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Expedia’s Heavy Hand Is Working for HomeAway

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: A property listed on VRBO, a HomeAway site, in Como, Colorado. The listing has a "Book Now" button, a requirement for appearing high on a page on HomeAway sites. VRBO

Skift Take

Expedia doesn't really care about the noise coming from some disgruntled vacation rental owners. The company is focused on scaling HomeAway's vacation rental business, and having online bookable properties is the formula for the future.

Unpopular with some vacation rental hosts, Expedia's moves to emphasize online bookings and to prohibit guest-host communications that might have previously occurred outside company channels seem to be working for HomeAway. Expedia officials, speaking during the company's second quarter earnings call Thursday, were upbeat about the prospects for HomeAway, which Expedia acquired in 2015 for $3.9 billion. During the quarter that ended June 30, HomeAway's revenue jumped 31 percent year over year, although adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization  — or EBI

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