Miami, November 19, 2019 : RateGain, the #1 SaaS player in travel and hospitality, today announced the launch of VR Gain, an innovative solution set created to address the challenges of the vacation rentals (VR) industry. The VR industry, with close to 800 million users and 1,15,000 VR companies worldwide, remains largely unorganized, making it difficult for revenue management, distribution, and marketing teams in both VR companies and demand partners to plan and execute strategies to unlock additional revenue.

Some of the challenges in the VR industry that RateGain is addressing:

  • Increased competition from new entrants: Largely dominated by two players till a few years ago, demand from travelers have seen new international and local players emerge.
  • Low Occupancy rates: New Supply has softened demand, with occupancy rates averaging at 37 %. With pricing being a decisive factor, demand partners with more competitive prices get access to more supply.
  • Lack of Benchmarking and price intelligence tools: Property name and address (Lat/Long) are not specific, mapping automation on name and address or Lat/Long matching is not feasible, SEO on individual listing is not sufficient, making listing a manual process that cannot be scaled.
  • Limitations in the identification and sourcing of new supply, requiring a substantial investment of time and resources without commensurate results.
  • Most channel managers and switches are not suitable to meet the unique demands of this industry.

RateGain’s innovative AI-powered solution VR Gain will be the only end-to-end platform that will allow VR companies to leverage the following solutions:

  • Get competitive price intelligence from over 240 billion price points and 1000+ demand sources to monitor other vacation rentals as well as competing independent hotels, apartments, etc. using proprietary image mapping technology
  • Get a clear picture of exclusive versus common listings versus their competition
  • Select the right set of listing for price competitiveness audits
  • Get access to 3.4 Mn inventory from across the world
  • Connect instantly to the largest demand network of over 1500+ channels in the world through RateGain’s smart distribution platform

“The vacation rental industry has witnessed tremendous growth across the world with no defined standardization making it an exciting opportunity for RateGain to solve. After six months of R&D and successful pilots with few of the largest OTAs, we are confident that our solution will be able to address the challenges of both supply and demand partners looking to emerge as a leader in their respective markets.”, said Harmeet Singh, CEO, RateGain.

About RateGain:

RateGain is the #1 provider of SaaS products, which help travel, and hospitality companies make more revenue every day. RateGain offers products, which help with rate intelligence, cognitive revenue management, smart e-distribution, and brand engagement. RateGain is proud to support 125,000+ hotel properties globally, influencing $13 Bn revenue by providing 240 billion rate and availability updates & powering over 30 Million bookings. RateGain is trusted by 25 out of the top 30 OTAs, tour operators and wholesalers, 23 out of the top 30 hotel chains, 7 out of the top 10 car rental companies, top 5 cruise lines, and many leading airlines worldwide. In 2018, RateGain acquired DHISCO, which made it the only company in the world to offer end-to-end frictionless distribution. In June 2019, RateGain acquired award-winning BCV to provide guest experience cloud to maximize guest lifetime value for hospitality chains

Forward-looking Statements:

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which involve some risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the statements containing the words ‘planned,’ ‘expects,’ ‘believes,’’ strategy,’ ‘opportunity,’ ‘anticipates,’ ‘hopes’ or other similar words. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding impact of pending regulatory proceedings, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services, data services and consulting services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, customer acceptance of our services, products and fee structures, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost-effective and timely manner, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-timeframe contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, the success of our brand development efforts, liability for damages.

For further details, please contact:

Ankit Chaturvedi
AVP Marketing -RateGain
ankit.chaturvedi@rategain.com
+91 9654502760