EscapiaONE Vacation Rental Software Sales Soar With 300% Annual Growth in the First Half of 2008
#1 Web-based vacation rental platform extends its lead with new clients from coast-to-coast.
SEATTLE – July 23, 2008 – Escapia Inc., the #1 provider of web hosted management and marketing solutions for vacation rental managers, announced record results for the first half of 2008 with sales increasing by more than 300% over the same period in 2007.
Escapia demonstrated the broad appeal of its web-based software platform with new accounts from the Carolinas to the Kona Coast. New clients included startup agencies looking for a state-of-the-art system to run their business from day one as well as highly seasoned managers with hundreds of vacation rental units making the switch to Escapia software.
One of Escapia's newest clients, Paul Dobson of Maui Rental Group and former President of the Vacation Rental Managers Association commented, "We chose Escapia because of the comprehensive functionality and integration of Escapia's web-based back-office software. We also like the capability to easily market our properties on many different vacation rental directories, all with real-time availability. Everything is in one place – it is very powerful."
"It is exciting to see more and more vacation rental managers recognize that EscapiaONE offers an unparalleled combination of property management and marketing capabilities," said Bill Furlong, CEO of Escapia." By delivering an integrated solution, EscapiaONE helps managers run their agency more easily and take advantage of a wealth of online marketing opportunities to grow their business."
The surge of new customers adopting EscapiaONE is a reflection of the rapid pace of enhancements to the Escapia platform. The first half of 2008 has seen Escapia add innovative and essential features to the EscapiaONE software:
- The most sophisticated ratings and reviews capability in the vacation rental business.
- The first integrated dynamic pricing and promotion system for vacation rental managers.
- Double the number of EscapiaNET online distribution partners.
- More search engine optimization benefits to the EscapiaWEB agency web-site platform.
- Advanced user authorization set-up options.
- Additional accounting reports.
- Expanded filtering and reporting options for housekeeping management.
- Bulk creation and editing of guest correspondence.
- And scores of other "minor" enhancements to the EscapiaONE software platform.
"Vacation rental managers recognize that EscapiaONE is state-of-the-art software that is ready for them from day one," said John Suzuki, Vice President of Sales. "New companies take comfort knowing that hundreds of vacation rental management companies successfully use EscapiaONE to run their businesses each and every day."