But, you know, it really, really got to learn a lot about different markets and what was happening. I remember first starting in my territory was everything that didn't touch the East Coast, which is a lot. I worked with clients basically all over the world. So that was, before the vacation rentals, were starting to be listed on TripAdvisor and spent the first seven years of my career in in the industry there and learned so much. And I joined their team as the eighth employee back in 2008. So we really sort of introduced that concept of guest reviews into the industry, at least forward facing pre booking guest reviews. For those who don't know, FlipKey was a, essentially an OTA and a guest review collection platform. I, you know, have I started my career in publishing, and was ready to make a change and found out about the opportunity at flip key. So I am, like many folks in this industry sort of fell into it. Can you give a little bit of your history and background? Koryn Okey: 0:44 But for our audience that might not be familiar with you. So it's always fun getting to catch up with you, but and follow your your career path from FlipKey and into breezeway over the years. And the nice thing is that all these conferences, we get to see everybody at all them and you're at them just like we are. So we all go way back, right? I think we've known you for several years now. Koryn, welcome to the podcast, Koryn Okey: 0:15 And we're joined today with Koryn Okey, who is the VP of client experience at Breezeway. Welcome to Alex and Annie, the real women of vacation rentals. CONTACT KORYN OKEY - Mention this podcast and they will WAIVE all implementation fees! LinkedInĬONTACT ALEX & ANNIE LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram Alex Husner - Linkedin Annie Holcombe - Linkedin They're offering listeners of our podcast 50% OFF your 1st 2 months - use promo code ALEXANNIE or mention this podcast when you talk to them! Wheelhouse is a proud member of Alex & Annie's List, presented by Rev & Research - launching soon! Sign up for updates here. This podcast is brought to you by our Premiere Brand Sponsor, Wheelhouse: The Ultimate Revenue Driving Machine. It's all part of Wheelhouse's Spotlight on Exceptional Property Managers. You'll also notice, there's a story within this episode - Lance Stitcher, owner of Seaside Vacations & Sales, joins us to share how using Wheelhouse for their revenue management has enabled him and his wife Elaine to 10x their business over the past 2 years. Today, we have Koryn Okey from Breezeway to share her perspective on why operators are choosing to use an external tool like Breezeway for housekeeping & maintenance, and how they've internally consolidated several similar services into one - from messaging to checklists and vendor invoicing, Breezeway positions their value as a specialist for operators that need more than the generalist offerings of most PMS's. Last week we talked to Matt Loney, CEO of Xplorie about consolidations within vacation rental tech, and one of the areas he projected would consolidate was Operations software.
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