HomeToGo expands offering into mid-term rentals
Berlin: Vacation rental metasearch platform HomeToGo says it is expanding its service offering to bring in mid-term rentals. In a statement, the company said the move follows in excess of $50 million in booking volume in 2018 for mid-term rental properties. HomeToGo, which was founded back in 2014, has primarily focused on the short-term rental market since its […]
Vacation rental search engine HomeToGo raises $150m and acquires Tripping.com
US: The world’s largest vacation rental search engine, HomeToGo, has closed its latest round of funding and acquired its largest competitor in the US, Tripping.com. The Berlin-based company allows visitors to search and compare over 15 million accommodation offers from more than 300 travel providers across the world, including Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway and TripAdvisor. With […]
Airbnb competitor Wimdu to close by the end of this year
Europe: Wimdu, Europe’s most well-funded clone of Airbnb, is to close by the end of the year owing to ‘significant financial and business challenges’. Partners of the company were informed by the message on Thursday, nine years after Wimdu was founded and labelled as the ‘Airbnb killer’. The news means that Wimdu will have to […]