Rentals United is very excited to announce they have become the first European channel manager to connect with Homes & Villas by Marriott International platform through their newly announced Channel Connectivity Program.
When demand for vacation rentals skyrocketed last year, and as signs continue to point towards this trend, Homes & Villas by Marriott International has been rapidly growing their whole-home rental offering.
They have since built an API, allowing property management companies, property management software systems, and channel managers to integrate their software, creating a plethora of benefits, such as faster connections, increased efficiency and greater reliability.
As the first channel manager based in Europe to connect directly to Homes & Villas by Marriott International, property managers now have the opportunity to apply to this exclusive platform.
Who are Homes & Villas by Marriott International?
After noticing the boom in vacation rentals, Marriott International decided it was time to bring their 90+ years of hospitality expertise into the vacation rental market.
So in May 2019, they launched Homes & Villas by Marriott International, now a curated and growing collection of 25,000+ premium and luxury vacation rentals located in 250+ prime destinations across the world.
With a focus only on primarily premium and luxury rental homes, Marriott is selective about who is able to join the platform. They only work with select professional property management companies to ensure that every home listed on their platform can be serviced at a standard expected of Marriott International.
Why is this such a big deal?
By being connected directly to Homes & Villas by Marriott International, we (Rentals United) can help our property managers with premium and luxury vacation rental offering expand even faster across the world, including high-priority regions throughout Europe and North America.
Through the Rentals United and Homes & Villas by Marriott International API connection, property management companies can connect their properties faster and more efficiently.
Furthermore, our highly reliable connection allows you to sync your pricing and availability in real-time. As a result, you can rest assured that you’ll always be selling your properties at the price you want. And, you’ll never have to be concerned about double bookings.
All in all, the new Rentals United connection allows property managers to take advantage of listing their inventory on Homes & Villas by Marriott International, a heavily in-demand and rapidly expanding vacation rental platform.
What are the benefits of listing on Homes & Villas by Marriott International?
Now, thanks to the Rentals United connection, property management companies around the world can tap into a multitude of benefits that only Homes & Villas by Marriott International are able to offer.
This includes access to Marriott Bonvoy, the world’s largest travel program, where 147+ million members globally can book vacation rentals. Your properties will have the opportunity to be featured across their expansive marketing platforms on a global scale.
Property managers and owners will benefit from a competitive advantage and maximise bookings from each listing on Homes & Villas by Marriott International.
Marriott is a global name in the hospitality industry with over 90 years of hospitality expertise. As a partner, you will have the confidence to know that you are working with a company with a proven history of reliability that will stay on top of the ever-changing home rental landscape.
As well as these two massive advantages, Homes & Villas by Marriott International also offer property managers a dedicated account manager and operations support, best-in-class hospitality training, favourable procurement pricing and more.
How to get listed on Homes & Villas by Marriott International
If you are a professional property manager with at least 20 rentals anywhere in the world, we can help you advertise on Homes & Villas by Marriott International.
There is a strict vetting process, as each home needs to be vetted to meet the hospitality company’s high design, safety, cleanliness and amenity criteria as well as including updated imagery.
If you would like to list your properties on Homes & Villas by Marriott International simply fill in this form and we will get back to you and let you know if you have been accepted. If you’d like to know more about our integration, you can find more info here.
The Rentals United channel manager connects to over 60 distribution channels, including OTAs, niche websites, metasearches, wholesalers and Google. As a Preferred Partner of 4 of the most popular global channels – Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Tripadvisor – we provide the most reliable connections on the market.
