Vacation Rental World Summit 2026
October 8–9, 2026
Lyon, France
13th Edition – Lyon, 8–9 October 2026
The Vacation Rental World Summit (VRWS) is the leading independent short-term rental conference for the global vacation rental industry. The 13th edition takes place on October 8–9, 2026, at the Cité Internationale – Centre de Congrès in Lyon, France, gathering up to 800 property managers, hosts, tech providers, and investors from more than 50 countries. Since 2014, this short-term rental conference has brought together 20,000+ vacation rental professionals to share how to get more bookings, streamline operations, and maximise rental income with the latest vacation rental software.
Avantio is proud to attend VRWS 2026. Whether you want to scale your portfolio, improve guest experience, adopt AI-driven tech, or benchmark your operations against Europe’s top performers, VRWS 2026 in Lyon is the two-day conference where the vacation rental industry decides what comes next, and where Avantio meets the property managers building it.
What are the benefits of attending the Vacation Rental World Summit 2026?
Learn from Industry Experts
Two days of single-track, on-stage sessions with speakers from Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group, Guesty, AirDNA, PriceLabs, Key Data, and more. Get actionable insights on pricing, distribution, AI, direct bookings, and operations for the year ahead.
High-Value Networking
Meet 800+ property managers and industry pros through VRWS Roundtables (50-minute facilitated peer sessions) and Speed-Dating (two 60-minute app-based meeting rounds per day). Every minute is designed to turn contacts into business.
Hands-on Learning & Support
Interactive hotseats, roundtables and exhibitor-hall demos let you share real challenges and take home real answers. Whether you manage 5 or 1,000+ properties, you leave Lyon with a plan, not a folder.
Who should attend this short term rental conference?
VRWS 2026 is designed for professionals across the vacation rental and short-term rental ecosystem. Attendees are mainly professional property management companies (53% of the 2025 audience), plus tech suppliers (33%), sponsors (12%), and independent hosts (2%).
• Property Managers: optimise operations, distribution and revenue for portfolios from 5 to 1,000+ units.
• Vacation Rental Owners: learn how to maximise bookings, guest experience and compliance.
• Tech Providers & Service Companies: showcase your product to Europe’s most active buyers of vacation rental technology.
• Investors: map the STR market, spot consolidation moves and meet the operators scaling fastest.
• Legal, Marketing & Compliance Professionals: stay ahead of EU short-term rental regulation and the DSA/Airbnb data-sharing landscape.
October 8–9, 2026
Cité Internationale – Centre de Congrès Lyon, France
From €447 to 497
The VRWS 2026 format
VRWS 2026 runs a single-track agenda across two days, so you never miss a session. It combines four formats:
• On-Stage Sessions – keynote talks and panels from industry leaders including Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group, AirDNA and PriceLabs.
• Roundtables – 50-minute facilitated peer sessions where you share your challenges and get real solutions from other property managers.
• Speed-Dating – two 60-minute app-based meeting rounds per day (one before each 2-hour lunch), so you meet exactly the right people.
• Exhibitor Hall & Hotseats – live demos and interactive group sessions with the vendors defining the next wave of vacation rental tech.
Under the 2026 theme “Connect. Grow. Go Further.”, VRWS is limited to 800 attendees to protect the quality of learning and networking. VRWS 2025 sold out three weeks before the event.
Avantio is proud to be attending the Vacation Rental World Summit 2026 as a Sapphire Sponsor!
Meet Avantio at VRWS 2026 – Booth 55
Who will be there?
Where to find the Vacation Rental World Summit 2026:
- October 8–9, 2026
- Cité Internationale – Centre de Congrès, 50 Quai Charles de Gaulle, 69006 Lyon, France
- Avantio Booth: 55
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