Whimstay partners with Wyndham to add 30k resort listings

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Online travel site Whimstay, which helps travellers to find the best deals on last-minute vacation rentals, has added more than 30,000 resort rentals to its platform after partnering with global resort and timeshare firm, Wyndham.
Vacatia purchases VSA Resorts to boost management portfolio

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Resort marketplace Vacatia, which provides solutions for timeshare owners, property managers and vacation rental owners, has announced the acquisition of Virginia Beach-based hospitality and vacation ownership company, VSA Resorts. The addition of VSA’s three resorts and association management business means that Vacatia now manages 21 timeshare and 42 whole-ownership homeowners associations with 4,750 units […]
Vacatia secures $20m in Series B financing round

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: California-based resort marketplace Vacatia, which provides innovative consumer travel products and business solutions for timeshare resorts, has announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round. The round was led by a syndicate of high-net-worth individuals, venture funds, and family offices in the real estate, hospitality and travel technology sectors. In addition, Vacatia […]
Newly-funded KOALA to launch officially on 3 August

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A newly-funded vacation rental service that specialises in offering timeshares in resort destinations, KOALA, has announced it will officially launch on 3 August. Claiming to be the “first and only company to disrupt the $30 billion timeshare industry since the market segment was created in the 1960s”, KOALA raised $3.4 million in its first […]