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Europe Rooms Looking Up According to Experts

2014-04-10 by Phil Butler

The Blue Palace

Key people and analytical indicators predict a very positive Europe Hotel market going forward. With the European bond market ramping upward, and big hotel players making huge investments, most analysts agree Europe travel may be coming out of the recessive woods. Despite the positive signals though, price cramping and other considerations will continue to prove problematic for some hoteliers.

Tags: Barry Sternlicht, Crete travel, Europe hotels, Europe travel, Greece, Grotto Homes, hotels, ITB report, Royal Blue Resort and Spa, travel industry, villa rentals

IAVRA Vacation Inquiries Point to World Cup 2014

2013-10-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

IAVRA at ILTM

Leading B2B vacation rental platform IAVRA has just announced latest reported inquiries for the coming World Cup 2014 and seasonal rental trends. According to the company chalets and city apartments top the list for Brazil, while a surge in Christmas inquiries show prominence with IAVRA agents.

Tags: Brazil, press release, travel agents, vacation rentals, vacations, villa rentals, World Cup, World Cup 2014

US Vacation Rentals Most Wanted – IAVRA Study

2013-09-25 by Phil Butler

Casa Torre

IAVRA, a b2b vacation rental platform for the travel trade Argo covered earlier this year, has just released a new vacation rental survey showing the US as the most desirable rental locale. Polling the platform’s 1000 plus travel agents, IAVRA was able to pinpoint the most requested holiday rentals worldwide.

Tags: rentals, US vacations, vacation rentals, vacations, villa rentals

IAVRA: Putting Tech With Travel Agents for Value

2013-03-18 by Phil Butler

Today I revisited an exclusive villa rental player IAVRA, which I covered initially back in 2011. Back then my review was mega-positive, and I only have more positives to add today about the International Association of Villa Rental Agents (IAVRA) mode and method for renting us all fantastic getaways. Let’s take a look at how far these travel entrepreneurs have come.

Tags: Paris hotels, Paris villas, travel, travel agencies, travel deals, villa rentals, villas

IAVRA: A Slick Way to Skin Villa Travel

2011-10-14 by Phil Butler

IAVRA branded villa pages

This is going to be a rave review about a new platform from the International Association of Villa Rental Agents (IAVRA), just to get you prepared. This new subscriber based database and tool set is a near perfect B2B conduit between travel agents etc. and Villa rental agents across the globe. The service not only makes searching, selecting, and renting villas efficient, but a bit of an aesthetically charged user experience on both ends of the exchange.

Tags: booking, booking innovations, hakia, no commission, Powerset, ReadWriteWeb, search engines, subscriber services, travel search, villa, villa rentals

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