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Vacasa appoints Terrill and Cohen to board of directors
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management company Vacasa has added two experienced executives to its board of directors in the shape of Chris Terrill and Chad Cohen. Terrill was formerly the CEO of internet services company ANGI Homeservices [Angie’s List] / HomeAdvisor, while Cohen has been the CFO of Adaptive Biotechnologies and is the former CFO of online real estate database firm Zillow Group. Both […]
Vacasa publishes 2020 vacation home report
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has released the 2020 edition of its Top 25 Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home report. The annual Top 25 Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home report was launched in 2018 and ranks the best US destinations to invest in a vacation rental property by average cap rate [or yearly rate […]
Vacasa purchases Vail Resort Rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management company Vacasa has purchased Colorado-based management firm Vail Resort Rentals. Vail Resort Rentals, which has been owned since 1996 by local resident Dale Bugby, has served visitors seeking short-term stays in Vail since 1983. Bugby told Vail Daily: “It has been a wonderful career providing hotel operations for luxury condos and […]
Vacasa secures $108m Series D round led by Silver Lake
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Vacation rental management platform Vacasa has announced a $108 million strategic investment round. The financing was led by existing investor Silver Lake with participation from other existing investors including Riverwood Capital and Level Equity. Silver Lake previously invested in Vacasa last October in a $319 million strategic investment round, with participation from the same […]
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 […]