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HomeAway

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The HomeAway website has more than 122,000 vacation rental homes, condos, guesthouses, cottages, and cabins in 118 countries. Travelers can search vacation rental listings for free and find accommodations by the night, week or month. For calendar availability and reservations, HomeAway.com directly connects travelers with private homeowners and property managers who know their vacation homes best. Property owners who rent their vacation homes can gain valuable marketing exposure by listing their property on the website for an annual fee.

The family of HomeAway Inc. websites connect homeowners and property managers with travelers who seek the space, value and amenities of vacation rental homesa as an alternative to hotels. With more than 300,000 global listings across the sites, travelers may easily search for budget to luxury-priced vacation rentals on HomeAway.com, VacationRentals.com, CyberRentals.com, A1Vacations.com, GreatRentals.com, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, OwnersDirect.co.uk, FeWo-direkt.de and Abritel.fr. The websites also feature vacation rental reviews and the HomeAway Rental Guarantee, which help ensure a memorable HomeAway experience. HomeAway is funded by Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, American Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and Trident Capital.

HomeAway Inc.is headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Smith Mountain Lake,Virginia; London, England; Kassel, Germany and Marseilles, France.

Milestones

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  HomeAway acquired Homelidays. (2/4/09)
  Posted 2/5/09 at 11:38am
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  HomeAway received $250M in Series E funding. (11/10/08)
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:11pm
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  HomeAway acquired EscapeHomes. (5/08)
  Posted 7/8/09 at 4:54pm
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  HomeAway acquired OwnersDirect.co.uk. (9/1/07)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway acquired VacationRentals.com. (5/1/07)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway received $160M in Series B funding. (2006)
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:11pm
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  HomeAway acquired Holiday-Rentals.co.uk. (2/1/05)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway acquired TripHomes. (2/1/05)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway acquired A1Vacations. (2/1/05)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway acquired GreatRentals.com. (2/1/05)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway acquired CyberRentals. (2/1/05)
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway received $49M in Series A funding. (2005)
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:09pm
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  HomeAway added Brian Sharples as Chief Executive Officer.
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  HomeAway added Andrew Harris as COO.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:15pm
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  HomeAway added Carl Shepherd as Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:15pm
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  HomeAway added Ross Buhrdorf as CTO.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:15pm

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Sources

1. HomeAway Boosts European Listings with Acquisition of Homelidays (earthtimes.org) [edit]
2. Capital Report Index [edit]
3. OwnersDirect.co.uk [edit]
4. VacationRentals.com [edit]
5. Holiday-Rentals.co.uk [edit]
6. TripHomes.com [edit]
7. A1Vacations.com [edit]
8. GreatRentals.com [edit]
9. CyberRentals.com [edit]
10. marketwatch.com [edit]
11. marketwatch.com [edit]
12. marketwatch.com [edit]