VRM Intel Live! Gatlinburg, TN – 2020 Technology Landscape
Session Description:
Vacation rental technology has seen a shakeup over the last two years with consolidation and emerging third-party solutions. How are software executives looking at building PM software and how are property managers navigating combining the use of third-party tech products with their PMS?
Presented by:
Scott Butler, Inhabit IQ
Brett Parry, Streamline
Ryan Bailey, TRACK
Ed Ulmer, Barefoot Technologies
Joy Ritter, LiveRez
Amy Hinote, VRM Intel
Downloadable Handouts:
Amy Hinote is the founder and editor-in-chief of VRM Intel Magazine, which provides news, information and resources for the professionally managed vacation rental industry.
With a background in finance and over 14 years in the vacation rental industry, Hinote has worked with property management companies, technology companies, intermediaries and investors, and provides insider information about the growing vacation rental industry. She also founded the data company, now known as Key Data Dashboard, which provides aggregated market intelligence and reporting for vacation rental managers. Hinote resides between Alabama’s Gulf Coast and Evanston, Illinois.
Co Authors :
Scott is an experienced operation and product management leader with a proven track record of driving product and process changes that improve the customer experience, employee experience, and corporate profitability. A passionate problem-solver, he enjoys leading cross-functional teams through high-profile, complex projects that have a major impact on the company.
Brett Parry is the Chief Marketing Officer for Streamline.For more than a decade, Streamline has worked tirelessly to simplify the vacation rental management process. Streamline’s quality suite of programs has made it easier than ever before to manage a large volume of properties by providing property managers with every function they may need
Ryan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at TNS. Ryan has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. Today, TravelNet Solutions serves more than 2,000 hospitality companies to solve their most difficult technology and workflow challenges.
Edward Ulmer is the CEO of Barefoot Technologies. With a 96% client retention rate the consultative ERP rental system and company has strived to be the most innovative and cutting-edge system in the industry with many firsts to their name. Prior to his involvement with Barefoot, Ed was executive director of Destination Plymouth MA, and the Bar Harbor Area Association, both start up non-profits that ran the tourism offices for their respective towns. He also was the marketing director of a Pyramid Mall property and that is where he was introduced to the world of real estate and rentals. He has his real estate license in both NH and Massachusetts, and currently sits on the Board of Directors for NNEREN, the MLS body for NH and VT and on the executive Board for the Capitol Board of Realtors. He has participated in many real estate sales transactions and vacation, seasonal, long term and commercial rental transactions in the 20 years he has held his licenses. Finally he has acted as a tourism consultant including the set up of a Duck Boat business, adjunct professor of hospitality and tourism courses at Quincy College as well as taught seminars on revenue and asset management, social media, guerrilla marketing, segmentation and of course tourism for multiple chambers of commerce, VRMA and other tourism groups.
