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HomeAway

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HomeAway, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, represents more than 540,000 paid vacation rental home listings throughout 120 countries, and connects homeowners and property managers with the millions of travelers seeking alternatives to hotels.

HomeAway offers an extensive selection of vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, including more room to relax and added privacy, for less than the cost of traditional accommodations. The company also makes it easy for vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties and manage bookings online.

The HomeAway portfolio of sites includes HomeAway.com, VRBO.com and VacationRentals.com in the United States; HomeAway.co.uk and OwnersDirect.co.uk in the United Kingdom; HomeAway.de in Germany; Abritel.fr and Homelidays.com in France; HomeAway.es in Spain; and AlugueTemporada.com.br in Brazil. The company’s portfolio also includes HomeAwayRealEstate.com, which offers unique real estate information that highlights a vacation home’s rental income potential and destination-specific characteristics. In addition, HomeAway operates BedandBreakfast.com, a global site dedicated to finding bed-and-breakfast properties, which provides travelers with another source for unique lodging alternatives to chain hotels.

For more information about HomeAway, please visit www.HomeAway.com.

Milestones

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  HomeAway added Phil Siegel as Board Member.
  Posted 5/26/11 at 12:42pm
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  HomeAway added Woody Marshall as Board Member.
  Posted 5/26/11 at 12:42pm
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  HomeAway added Todd Chaffee as Board Member.
  Posted 5/26/11 at 12:42pm
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  HomeAway added Jeff Brody as Board Member.
  Posted 5/26/11 at 12:42pm
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  HomeAway added Lanny Baker as Board Member.
  Posted 5/26/11 at 12:42pm
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  HomeAway added John Banczak as VP & GM of HAPMSG. (3/1/10)
  Posted 10/29/10 at 10:59am
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  HomeAway added Tom Hale as CPO. (7/14/10)
  Posted 7/14/10 at 10:53am
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  HomeAway added Brent Bellm as COO. (7/14/10)
  Posted 7/14/10 at 10:53am
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  HomeAway added Jeff Mosler as VP Customer Experience. (6/24/10)
  Posted 6/25/10 at 3:03pm
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  HomeAway added Rob Solomon as Board Member.
  Posted 3/1/10 at 10:18pm
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  HomeAway added Lynn Atchison as CFO.
  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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  HomeAway added Carl Shepherd as Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 10:15pm
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  HomeAway added Brian Sharples as Founder & CEO.
  Posted 2/15/08 at 4:00pm
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  Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:AWAY.
  Posted 6/16/11 at 7:50pm
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  HomeAway received $34.3M (€25M) in Unattributed funding. (10/1/10)
  Posted 10/29/10 at 8:58am via techcrunch.com

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1. HomeAway reports its price tag for Portland startup Second Porch (oregonlive.com) [edit]
2. HomeAway Broadens its Reach in Australian Market with Acquisition of realholidays.com.au from REA Group (homeaway.com) [edit]
3. HomeAway Acquires Again, Buys Escapia (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
4. HomeAway Buys Vacation Rental Management Software Company (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Texas TechPulse (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
6. HomeAway Boosts European Listings with Acquisition of Homelidays (earthtimes.org) [edit]
7. Holiday Apartments Portugal (paraiso-jardim.com) [edit]
8. OwnersDirect.co.uk [edit]
9. VacationRentals.com [edit]
10. Ferienwohnungen in Bamberg (unterkunft-ferienwohnung-bamberg.de) [edit]
11. Holiday-Rentals.co.uk [edit]
12. TripHomes.com [edit]
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18. American Capital Invests $11.5 Million in Portfolio Company HomeAway to Support Growth and Additional Add-On Acquisition (ir.americancapital.com) [edit]
19. Vacation Rental Site Raises $250 Million (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
20. SEC D, Acquisition (sec.gov) [edit]
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23. HomeAway Ramps Towards IPO With Two Key Hires And $200 Million/Year In Revenue (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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35. HomeAway Prices IPO Between $24 And $27 Per Share, Now Valued At $2 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. HomeAway IPO Shares Pop 39 Percent, Market Cap Reaches $3 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]