Alex & Annie Vacation Rental Podcast
April 19, 2023

2023 Update: Markets, Revenue, Bookings & More with Melanie Brown of Key Data

For today’s episode, we talk to Melanie Brown. Melanie is the Director of Data and Analytics at Key Data, the leading analytics and benchmarking company for the vacation rental industry. Melanie has a strong background in da…
Guest: Melanie Brown
April 14, 2023

Breaking News: Key Data Dashboard and Rev & Research Form New Partnership

In today’s episode, Alex and Annie feature two special guests, Jason Sprenkle, CEO of Key Data Dashboard, and Ben Coleman, President of Rev & Research. They unveil a new partnership between their two organizations to better …
April 12, 2023

Making Vacation Rental Security Fun Again, with Guest Ranger’s Salar Tanzif

In today’s episode, Alex and Annie feature Salar Tanzif, the VP of Sales at Guest Ranger. Security has become a primary concern for both property managers and homeowners. As a result, screening guests is essential to ensure …
Guest: Salar Tanzif
April 5, 2023

Enhancing Guest Experiences Using In-Unit Technology, with Suneel Goud

In today’s episode, Alex and Annie feature Suneel Goud, the CEO and Co-Founder of GuestView Guide, a SHARP NEC company. Suneel discusses their in-unit digital concierge designed for property managers and operators to enhance…
Guest: Suneel Goud
Feb. 8, 2023

You Can Only Be a Local in One Place, with Casago CEO Steve Schwab

VALUES AND ETHICS ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF SUCCESS In today’s episode, Alex and Annie welcome Steve Schwab, CEO of Casago . He shares his unintentional entry into the vacation rental industry and how working with the local com…
Guest: Steve Schwab
Jan. 18, 2023

DACK’s Customer Experience Enhancing Solution, with Thomas Schaper

IMPROVE YOUR GUEST EXPERIENCE WITH SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGY In today’s episode, Alex and Annie welcome Thomas Schaper, the Head of Product at DACK Inc. Thomas shares his experience in creating DACK as an app that improves the gue…
Jan. 11, 2023

CAPTURE IT! The Value of Email Capture as a Vacation Rental Marketing Solution, with Arthur Colker

SUCCESS IN THE VACATION RENTAL SPACE ISN’T ALWAYS INTENTIONAL and Arthur Colker is proof of that. Arthur is the CEO and founder of StayFi, and in this episode, discusses how he accidentally fell into the short-term rental an…
Guest: Arthur Colker
Jan. 4, 2023

The Journey is the Destination, with Luca Zambello, CEO of Jurny

Luca Zambello joins us for today's episode to share the journey of creating Jurny, the industry's first MOS (management operating system). With roots in property management, Luca shares how he changed software 5 times - then…
Guest: Luca Zambello
Dec. 14, 2022

How a Young Entrepreneur is Re-imagining Guest Experience Technology, with Francois Goello

Francois Goello who is the founder of Enso Connect joins us today for an interesting tale of how a terrible guest experience led to him founding one of the slickest guest apps on the market. Francois tells us how Enso Connec…
Nov. 30, 2022

How Strategic Marketing and Technology Paved a Path to Success for Casiola, with Dennis Goedheid

Dennis Goedheid has built a budding empire in Orlando, that has recently spawned into Miami and Aruba. His entrepreneurial journey began in Belgium, where he learned the fundamentals of marketing and branding which he has a…
Oct. 12, 2022

The Vacation Rental Power Couple: Lance & Elaine Stitcher of Seaside Vacations & Sales

Lance & Elaine Stitcher are owners and co-founders of Seaside Vacations & Sales, a premiere vacation rental management company that represents nearly 300 properties in Chincoteague Island, VA and Ocean City, MD. This power c…
Sept. 28, 2022

Spotlight on Exceptional Property Managers: Robin Craigen, CEO of Moving Mountains

Robin Craigen and his wife Heather had a unique beginning in their hospitality journey that started on the high seas with their luxury yacht charter business. During this time, they developed a formula for creating exception…
Guest: Robin Craigen
Aug. 31, 2022

Building the Perfect Tech Stack Starts with the PMS, with Terry Whyte

Terry Whyte joins us today for an insightful look at the past, present and future of the vacation rental industry, and he shares his candid predictions for who will win the long game in vacation rental technology. Named as p…
Guest: Terry Whyte
Aug. 17, 2022

Cleaning House on Operational Tech, with Koryn Okey of Breezeway

Last week we talked to Matt Loney, CEO of Xplorie about consolidations within vacation rental tech , and one of the areas he projected would consolidate was Operations software. Today, we have Koryn Okey from Breezeway to s…
Guest: Koryn Okey
Aug. 10, 2022

Predicting a Wave of Tech Consolidations, with Matt Loney, CEO of Xplorie

Today we're joined by Matt Loney, CEO of Xplorie, for a conversation about the current state of guest experience and tech in the vacation rental industry and what the future holds for consolidation between overlapping produc…
Guest: Matthew Loney