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HomeAway
and VacayStay Connect Expand Partnership
Bringing
Shared Ownership Resorts to Leisure Travelers
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Chicago,
IL – October 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / VacayStay
Connect (formerly Vacation Storebuilder), a distribution and digital
marketing platform provider for the vacation rental industry, has announced
the expansion of their partnership with HomeAway,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY ), the world’s leading online marketplace for vacation
rentals, to offer thousands of shared ownership resort properties for rent
across the global HomeAway® network of sites, including HomeAway.com®
and VRBO.com®.
The
companies have been in collaboration since 2011 to provide online storefronts
and digital marketing services to property management companies and vacation
home owners. The expanded partnership offers shared ownership resorts a
new distribution channel to reach millions of leisure travelers who prefer
a more home-like experience to traditional hotel stays while on vacation.
“In
partnership with HomeAway, our team has developed integrations that now
enable travelers to book shared ownership resort accommodations online
as easily as they would a hotel room,” said VacayStay Connect president
and CEO Sunil Aluvila. “This is a large part of our strategy to help shared
ownership resorts and homeowners’ associations with inventory so they may
fill their accommodations with families looking to vacation in their resorts.”
VacayStay
Connect’s technology platform enables integration with developers’ inventory
and content management systems, making open reservation times immediately
available for travelers to book accommodations online through the HomeAway
network of sites.
“Together
with VacayStay Connect, we can help timeshare and shared ownership resort
developers reach a largely untapped segment of families and groups looking
for a resort-style vacation,” said Jon Gray, senior vice president of HomeAway.
“They are a great complement to the existing HomeAway vacation rental homes
available to travelers and an excellent new distribution channel for timeshare
resorts.”
“We
are very excited to partner with VacayStay Connect to distribute our resorts’
inventory through the HomeAway Network, and to bring in new customers and
connect them to a wide range of shared ownership resort properties they
may not have considered before,” commented Jason Toste, Senior VP of Yield
Management at Diamond Resorts.
Sunil
Aluvila is a featured speaker at the Interval International Shared Ownership
Investment Conference held at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach on October
13-14.
About
VacayStay Connect
VacayStay
Connect, formerly Vacation Storebuilder, is a distribution and digital
marketing platform provider transforming the vacation industry through
innovative solutions. The company offers a mosaic of interconnected products
and services designed to grow online vacation rental businesses for resorts,
professional vacation rental managers, innkeepers, and individual homeowners.
The VacayStay Connect team is dedicated to bridging the gap between consumers
and vacation rental accommodations. To learn more, visit www.VacayStayConnect.com.
About
HomeAway, Inc.
HomeAway,
Inc. based in Austin, Texas, is the world’s leading online marketplace
for the vacation rental industry, with sites representing approximately
one million paid listings of vacation rental homes in 190 countries. Through
HomeAway, owners and property managers offer an extensive selection of
vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits,
including more room to relax and added privacy, for less than the cost
of traditional hotel accommodations. The company also makes it easy for
vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties
and manage bookings online. The HomeAway portfolio includes the leading
vacation rental websites HomeAway.com,
VRBO.com and VacationRentals.com in the United States; HomeAway.co.uk and
OwnersDirect.co.uk in the United Kingdom; HomeAway.de in Germany; Abritel.fr
and Homelidays.com in France; HomeAway.es and Toprural.es in Spain; AlugueTemporada.com.br
in Brazil; HomeAway.com.au in Australia; and Bookabach.co.nz in New Zealand.
Asia Pacific short-term rental site, travelmob.com, is also owned by HomeAway.
Contacts:
VacayStay
Connect Press
Marge
Lennon
239-482-3891
VacayStay
Distribution
Chuck
Patton
847-999-4196 |