Austin based HomeAway (NASDAQ: AWAY) operates an online marketplace for vacation rental properties worldwide. This fast-growing company is continuing its pattern of making acquisitions in its space. The process creates many interesting technical challenges as it integrates disparate IT systems into the mother ship’s architecture, and it also gives rise to countless creative product and marketing opportunities as newly acquired units are brought into the fold.
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Online vacation rental marketplace operator HomeAway this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire Instant Software, makers of vacation rental management software. With the purchase, HomeAway is able to expand its suite of pr... Read Post
HomeAway, the online vacation rentals rollup, has acquired Brazilian vacation rental site AlugueTemporada.com.br. No financial terms were disclosed. The Brazilian site has more than 12,000 property listings located in Brazil. The ti... Read Post
Consumers may not feel like traveling much these days. But that hasn’t stopped HomeAway, the online vacation rental marketplace, from raising an astonishing $250 million in venture capital. The Austin, Texas-based HomeAway will use ... Read Post