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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Travel |
| Founded | February 2005[1] |
| Founders | Brian Sharples Carl Shepherd |
| Fate | acquired, rebranded to VRBO |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | John Kim (President) Trent York (CFO) Jeff Hurst (CCO) Tina Weyand (CPO) John J. Ostlund (CTO) Steve Davis (CIO) Jeff Mosler (CSO) |
| Services | Vacation rentals |
| Revenue | $446.8 million (2014)[2] |
| Parent | Expedia Group |
HomeAway was a vacation rental marketplace. It operated through 50 websites in 23 languages through which it offered rentals of cabins, condos, castles, villas, barns, and farmhouses.
Founded in February 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas,[3] the company became a publicly traded company in 2011.[4] Expedia Group acquired HomeAway on December 15, 2015 for $3.9 billion in cash and stock.[3] In 2020 HomeAway and VRBO websites were rebranded as single Vrbo website.[5]
- ^ "Home Base: What short-term rentals mean for locals and the Chattanooga economy". timesfreepress.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "HomeAway, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results", Financial Report 2014, Retrieved April 11, 2015
- ^ a b "Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway For $3.9B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ Austin, Scott (June 28, 2011). "HomeAway IPO Prices At $27/Share; Valued At $2.2B". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Hawkins, Lori (May 3, 2019). "HomeAway, the world's largest vacation rental site, is rebranding itself as Vrbo". Austin American-Statesman.