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Whitepaper: why revenue is vanity and profitability is reality

Whitepaper: why revenue is vanity and profitability is reality

by simon-lehmann | Sep 12, 2020 | Featured

The recent placement of Hostmaker under administration in the UK, lay-offs at Lyric and the media interest around OYO’s trouble to articulate extreme growth and profitability, is raising a lot of questions in the short-term rental industry. A lot of these questions...
Red Shoes Talk #4: GuardHog’s co-founder on safety, security and insurance in the age of Covid vacation rentals

Red Shoes Talk #4: GuardHog’s co-founder on safety, security and insurance in the age of Covid vacation rentals

by simon-lehmann | Sep 8, 2020 | Operations, supply and demand, Talks

In this 4th episode of Red Shoes Talks, the vacation rental and short-term rental podcast, Simon talks to Humphrey about insurance, safety and security for rented homes in the age of Covid. Evaluating risks of rentals in Covid-19 2020 How do risks get evaluated? How...
Red Shoes Talk #3: VRWS’ Antonio Bortolotti on the state of vacation rental & doing VRWS 2020 virtually

Red Shoes Talk #3: VRWS’ Antonio Bortolotti on the state of vacation rental & doing VRWS 2020 virtually

by simon-lehmann | Sep 4, 2020 | Talks

In this 3rd episode of Red Shoes Talks, our vacation rentals fireside chats led by AJL Atelier’s Simon Lehmnann, we talk to the Founder of the Vacation Rental World Summit, Antonio Bortolotti, about: the state of vacation rental in the age of Covid – the...
Red Shoes Talks #2: Vintory’s Brooke Pfautz on solving inventory growth in vacation rentals

Red Shoes Talks #2: Vintory’s Brooke Pfautz on solving inventory growth in vacation rentals

by simon-lehmann | Aug 26, 2020 | Operations, supply and demand, Talks

In this second edition of AJL Atelier’s Red Shoes Talks, we discuss how to solve the challenge of inventory growth with Vintory’s CEO Brooke Pfautz. A common challenge among vacation and short-term rentals operators, growing one’s inventory...
Red Shoes Talks #1: Operto’s Michael Driedger about increasing vacation rental profitability with the right tech

Red Shoes Talks #1: Operto’s Michael Driedger about increasing vacation rental profitability with the right tech

by simon-lehmann | Jul 27, 2020 | Pricing, Talks

In this first episode of Red Shoes Talks, Operto’s CEO Michael Driedger and AJL Atelier’s Founder & CEO Simon Lehmann talk about how to increase profitability in vacation rental using the latest technology. Looking beyond topline revenue is something...
Coming up: Vacation Rental World Summit 2020 online edition

Coming up: Vacation Rental World Summit 2020 online edition

by simon-lehmann | Jul 24, 2020 | Short-term rental news, Talks

The next edition of the long-standing Vacation Rental World Summit will be held online on October 10-11 2020, with a stellar line-up of speakers from the industry. Among them, we’re very proud to announce AJL Atelier’s Founder and CEO Simon Lehmann! If...
The booking platform of the future: vacation rentals in the Web 3.0 and gaining back control over distribution

The booking platform of the future: vacation rentals in the Web 3.0 and gaining back control over distribution

by simon-lehmann | Jul 20, 2020 | Operations, supply and demand, Talks

In this panel organised by TripsCommunity, AJL Atelier’s own Simon Lehmann and other vacation rental experts talk about the future of distribution in the short-term rentals space. For better or for worse, the current status has helped to democratise home rentals...
Concentration in the vacation rental industry in 2020: what next

Concentration in the vacation rental industry in 2020: what next

by simon-lehmann | Jul 14, 2020 | Featured, Strategy, Trends & forecast

After a drive of consolidation in the industry during 2019, the pandemic has slowed things down. What’s the likely landscape by 2021? The state of the short-term rental industry right now The recent placement of Hostmaker under administration in the UK, lay-offs at...
From food chain to value chain: consolidation of short-term rental tech ecosystem

From food chain to value chain: consolidation of short-term rental tech ecosystem

by simon-lehmann | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Talks, Trends & forecast

There has been a lot of discussion about consolidation in the short-term rental and vacation rental industry, due to increasing competition, the growth of the space itself, and its progressive maturation. Here, Simon Lehmann explains why we think that the next wave...
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