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Vacasa announces large-scale layoffs with immediate effect
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Portland-based vacation rental management platform Vacasa has notified its employees of an unspecified number of layoffs from the company, believed to be in the hundreds, with immediate effect. The company says it is making workers redundant across all functions globally and, in a statement released on Friday, it attributed the job losses to the current […]
Vacasa appoints Mike Dodson as CRO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has announced it has hired senior executive Mike Dodson as the company’s chief revenue officer. Dodson is a 14-year veteran of restaurant reservation service, OpenTable, where he served as chief revenue officer. At OpenTable, Dodson led worldwide business acquisition, growth and retention, and is credited with scaling the company […]
Vacasa acquires Redwood Coast Vacation Rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has announced it has acquired the assets of Redwood Coast Vacation Rentals. After the deal closed on 30 December, the addition of 125 new homes means Vacasa now manages more than 1,680 vacation rentals in the state of California. Headquartered in McKinleyville, California, Redwood Coast Vacation Rentals opened its […]
Vacasa reaches Wyndham integration milestone in South Carolina
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has announced that subsidiary Vacasa South Carolina LLC has assumed management of approximately 600 vacation homes in South Carolina. The company’s total portfolio of professionally managed vacation homes in the Palmetto State now surpasses 1200, many of which are located in key destinations including Folly Beach, Hilton Head Island, […]
Matt Roberts replaces Eric Breon as interim Vacasa CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management company Vacasa has announced the appointment of former OpenTable CEO and indepdent Vacasa board director, Matt Roberts, as its interim chief executive officer. The appointment follows founder Eric Breon’s decision to initiate a search for a CEO to lead the company’s next phase of growth. Breon will remain on Vacasa’s board […]
Vacasa appoints Jeff Flitton as company CTO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has announced that it has appointed Jeff Flitton as its chief technology officer, who was previously the company’s vice president of engineering. Flitton takes over the role following the departure of former CTO Tim Goodwin, who is relocating to California to pursue a new opportunity as CTO of healthcare […]
Vacasa implements Aviatrix services across cloud network
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation rental property management company Vacasa has implemented the services of cloud-native networking software provider Aviatrix across its growing cloud enterprise network. Vacasa now operates more than 23,000 vacation rentals across 31 U.S. states and 17 countries abroad. Its integrated technology and services platform aims to provide end-to-end vacation rental management solutions to homeowners […]
Vacasa purchases Resort Lodging Company
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has signed an agreement to acquire Resort Lodging Company. The deal will be finalised before the end of December and the integration will be complete in the spring of 2020. At this time, Vacasa will assume management of Resort Lodging Company’s vacation rental inventory in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, estimated […]
Vacasa delves into travel trend predictions for 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Property management company Vacasa has taken a deep dive into the travel trends from 2019 and compiled a list of data-driven predictions to watch in the year ahead. The predictions centre around Americans’ vacation preferences and the short-term rental industry at large. The first two predictions were based on a study that Vacasa conducted […]
Vacasa completes first Wyndham Vacation Rentals integrations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa, which acquired Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $162m in October, has announced that the first market integration of its properties has been finalised in Park City, Utah. 176 vacation homes in Park City have been taken over by Vacasa, increasing the company’s portfolio to more than 275 in the community. […]