Skift Take

Expedia and Vacasa see technology as key to improving both their businesses and the guest/owner experiences. They both face big challenges this year.

Justin Dawes

Expedia Group and Vacasa are both moving forward with tech investments to compete with other big players in the short-term rental industry. Executives from both public companies shared details about current projects during Skift's Short-Term Rental Summit in New York on Wednesday. 

Expedia Group

Expedia Group’s existing short-term rental listing business is fragmented. For example, the Expedia website lists short-term rentals in multi-unit buildings. Vrbo, which is owned by Expedia, is a short-term rental booking site that has traditionally focused on standalone homes.

But the Expedia and Vrbo brands have separate technology stacks. Expedia Group is currently migrating Vrbo's back-end technology onto the Expedia brand platform. The compa