STR Global Unlocked with Simon Lehmann: Unfiltered knowledge for the short term rental industry
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Carl Shepherd is the Co-Founder of HomeAway, the marketplace that helped define the modern short-term rental industry. Before Airbnb became a household name, Carl and his co-founder Brian Sharples built HomeAway into a global platform that changed how people rent and manage vacation homes. The company went public in 2011 and was later acquired by Expedia for $3.9 billion. If you want to understand how today’s OTA landscape was built, and where it’s breaking, this episode is essential listenin...
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Carl Shepherd is the Co-Founder of HomeAway, the marketplace that helped define the modern short-term rental industry. Before Airbnb became a household name, Carl and his co-founder Brian Sharples built HomeAway into a global platform that changed how people rent and manage vacation homes. The company went public in 2011 and was later acquired by Expedia for $3.9 billion. If you want to understand how today’s OTA landscape was built, and where it’s breaking, this episode is essential listenin...
003: Why Has Nobody Built a Truly Global STR Operator? Inside the Real Challenges of Scale with Forge Group, Casago, and MadeComfy
STR Global Unlocked with Simon Lehmann: Unfiltered knowledge for the short term rental industry
56 minutes
2 weeks ago
003: Why Has Nobody Built a Truly Global STR Operator? Inside the Real Challenges of Scale with Forge Group, Casago, and MadeComfy
Every major player in short-term rentals has chased the idea of building a truly global operator. None have cracked it. In this panel, Simon Lehmann brings together three leaders shaping the next phase of professionalization: Graham Donoghue (Forge Group, UK), Steve Schwab (Casago, US), and Quirin Schwaighofer (MadeComfy, Australia). Together they break down what it really takes to scale across borders and why local expertise still defines success. This episode goes beyond theory. You’ll hear...
STR Global Unlocked with Simon Lehmann: Unfiltered knowledge for the short term rental industry
Carl Shepherd is the Co-Founder of HomeAway, the marketplace that helped define the modern short-term rental industry. Before Airbnb became a household name, Carl and his co-founder Brian Sharples built HomeAway into a global platform that changed how people rent and manage vacation homes. The company went public in 2011 and was later acquired by Expedia for $3.9 billion. If you want to understand how today’s OTA landscape was built, and where it’s breaking, this episode is essential listenin...
