Proud to see Properly, Inc's Tammi Sims interview the great Simon Lehmann on a beautiful stage at the 2018 Vacation Rental World Summit in Como, Italy and add a much needed woman’s perspective! Women are more likely to be the decision maker in deciding…lnkd.in/gMmRM5T

“Scale is difficult because our industry is hyper local” - Simon Lehmann at Vacation Rental World Summit 2018 I very much agree, our industry will resist consolidation, so let’s think of models that give local property managers scale at marketing and oper…lnkd.in/gTjGbYq

“The OTAs will turn you into glorified cleaning and check in people - are you ready?” Simon Lehmann to an audience of Property managers and owners at the Vacation Rental World Summit 2018 in Como, Italy. #vrws2018 lnkd.in/g4HBMNx

lnkd.in/gx-Y8rY Might be far fetched, but is Expedia Group HomeAway trying to build a play similar to StayAlfred / Sonder and steal a march on Airbnb Plus with fully branded urban supply? I just don’t believe that the P…lnkd.in/gaDD5Qe lnkd.in/gDaFF49

“ Properties that are professionally cleaned have a lower NPS than those where cleaning is managed by the owners”. Graham Donoghue, Sykes Cottages at VRMA International 2018 How do you scale owner pride? #vrmainternational lnkd.in/g2tKK8S

“If you deliver great owner and property care you can justify a high take rate” Eric Breon, Vacasa #vrmainternational

“If you deliver great owner and property care you can justify a high take rate” Eric Breon, Vacasa #vrmainternational Vacasa lnkd.in/gS9Nz9R

Great nuanced article by Deanna Ting on the future of voice assistants in VR: interesting promise, not quite there yet, but moving quickly. The key question to me is whether on-premise voice assistants will help VRMs deepen their G…lnkd.in/gVVpZUA lnkd.in/g53GJNB

Thanks Amy Hinote Mutual for the shoutout - would love to see if as an industry we can get a rating system off the ground that’s made for Private Accommodation, but compatible with hotel ratings - that’s convergence applied! lnkd.in/gzrdEi4

Very much looking forward to @HolidayHomesRTW’s Vacation Rental World Summit in Como in early October - hope to see you there as we discuss the rise of quality in a panel with Marriott International and Booking.com and others...

“Is Oyo going into the masterlease game? Yes we are!” Tobias Wann, CEO OYO Vacation Homes Global at #VRWS talking to Simon Lehmann

Very excited that Booking.com just announced a major push towards guaranteeing a quality experience by introducing AI-powered ratings! #VRWS2019

We’ve come a long way: Marriott International headlining #vrmainternational - a smart approach that should give VRMs more choice in branded distribution

Very much looking forward to moderating The Investor Roundtable at #VRMAInternational this afternoon at 4:15pm - we’ll touch on quite a few hot topics and will keep it controversial - hope to see you there! With Simon Lehmann Sascha Hausmann and Katharine Grass

We’ll keep it lively at this morning’s #VRMAInternational Urban Executive Panel with @StayAlfred Domio @StayFrontdesk and Sextant Stays. We’ll explore challenges and opportunities of the master lease model and urban managers - come join us at 9am!

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Happy birthday, Airbnb!

France and Germany now looking to join Italy in banning ChatGPT rather than focusing on how to build their own AI industry. This is what terminal cultural decline looks like. Not with a bang but a bureaucracy.

Much of our financial services system is based on buffer sizes that are designed to hold in traditional panics not social media driven ones.

Steve Milo @Vtrips_ says Booking.com has the most upside for VRMs #NWVRP