Vacation rental site HomeAway gets $250M to buy up the world’s travel sites
Consumers may not feel like traveling much these days. But that hasn’t stopped HomeAway, the online vacation rental marketplace, from raising an astonishing $250 million in venture capital.
The Austin, Texas-based HomeAway will use the money to continue a bold strategy of buying about every travel… Continue Reading
HomeAway raises $160 for online vacation rentals — largest Internet funding this year
HomeAway, the world’s leader in online vacation rentals, said it has secured $160 million in debt and equity financing to expand globally — including buying the U.S. “rent-by-owner” vacation rental website, VRBO.com (Vacation Rentals by Owner).
This is a huge amount of money, which suggests it… Continue Reading