Executive
Rental Inventory and Homeowner Metrics: A Guide to Measuring and Improving What Really Matters for Your Inventory
After speaking with hundreds of VRMs, Vintory CEO Brooke Pfautz quickly realized that most professional property managers are in the dark when it comes to understanding the key metrics of inventory growth. Join Brooke in this session for an insider’s look at metrics and data never presented in our industry before. Quickly become an expert…
Read MoreThe Future of VR Technology: How Are Technology Companies Approaching the Future? A Panel with Tech Leaders about Future Plans, Consolidation, and Connectivity
During this panel discussion led by Amy Hinote, we’ll learn more about what the VR tech environment is going to look like in the coming years. We’ve assembled a panel of C-level tech executives in our sector to discuss private equity, consolidation, road maps, and how we’ll connect in the future.
Read MoreBuilding Competitive Sets: Developing Comp Sets and Tools Available
Building competitive sets, aka comp sets, is challenging but necessary in building rate strategies. After last year’s DARM Conference, we realized that revenue managers were in need of a tool for comp sets. As a result, AirDNA and Key Data set out to help. In this panel, revenue managers will meet up with comp-set tool…
Read MoreAdvanced Revenue Management Roundtable Discussion: Revenue Managers Sit Down Tech Providers (Part 2)
Today’s revenue managers are struggling to execute pricing strategies using available technology and connectivity. Many managers have built their own technology as a result. This panel will discuss what their able to accomplish in proprietary tech vs what the PMSs, channel managers, and pricing tools are able to.
Read MoreBuilding a 2022 Revenue Optimization Team: What Does the Org Chart Look Like for a High-Performing Team (Sales, Marketing, Distribution, and Revenue Management)
Whether big or small, how are your sales, distribution, revenue, and marketing efforts working together? Revenue in general is always a top line goal and KPI for companies. In this panel we will have industry experts discussing how these four areas collaborate together successfully in order to reach top-line revenue goals/KPI’s.
Read MoreAnalyzing Operations and Property Data: What’s Changed (And Hasn’t) in the Last 18 Months
The growth of the short-term rental category is well documented―not only with respect to the number of rentable homes and management companies, but also the identity, challenges, and priorities of vacation rental operators. In this presentation, Breezeway’s founder and CEO Jeremy Gall will reflect on this growth by presenting three different sources of internal data:…
Read MoreGetting Your Entire Team on Board for Direct Bookings
Doug Kennedy will show us how to secure more direct bookings via textual selling, in-platform messaging (on OTA’s) and via every guest/staff conversation. Participants in this session will walk away with a list of specific training tips to help their companies secure more direct bookings and reduce their reliance on costly third-party channels that can…
Read MoreBuilding Repeat Business: Converting Guests into Repeat Customers
Looking ahead to what could be a highly competitive 2022, having confirmed reservations on the books is worth gold. What are PMs doing to increase repeat business, and how are they converting OTA travelers into loyal guests? Tyann, David, and Matt will lead this discussion on building repeat business and will talk about tech ideas…
Read More2022 Forecasting: Predicting Revenue When Historical Performance Is Unreliable
Year-over-year (YOY) data sets are unreliable in today’s current environment. In addition, 2021 was an extraordinary year for many property managers. Looking ahead to rental projections and budgets in 2022, how can vacation rental managers predict revenue and set expectations for homeowners? We’ll discuss how companies are looking at the upcoming competitive environment and planning…
Read MoreData-Driven Property Managers: How to Set Up Your Benchmark Metrics for Success in Your Key Data Dashboard
Like all well-run companies, property management companies should be data driven at their core. With so many different software platforms that don’t all integrate together, this can be hard. The best companies are still finding a way. We will discuss how to identify, measure, collect, report on, and―most importantly―act on your data. Companies making clear…
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