Business
Homeowners Who Love You Don’t Leave You with Sarah Bradford
The secret to homeowner retention is building relationships that are based on trust. This session will cover innovative (yet easy!) ways you and your team can build trust, respect, and loyalty with your homeowners. Bradford will cover specific, regular one-on-one communication ideas as well as en masse unscheduled touchpoints, how to speak the truth, how…
Read MoreLeadership Propels Employee Engagement & Retention with Sue Jones
The gap between what employees want and what their employers are offering has widened significantly since COVID-19 first appeared. With rampant levels of burnout and high levels of exhaustion, employee retention has fallen significantly for employers both large and small. Nearly 30 percent of US workers are actively job hunting, and it is projected that…
Read MoreGetting to the Big Leagues: Short-Term Rental vs Hotel Revenue Management
2021 VR Women’s Summit: Getting to the Big Leagues: Short-Term Rental vs Hotel Revenue Management with Deena Sewihy There’s no denying we’re in a new era of revenue management for the short-term rental industry. But let’s be honest, we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible. Join revenue managers from Beyond as they relive their…
Read MoreState of the Industry: What Can We Expect in 2022?
2021 VR Women’s Summit: 2021 State of the Vacation Rental Industry (ADR, RevPAR, Booking Window, LOS, and Channel Performance) with Key Data’s Melanie Brown Key Data’s Melanie Brown will share exclusive data showing how VRMs performed in 2021 compared to 2019 and 2020 and will share KPIs (including ADR, RevPAR, occupancy, booking window, and length…
Read MoreRevenue Management, More Than Just Pricing with Maureen Shilling
RevMax cofounder and Director of Client Services Maureen Shilling presents an overview of all of the factors that are important and often overlooked when creating a pricing strategy. Maureen Shilling, Co-founder & Director of Client Services, RevMax Maureen Shilling has over 22 years of experience in the hospitality industry with 18 years of…
Read MoreSeven Best Practices for Increasing Direct Bookings with Debi Steigerwald
In 2021, the percentage of direct bookings dropped by double digits, a trend we’ve been seeing for the last three years. Join this fast-moving session that will provide specifics on how to increase direct bookings. Although we all want this, it can be overwhelming and there are multiple strategies you can implement. Debi will look…
Read MoreThe Complete Guest Experience: Insights & Ideas from Leading PMs
2021 VR Women’s Summit: The Complete Guest Experience with Brittany Blackman, Karen Bobe, Sarah Bradford, Alex Husner, Lauren Madewell, and moderated by Adrienne Clark and Anne Toal What does guest experience mean to you? Does it include the discovery phase and the post-stay? Or just the stay itself? We’ll be talking to some of the…
Read MoreThe Road to Success Is Always Under Construction
2021 VR Women’s Summit – The Road to Success Is Always Under Construction: Career Paths of the Industry’s Most Successful Tech Executives with Julie Brinkman, Jennifer Hsieh, Vered Raviv-Schwarz, Margot Schmorak, and moderated by Rebecca Chapman What does it take to get to the top in a field that’s been historically dominated by men? VRM…
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