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Direct bookings, now backed by booking income protection. Roam is the Booking Income Protection platform for professional vacation rental managers. Roam helps managers protect booking income, offer greater flexibility to guests, and give property owners a stronger reason to choose...

VRM Advocate is a boutique consulting firm built specifically for vacation rental managers and short-term rental professionals. The model is straightforward: coaching, training, consulting, and doing. What sets the firm apart is that its coaches come from inside the industry....

Artificial intelligence is changing how people find and interact with websites. It’s no longer just about ranking #1 on Google. With AI-powered search engines and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overview, online visibility works differently. Research...

Inhabit to Consolidate PMS Platforms, Standardize on Streamline by 2026 In a significant move aimed at modernizing its technology infrastructure, Inhabit has announced plans to consolidate its property management system (PMS) platforms into a single solution: Streamline. This strategic shift...

What’s Happening: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has introduced a new “Junk Fee” Rule that takes effect on May 12, 2025. This rule is designed to prevent hidden fees by requiring total pricing, including mandatory fees, to be shown upfront...

According to a recent report by Juniper Research, annual online payment fraud losses are expected to exceed $362 billion globally between 2023 to 2028. Malicious automated “card-stuffing” or “card-cracking” attacks—when hackers use stolen credit card information to test the validity of stolen card...