BALTIMORE, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Comparent, the leading platform helping vacation rental owners compare and choose the right management partner, is proud to announce the release of The Comparent 100, the second annual ranking of the 100 largest vacation rental management companies in the United States.

Modeled after iconic business rankings like the Inc. 5000 and the Fortune 500, The Comparent 100 shines a spotlight on the companies shaping the future of vacation rental management. The ranking is built from hundreds of hours of research, data collection, and verification, resulting in a definitive snapshot of the industry’s biggest players.

“Vacation rental management has grown into one of the most dynamic segments of hospitality, and last year’s inaugural Comparent 100 established the first definitive benchmark for who the largest operators are,” said Brooke Pfautz, Founder & CEO of Comparent. “With this second annual edition, we are building on that foundation and continuing to set a new standard for visibility, credibility, and recognition within our industry.”

The list offers vacation rental managers, property owners, and investors a unique view into which companies are leading the way in scale, innovation, and impact. With two editions now published, it also allows readers to track how the industry evolves year over year.

The Comparent 100 is published every October, providing an annual opportunity to reflect on growth, consolidation, and emerging trends across the vacation rental sector.

The full list of The Comparent 100 companies can be viewed here: https://comparent.com/top-100-vacation-rental-management-companies

About Comparent

Comparent is the go-to platform for vacation homeowners seeking the right property manager for their short-term rental. The company’s cutting-edge platform enables homeowners to compare trusted property managers and brings transparency to the process by showcasing reviews, performance statistics, and accolades from across the industry. Comparent aims to be the ultimate resource for homeowners researching property managers and a premier platform for managers to showcase their expertise. Learn more at Comparent.com.

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New Parks Associates white paper, developed in partnership with Calix, examines the role of reliable connectivity, cybersecurity, smart home services, and stronger resident experiences

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New research from Parks Associates, released in partnership with Calix, highlights how resident expectations and the influx of connected devices are pushing broadband in multifamily properties from a basic utility into a platform supporting the entire resident experience. Beyond Connectivity: Securing the Modern Resident Experience examines how multifamily properties can build a resident-centered managed connectivity experience that supports connected devices, bandwidth-intensive applications, property operations, and future services.

“Managed connectivity gives multifamily properties an opportunity to think beyond simply providing internet access,” said Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates. “The network is the foundation for a broader resident experience, supporting work, entertainment, smart home devices, security, and new digital services. Reliability, simplicity, and security are critical as these environments become more connected.”

Today’s residents expect internet that is available at move-in, performs consistently across a growing number of devices, works well throughout the property, and protects their personal information and connected home. The research highlights several trends driving investment in managed connectivity:

The average US household has approximately 17 connected devices, increasing demands on the home network.49% of US internet households own at least one smart home device, creating additional opportunities for properties to support connected services.29% of consumers ages 65-74 and 25% of those 75+ are interested in smart amenity packages, including video doorbells, smart locks, thermostats, and safety and monitoring devices.Residents with in-unit routers or gateways report fewer technical issues and higher internet NPS than residents relying on shared gateways.Whole-home cybersecurity is associated with higher provider satisfaction, with users of these services reporting an NPS of 46 for their home internet provider.

“As digital experiences continue to be an essential part of everyday life, connectivity and cybersecurity will increasingly influence resident satisfaction, retention, and property value,” said Jess Parsons, Area Vice President, Marketing, Calix. “The multifamily opportunity is no longer simply to connect residents. It’s to help property owners create trusted, connected experiences for a more digital, AI-driven world while reducing operational friction and strengthening the value of their communities.”

Managed networks can also simplify one of the most important moments in the resident journey: move-in. Instant-on connectivity eliminates installation appointments and equipment delays and allows residents to connect their devices immediately.

The research recommends that properties design for reliability, prioritize the in-unit network experience, simplify activation, provide visible support, and build trust through transparency and cybersecurity. Together, these capabilities position managed connectivity as an increasingly important foundation for the connected multifamily property and the next generation of resident services.

Beyond Connectivity: Securing the Modern Resident Experience is published by Parks Associates in partnership with Calix.

About Parks Associates

Parks Associates helps companies identify new opportunities, refine strategy, and accelerate growth in connected technology markets through data-driven insights and industry expertise. With more than 40 years of experience, the firm delivers proprietary consumer and industry research, market forecasts, and strategic analysis that guide business decisions across personal, connected home, small business, and commercial technology ecosystems.

About Calix

Calix, Inc. is an AI platform company that enables service providers to transform their operations and accelerate delivery of differentiated experiences—so they can compete and win in the markets and communities they serve.

Through the AI-native Calix One platform, service providers can securely and privately activate agentic-AI alongside their human teams to acquire new subscribers, grow existing subscriber revenue, and build loyalty across residential, business, municipal, and MDU markets. More than 1,200 customers of all sizes leverage the Calix One platform, which has evolved over 15 years at an investment of more than $2 billion.

Calix innovation cycles are underpinned by a strong financial balance sheet and a people first culture that routinely earns broad industry recognition—winning 81 culture and innovation awards since 2025 alone, as well as Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2026.

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Integrated platform combines real-time award pricing and availability with side-by-side points-and-cash comparison, transfer, and booking, all under the partner’s own brand

NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — point.me, the loyalty redemption platform for travelers, fintech, banks, and issuers, today launches Gateway, an all-in-one platform that gives financial institutions, fintech, and loyalty programs the ability to offer award travel search, comparison, transfer, and booking directly inside their own customer experience. The launch comes as loyalty currencies keep growing while remaining hard to use, with over 80% of US consumers having never transferred a point.

What is Gateway?

Gateway brings point.me’s award search and booking technology into a financial institution’s own product, so customers see real-time award pricing and availability, compare the value of their points side by side with cash, and book, all without leaving the bank’s app or the program’s website. Partners can be live in as little as 60 days, a fraction of the time and cost of building in-house.

point.me partners span both sides of the loyalty ecosystem. Building on the American Express partnership launched in 2024, point.me is now working with B2Bpay, an Australian business payments platform, to bring award travel rewards to its customers, delivering greater choice and access to more flights across more airlines. 

“We are always looking for ways to give B2Bpay users more choice and more value. Partnering with point.me does that, giving our customers a host of amazing options for turning their B2B points into travel and helping us deliver an experience that is second to none,” said Jane Grant, Chief of B2Bpay at Zenith Payments.

On the loyalty side, Flying Blue, the loyalty program of Air France-KLM, is working with point.me to reach travelers through the bank and fintech partners the two companies share.

“point.me has helped Flying Blue broaden our reach and introduce more travelers to the value of our program. Gateway takes that vision further, creating new ways for us to connect with high-value customers through our shared bank partners,” said Ben Lipsey, President of Flying Blue and SVP Loyalty, Digital and Data at Air France-KLM. “It brings the richness of Flying Blue into the travel journey for those customers, and we’re excited to continue deepening our partnership with point.me.”

“People pick a card or join a program because they want the trip,” said Adam Morvitz, founder and CEO of point.me. “Then they reach the part where they actually have to use the points, and it is confusing enough that most people never do. Gateway makes that part easy, inside the bank or program the customer already uses. When redeeming is simple, people use what they earned, and the rewards they signed up for finally show up as real trips.”

What are the benefits of Gateway?

One connected trip: Flights, hotels, and experiences in a single branded portal. Search, comparison, and booking happen inside the bank’s app or the program’s website, with no handoff to a third-party portal, so cardholders never leave the issuer’s ecosystem.Seamless discovery: Customers see real-time award pricing and availability options across airline and hotel loyalty programs, inside an experience they already trust.Complete checkout: Built to fuel the earn-burn loop. Every award option is shown next to its cash equivalent, so customers can always decide whether to earn or burn points.Competitive intelligence: Redemption patterns, transfer behavior, and peer benchmarking for issuers and loyalty partners.Live in as little as 60 days: Partners launch in a fraction of the time and cost of building award travel capabilities in-house.Built for both sides of loyalty: Gateway strengthens both sides of the loyalty ecosystem by deepening connections between financial institutions and loyalty programs. As a result, financial institutions use Gateway to strengthen the value of their currency, and airline and hotel programs meet high-value customers as they plan travel inside one of their most-used apps. 

Key takeaways

All-in-one travel solution: point.me has launched Gateway, an all-in-one platform that lets financial institutions and loyalty programs embed award travel search, comparison, transfer, and booking under their own brand.Built to move to the front of the wallet: when redemption is frictionless, customers perceive the currency as more valuable, use it more often, and keep the card and the program at the front of their wallet.Partners on both sides of loyalty: great travel loyalty experiences are expensive and complex to build, and the experience is often fragmented across travel, loyalty, and rewards. point.me launches with B2Bpay on the financial side and Flying Blue on the loyalty side.

“Every bank and every travel program is asking how to make its currency feel valuable, trusted, and worth holding. Gateway is how they answer that question inside their own experience, in weeks, not years,” Morvitz added.

How to get started with Gateway

Gateway is available today to financial institutions, fintechs, and loyalty programs. To learn more or request a demonstration, visit point.me/partnerships. Travelers can continue to search and book award travel directly at point.me.

About point.me

point.me is the leading award travel search platform powering the future of loyalty. Founded in 2022, point.me transforms travelers’ points and miles into more buying power, for consumers directly, and for the financial institutions that serve them.

point.me helps travelers unlock and use their points with confidence across 150+ credit cards and loyalty programs, while enabling banks and fintechs to embed a complete travel and lifestyle redemption experience directly in their app. Already trusted by millions of travelers and backed by leading financial institutions, point.me is changing how people think about paying for travel.

Named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list in 2024 and 2025, point.me is backed by investors including Nyca Partners, Citi Ventures, Samsung, the founders of ITA Software (Google Flights), Thayer, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Brian Kelly (The Points Guy), Meta and DoorDash executives, and Bethenny Frankel, alongside other top-tier venture firms.

Learn more at point.me.

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