“Speed Dating” are the latest addition to VRWS this year
Check below to find out exactly what they are and why you can’t miss them!
🤜 What They Are 🤛
SPEED-DATING are 2 ’60 minute’ Sessions (one per day) where:
- you pick a company representative seated at a specific ROUNDTABLE, hear the solution they offer in 60″,
- then you ask your question, and so do your peers seated at the table.
- This way you interact with everyone for 9 further minutes and get a lot more information that will give you a clear idea of whether that’s a good fit for you and what to do next.
Each Table has up to 10 attendees for 10 minutes.
At minute 10 we ring a bell, you pick another table – another Company, sit with other 9 attendees and the process repeats.
This is done 5 times in 60 Minutes, so you have the opportunity to really find out what most companies exhibiting have to offer and how can they help you out; then if you wish, you can continue the conversation at the booth during VRWS.
🤷♀️ Why 2 Speed Dating Sessions 🤷♂️
How many times did you get to the end of an event thinking you missed out on some of the solutions on the tables, just because you didn’t have time to find out more about all of them?
Or you made a list of all the things you wanted to check, to maximise your time there…only to end up talking with a handful of people simply because the conversation was too good to cut it down?
Often at conferences the encounters you do are left to chance and serendipity; yes, it very often works out amazingly well, you meet incredible people, but couldn’t you really make the most of your time there if only you could even fit in something more?
Speed-Dating Sessions are meant to give you just that! An incredible opportunity to maximise your return on the investment to join the Vacation Rental World Summit and one more way to ensure you get back home with even more tangibles to put into action immediately.
🙋♀️ What You Can Do 🙋♂️
Now that you know what Speed Dating are, you can’t miss out!
Below is a list of each Company exhibiting at VRWS, with a little description of what they do (the list is not final, as there are more companies joining).
Make a list of the ones you will shortlist and prepare yourself for the sessions.
And…there will be a specific section within the VRWS App we’ll release prior to the event, so you can keep everything with you well organised on your mobile at all times!
Acquisition
Launched in 2016, GuestReady’s mission is to help landlords save time and turn their investments into a profitable source of income by using technology to bring the tradition of hospitality to the short and medium let market. We’re a globally leading short and medium let property manager.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.guestready.com
A hospitality brand driven by technology.
Headquartered in the Maltese islands, & introducing Europe’s first virtual hotel concept, Zzzing is a hospitality brand powered by an all-in-one service which makes renting a holiday home easy & affordable for guests and hassle-free & money-making for property owners.
Zzzing’s 24×7 virtual concierge allows guests to enjoy a five-star-inspired hotel service in their private holiday rental. Thanks to carefully selected top strategic partners, holidaymakers may book excursions, make travel arrangements, access their property, request additional linen or cleaning, explore recommended dining options and so much more from a guest-celebrated technology. The brand’s second trusted technology, a unique Landowners Dashboard, allows homeowners of second properties to get a real-time birds’ eye view of their short-let property’s performance & potential.
👉 Check it out here: www.zzzing.com
Automation and Technology
Guest, team and property automation solutions
👉 Check it out here: https://operto.com
Cleaning Platforms
TurnoverBnB is an online platform that helps vacation property management companies with cleaning turnovers.
TurnoverBnB’s two distinct services are:
• Automate Cleanings Schedule cleaning, checklists, documentation, inventory and pay cleaners
• Global Marketplace of Cleaners Connect and get bids from experienced cleaners in one or more geographic areas
Available in English, Spanish, French & Portuguese
👉 Check it out here: https://turnoverbnb.com
Guest Screening & Insurance
SUPERHOG combines intelligent guest screening with automatic damage protection and is delivered as a SaaS solution that can be integrated seamlessly within the pre- or post-booking journey
👉 Check it out here: https://superhog.com
Data Analysis
As the world’s leading provider of vacation rental data and analytics, AirDNA tracks the daily performance of over 10 million listings on Airbnb and Vrbo in 150,000 global markets.
Through a combination of scraped and source data on over 900,000 listings, AirDNA has revolutionised the short-term rental industry by accurately showcasing the daily booking activity of vacation rental properties. Property managers, investors, and hosts all rely on AirDNA’s vacation rental insights to optimise their pricing, benchmark their performance, and outperform the competition.
Through a combination of scraped and source data on over 900,000 listings, AirDNA has revolutionised the short-term rental industry by accurately showcasing the daily booking activity of vacation rental properties. Property managers, investors, and hosts all rely on AirDNA’s vacation rental insights to optimise their pricing, benchmark their performance, and outperform the competition.
👉 Check it out here:https://www.airdna.co
Transparent track 35 million Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com & TripAdvisor listings to empower scaling property managers with market insights to optimize rate, occupancy & growth. Our PRO & BI data dashboards users report up to 25% growth in revenue.
👉 Check it out here:https://seetransparent.com/en/
Distribution
The largest selection of hotels, homes, and vacation rentals with over 2,5 Million accommodations in over 85,000 destinations.
👉 Check it out here:https://booking.com
👉 Check it out here:https://vrbo.com
Holidu is a search engine for vacation rentals that allows the guests to find your perfect accommodation and book for the lowest price.
They work with all the major booking portals and local specialists to offer their visitors the greatest variety of vacation rentals. They compare millions of accommodations from more than 2,000 providers so that the guest can find the ideal vacation rental quickly and easily.
It pays to compare: The same accommodation can cost up to 55% less in the same period. Their image recognition technology detects whether a vacation rental is listed on different websites and always shows the lowest price.
They work with all the major booking portals and local specialists to offer their visitors the greatest variety of vacation rentals. They compare millions of accommodations from more than 2,000 providers so that the guest can find the ideal vacation rental quickly and easily.
It pays to compare: The same accommodation can cost up to 55% less in the same period. Their image recognition technology detects whether a vacation rental is listed on different websites and always shows the lowest price.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.holidu.com
If you’re looking to expand your reach to more than 160 million travellers that are part of the Marriott Bonvoy travel programme make sure you get a seat at Marriott’s Round Table to join Homes & Villas by Marriott International’s strong network
👉 Check it out here: https://homes-and-villas.marriott.com
HomeToGo has the world’s largest selection of vacation rentals and is the fastest-growing vacation rental booking channel in the world, offering property managers a direct booking experience. If you’re not on HomeToGo, join them to expand your reach to millions of new guests. Fast payout, direct guest communication and fast integration – that’s how HomeToGo helps property managers maximize bookings and diversify their revenue streams.
📈Founded in 2014, HomeToGo employs more than 380 people and manages 23 local apps & websites across Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as Tripping.com, CASAMUNDO and Wimdu.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.hometogo.com
Whimstay is the leading last minute vacation rental marketplace. Whimstay offers last minute deals to travelers by offering them discounted nightly rates on vacation rentals. Property Managers list their unsold inventory on Whimstay platform at a certain discounted percentage.
👉 Check it out here: https://whimstay.com
PMS – Channel Managers
Avantio allows you to use Business Intelligence tools, manage your time effectively and provide the best guest experience with powerful vacation rental management software that makes you diversify your distribution strategy with a Channel Manager connected to 50+ different global and local channels.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.avantio.com
Launched in 2016, GuestReady’s mission is to help landlords save time and turn their investments into a profitable source of income by using technology to bring the tradition of hospitality to the short and medium let market. We’re a globally leading short and medium let property manager.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.guestready.com
Guesty is an end-to-end property management platform providing professional hosts, owners, independent hotels and property management companies with two core solutions to automate and streamline the complex operational needs of managing flexible inventory: Guesty For Hosts and Guesty For Pros. With these offerings, users can manage listings from multiple online travel agencies including Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and more, and utilize the company’s guest-centric tools including: Unified Inbox, Automation Tools, Staff Management Solutions, Reporting Capabilities, and more.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.guesty.com
Icnea is a software house that offers one of the most complete vacation rental property management system in the market. Its PMS includes a Channel Manager with over 100 available connections, an APP and many other features to manage and boost your vacation rental business.
👉 Check it out here: https://icnea.com
Octorate is the easy-to-use All-in-One Hospitality Software that enables you to manage, improve and automate the processes related to your accommodation in an intuitive way.
Online property exposure improvement, effective price strategy, income management, bureaucratic and fiscal duties, guest communication management before, during, and after their stay.
Octorate takes care of everything.
👉 Check it out here: https://octorate.com/
Smily (formerly BookingSync) helps vacation rental owners and managers to increase their revenue by 40% in as little as 30 minutes.
At Smily we believe that property owners and managers should not risk their entire business on a single marketplace. This is why we created Smily, your partner to list your properties on 1000+ marketplaces including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia. We also centralize guest communication, collect and secure payments, and increase your revenue.
In September 2021, with a team across 17 countries, Smily has been nominated by Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, as the world-leading connectivity platform from the entire hospitality industry.
Smily is really a partner for an easy, safe and more profitable vacation rental business.
👉 Check it out here: https://smily.com/
Revenue Management
Beyond (formerly Beyond Pricing) is a complete revenue management solution for short-term rental managers and owners to get, grow, and keep revenue. Beyond easy-to-use platform includes a dynamic, demand-driven pricing tool with extensive market data that pairs with OTA distribution and a best-in-class booking engine.
Beyond has helped thousands of property managers and property owners like Island Realty, Royal American Beach Getaways, and Coquet Cottages, get the most out of their listings. To date, they have supported over 340,000 properties in more than 7,500 cities worldwide.
Founded in 2013, Beyond is headquartered in San Francisco.
👉 Check it out here: beyondpricing.com
Turbosuite is a SaaS that aims to maximise STRs and Hotels performance with a revolutionary pricing tool that takes into account a much wider spectrum of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence than other solutions.
Turbosuite analyzes more than 2M data everyday, making it possible to take a proactive approach in pricing and make the necessary changes to increase profitability with no occupancy loss.
👉 Check it out here: Turbosuite
Security Deposits
💰 Swikly is the specialist of security deposits.
Swikly protect your rentals, secure your reservations and simplify your bookings, with an online security deposit request.
Swikly is designed for short and medium-term rentals, as well as any other rental property, so you can protect your rentals without the constraints of checks, cash, transfers or credit card prints on Eftpos terminals.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.swikly.com
Smart Locks – Keyboxes – Keyless Entries
Smart home products that do more with less. No keys, no hassle, no fuss. Igloohome lets you do more with less. You can focus on your day-to-day activities while our smart locks keep the right ones in and wrong ones out of your home.
Enjoy the convenience of smart security today.
👉 Check it out here: https://www.igloohome.co
Vikey is a complete hardware and software solution for guest reception allowing you to save time and money. The services offered range from automating all stages of check-in, remotely and with apps opening doors and gates via smart locks, to energy saving and noise control thanks to home automation.
👉 Check it out here: https://vikey.it/en/home-page/