1st of the Month Bonus: Bridging the Gap Between Resorts and Vacation Rental Channels with Jetstream CEO Emmanuel Lavoie

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Previously titled “Bridging the Gap Between Resorts and Vacation Rental Channels with Jetstream CEO Emmanuel Lavoie” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026

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Send us a message!Condo-hotels and resort-style properties sit in a tricky middle ground. They are not traditional hotels, but they are not quite vacation rentals either. Many still run on hotel tech stacks, charge hotel-style commissions, and operate with hotel-era assumptions.Meanwhile, guests are increasingly searching on vacation rental channels, homeowners are asking why they cannot find their units online, and off-site managers charging half the commission are pulling inventory away. In our February First-of-the-Month bonus episode, we sit down with Emmanuel Lavoie, CEO of Jetstream, to unpack why so many condo-hotels and resort operators still resist distribution on channels like Airbnb and Vrbo, what it really takes to service this category well, and how AI is starting to reshape channel management.Episode Chapters:01:17 - Leaving a 10-year engineering career for travel tech03:33 - How a Canadian OTA accidentally became a channel manager9:43 - Why resorts still hesitate to embrace Airbnb and Vrbo12:00 - What full-service channel management actually includes13:42 - Why a $10 billion company chose service over cheaper tech15:18 - Off-site managers are winning the homeowner battle16:56 - The challenge of selling non-unique inventory on Airbnb21:37 - How to get negative reviews removed from OTAs24:12 - Why one listing with 300 reviews beats 50 identical listings30:42 - Building an AI-powered guest communication system35:27 - Using AI for listing content creation at scale38:21 - Empowering frontline teams as AI champions42:09 - The human side of AI disruption44:02 - Where Jetstream is heading nextConnect with Emmanuel:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-lavoie-5b89b924/ Website: https://jetstreamtech.io/ ✨ Exclusive Offer to Alex & Annie Listeners:Streamline your short-term rental operations with Hostfully.Mention the Alex & Annie Podcast when you sign up and get free onboarding ($1000 value).👉 Click here to get started: https://www.hostfully.com/influencers/alex-annie/#vacationrentals #shorttermrentals #distribution

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