Bosses of Futurestay and Evolve Split Over Best Strategies for Short-Term Rental Owners
Photo Credit: Futurestay CEO Philip Kennard and Evolve CEO Brian Egan in discussion with Skift Senior Research Analyst Wouter Geerts at Skift Future of Lodging Forum on May 11, 2022. Skift
Skift Take
Myriad ways exist for hosts to build their short-term rental businesses. And if the choices are complex today, just wait for the rush of new vendors and operators seeing gold in them hills.
Should the legions of short-term rental owners who operate a listing or two — or the increasing ranks of homebuyers who purchase real estate with the express intent of turning it into a short-term rental — partner with a tech vendor or a property manager?
S. Philip Kennard, co-founder and CEO of Futurestay, a pure-play tech provider, and Brian Egan, co-founder and CEO of property manager Evolve, politely clashed along predictable lines over the optimum strategies for homeowners. They debated that issue and others in a discussion Wednesday with Skift Director of Research, Data Product, Wouter Geerts at Skift's Fu
