Phil Minardi is the Head of Public Affairs at the Expedia
Group which owns HomeAway and VRBO. His job entails a lot of travel
so he has a great perspective on the vacation rental regulatory
landscape throughout the USA. But what I like most about Phil is
that he always speaks on behalf of the industry. Not about any one
owner or manager or company, but on the movement as a whole. I
think a lot of problems can be solved with this style of thinking.
And I hope that this conversation allows the stakeholders of the
industry to see that Phil and the other OTAs can play an important
role. At the very least, we learn the value of a free lunch.
If you want to innovate like Phil, consider a demo with our
friends at PointCentral (free HVAC Analytics included from this
landing page): https://www.pointcentral.com/vrmb/
Here are some links and profiles mentioned in the
episode:
Unlocked is a podcast series that invites you to be a fly-on-the-wall as VRMB founder Matt Landau interviews some of the world’s most innovative vacation rental professionals. The goal of this podcast series is to share best practices and to remind vacation rental professionals that we have everything we need inside of us to succeed.