas Quinby, senior director of research and co-author of PhoCusWright’s Vacation Rental Marketplace: Poised for Change. “The step by priceline.com to incorporate vacation rentals in its lodging shopping path is a significant indicator of the transformation underway in the vacation rental industry marketplace.”

“We believe that LeisureLink’s broad array of vacation condo, timeshare and boutique resort properties will make a great addition to priceline.com’s lodging service,” said Erik Hovanec, president and CEO of LeisureLink. “LeisureLink’s properties also mesh well with priceline.com’s commitment to deliver quality and significant savings to the budget-conscious leisure travel market.”

About LeisureLink

LeisureLink powers global distribution and demand for the specialty lodging industry. LeisureLink enables property management companies to market and distribute their vacation lodging products across thousands of travel Web sites, travel agents and other distribution channels. LeisureLink’s proprietary Demand Management System™ empowers property managers to generate demand and optimize revenue across all channels. More than 1,400 vacation rentals, timeshares, condo hotels and independent resorts throughout North America and Europe build their bookings through LeisureLink.

About Priceline.com

Priceline.com provides online travel services in 28 languages in over 78 countries. Included in the priceline.com family of companies is Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service, priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers, and Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service.  Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com.

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Travelocity to feature bookable B&Bs from BedandBreakfast.com

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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BedandBreakfast.com, the leading specialty travel website focused on inns and B&Bs announced today that it has entered into an agreement to market the rooms of its 1,600 bookable inns on Travelocity. Travelocity customers will now have a greatly expanded selection of specialty lodging in unique destinations from Cape Cod to Newport, RI, to Savannah and Napa Valley. BedandBreakfast.com’s properties are spread across 1100 unique destinations in almost all countries, often in areas with very little in the way of chain hotels.

Bedandbreakfast.com logo

Bedandbreakfast.com logo

BedandBreakfast.com’s properties will be linked to the Travelocity Merchant Hotel program for rates, availability, and reservations, providing innkeepers with direct access to Travelocity’s users around the globe. Innkeepers will manage their inventory just as they have been in the past through the BedandBreakfast.com Global Online Reservations Program, but their availability will automatically be added to the Travelocity website. The parties are planning to make BedandBreakfast.com’s properties available on Travelocity in the fall of 2009. RezOvation GT and Webervations customers will also be able to enjoy the same access to Travelocity as they now have to BedandBreakfast.com’s current distribution network including Expedia, hotels.com, Kayak, Sidestep, NexTag, Vast.com, Uptake, NileGuide, and thousands of other affiliate websites.

“Travelocity has always been a global leader in online travel and we look forward to giving our participating inns access to their distribution,” commented BedandBreakfast.com CEO Eric Goldreyer. “We think Travelocity consumers will benefit tremendously from the additional geographic coverage, and our participating inns will benefit from the increased international exposure that a site like Travelocity offers.”

According to David Levine, Director of Global Accounts for Travelocity; “As consumers look for more and more unique travel options, inns and B&Bs are increasingly in demand. We are happy to be able to bring such a large number and variety of these properties to our consumers through a company like
BedandBreakfast.com”.

About BedandBreakfast.com
Founded in 1994, BedandBreakfast.com is the leading specialty travel website, with over 7,000 B&Bs worldwide.

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easyJet offers villas in partnership with Interhome

Monday, May 25th, 2009

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Europe’s leading budget airline EasyJet is to offer 30,000 vacation rentals on its website after striking a deal with European vacation rental agent Interhome.

Easyjet will offer the properties on its website under the brand easyJet villas.

 

easyjet villas

easyjet villas

 

 “This jointly developed accommodation portal compliments easyJet.com as a one stop travel shop by offering consumers a simple, quick and easy website with a huge choice of accommodation options.”  says Bill Mckimm, EasyJet’s head of ancillary revenue.

Easyjet follows suit with Ryanair who already offer vacation rentals on its sites under the brand Ryanairvillas.com in partnership with Hostelworld.com Limited

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Instant Software Announces Partnership with FlipKey

Monday, April 27th, 2009

 

Edited Press Release

Instant Software Announces Partnership with FlipKey to Supply the Largest Number of Vacation Rental Properties Available Through TripAdvisor

Instant Software, the supplier of technology for the vacation rental industry announced that it is working together with FlipKey to build the largest collection of vacation rental properties available for travelers on TripAdvisor.com and FlipKey.com. TripAdvisor recently announced the addition of more than 70,000 vacation rental listings in almost 1,000 destinations powered by FlipKey.

 

Instant Software Logo

Instant Software Logo

 

Through Instant Software’s web marketing distribution system – ISILink – Instant Software is able to  bridge vacation rental marketing information, rates and availability to prominent consumer travel sites, such as TripAdvisor and other travel sites and web portals. By consolidating, normalizing, and interpreting data from several vacation rental reservation systems ISILink is able to provide seamless real-time bookings between vacation rental managers, TripAdvisor.com and FlipKey.com.

Further bolstering the marketing potential of properties distributed through ISILink, Instant Software has incorporated technology for Instant Software clients to automatically collect guest reviews through an integrated system with FlipKey. In just a couple of months, more than 30,000 FlipKey reviews have been collected through Instant Software technology. Properties with reviews are seen by more visitors on TripAdvisor and FlipKey, and positive reviews and photos are known to improve conversion rates. “We’ve found that guest reviews have tremendous impact on the booking success of vacation homes and ultimately improve rankings on powerful sites like TripAdvisor,” explained Ted Miller, COO of Instant Software. “Instant Software continues to lead the industry with technology that provides property managers what they need to get competitive advantage in this difficult market.”

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Escapia announces partnership with HomeAway

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

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HomeAway and Escapia a leading provider of web-based management and marketing solutions for vacation rental managers today announced a partnership giving Escapia customers the ability to market their properties on HomeAway.com.

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Now vacation rental managers running their business on the EscapiaONE web software platform can automatically showcase their listings and process reservations for their properties directly on HomeAway.com, the HomeAway flagship site.

“Escapia is committed to providing vacation rental managers with the most effective software solution in the industry and the most compelling opportunities to market their vacation homes online. We’re excited that our partnership with HomeAway gives vacation rental managers the opportunity to list their homes and generate bookings from the leading online site in the vacation rental business,” said Bill Furlong, CEO of Escapia.

Participating EscapiaONE property managers will experience integration on HomeAway.com including instantaneous updates of property information, rates and availability information. Travelers on HomeAway.com will also be able to book vacation homes online from managers using EscapiaONE.

“We’re pleased to partner with Escapia to make it easier than ever for their customers to reach the traveler audience on HomeAway.com,” says Brian Sharples, CEO of HomeAway. “Our mission is to provide the broadest choice possible to travelers. Our research has shown that better overall choice always leads to better inquiry performance for owners and managers using our marketplace, so we welcome the addition of the properties represented by Escapia customers, which adds depth to our product offering.”

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