Posts Tagged ‘Vacation Rental Industry’
VRM Staffing Challenges Abound: Addressing the #1 Challenge for Vacation Rental Managers
Finding, compensating, and retaining staff are some of the biggest challenges facing industry professionals today. Property managers have learned that finding and retaining employees takes creativity with compensation and flexibility with schedules. No longer does a one-size-fits-all approach work. Remote workforces have opened up staffing alternatives across the US and internationally. Join Sue and Ari…
Read MoreExecutives Look Ahead to 2022 and Beyond: Revenue Optimization, Consolidation, Competition, and Homeowner Retention
For company owners and stakeholders, Andrew McConnell will moderate this important discussion with industry leaders about what the future holds in the vacation rental industry in the areas of revenue optimization, industry consolidation, the upcoming competitive environment, and homeowner retention, communications, and loyalty.
Read MoreGold in Plain Sight: Email Marketing Strategies to Grow Revenue
With inventory filling fast this year, too many email marketing strategies got put on the backburner. Covering tactics around automation, crafting personalized messages, and more, learn how your email strategy is key to building guest loyalty, keeping units filled, homeowners happy, and getting the most revenue per booking.
Read MoreRental 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 MoreChannel Technology: Implementing Revenue Management Strategies Across All Channels Using Channel Managers, PMSs, and Direct Connections (Part 1)
Revenue managers have questions for channel managers, and this panel has answers. In this discussion, vacation rental managers will have the floor to ask questions about connectivity and strategy execution, hear about their roadmaps, talk more about the Google Vacation Rental platform, and suggest new functionality.
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 MoreThe Future of Revenue Management in the Vacation Rental Industry Moderated by Amy Hinote, VRM Intel
Advanced 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 MoreDARM Battleground Day 1
At this year’s DARM conference, technology companies presented their new functionality during the fast-paced DARM Battleground. Each presenter pitched to the audience for five minutes, followed by five minutes of think-on-your-feet questions from our DARM judges. Two trophies were presented as a result: DARM Battleground: People’s Choice and the DARM Innovation Award. On Tuesday, we…
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