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Wyndham Vacation Rentals launches new site and starts to rebrand

The new Wyndham Vacation Rentals site offers some modern, e-commerce pizazz. The rebranding to a more widely known brand makes sense, too.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Carlyle Takes Control of China’s Mandarin Hotel Chain

Private equity, like everyone else, is looking at China, and Carlyle's investment in mid-tier Mandarin Hotel Holdings Ltd. is a hedge against economic downturns.

Skift | 12 years ago

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How Flipkey plans to get back in the game

Flipkey will continue to try to differntiate itself through reliable user reviews and inbound traffic from TripAdvisor, but it will need to overcome its parent company's propensity to under-invest in its non-TA properties.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Hotel brands think Barcelona plus the debt crisis equal a smart investment

The worst thing that could happen for consumers is that competition between 4- and 5-star properties push prices down across the board or force some of them to retrofit for middle-class shoppers.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Hotel goes high-tech with e-Bibles, should remind users thou shalt not steal Kindles

Hotels are an excellent place for people to get hands-on time with new technology and products. The Hotel Indigo should make sure it's getting commission from Amazon.

Skift | 12 years ago

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The sharing economy likes deals and access most, the environment not so important

Like cycling to work and public transit, the sharing economy works because it makes sense, not because people are altruistic. And that's not a bad thing.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Video: Airbnb’s co-founder Brian Chesky talks trust and alternative lodging with the BBC

For a site built largely upon the belief that people (or at least early adopters) are generally good, Airbnb is a model for how optimism can transform an industry.

Skift | 12 years ago

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New ride-share app SideCar exemplifies the challenges ahead for the sharing economy

There's a balance to be found between regulation of the new upstarts and the realization that some rules are in place to protect consumers, not just create hassles.

Skift | 12 years ago

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What an interior designer thinks about the bad things people do in hotel rooms

There's nothing like a good story about BCP (read the story) to encourage the staycation movement.

Skift | 12 years ago

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What does it take to make you complain about a hotel stay?

In the era of tweets and TripAdvisor it's become a quandary for travelers to know the best way to voice their displeasure and think it will actually be heard by the right person.

Skift | 12 years ago