RedAwning Appoints Amitav Chakravartty, Cofounder of VaycayHero as Senior Vice President of Research and Development

EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- RedAwning, the world's largest branded network of vacation rental properties, today announced that it has appointed Amitav Chakravartty, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development for RedAwning. Chakravartty was previously cofounder of VaycayHero, the four year-old vacation rental start-up that was acquired by RedAwning in March, 2017.

Chakravartty  will be responsible for innovations and data analytics relating to property operations and property management services. He will also lead future development of RedAwning's proprietary properties, including VaycayHero and RedAwning's travel agent products.

"We are thrilled to have Amitav on board," stated Tim Choate, CEO and founder of RedAwning. "Amitav brings unique experience in Vacation Rentals - on both the technical and operations side of our business. He has a deep understanding of how to build and design platforms with new technology implementations that will enable us to move quickly in creating innovative new product and services."

"RedAwning has forged a breakthrough model that's growing 3x year-over-year. I'm excited to take the business to the next level as we scale up and throw rocket fuel on it," stated Amitav Chakravartty.

As Cofounder and CTO of  VaycayHero, Chakravartty  was responsible for the initial architecture of VaycayHero's vacation rental listing and booking platform. Prior to VaycayHero, Chakravartty was chief architect of technology at Serena Software for five years where he developed the SaaS version of their business process management software. Previously, he was the co-founder of Shopnics, a product comparison shopping engine.

ABOUT REDAWNING

RedAwning is the world's largest branded network of vacation rental properties offering 24/7 guest and property manager support services. With over 100,000 unique rental properties in over 10,000 destinations, RedAwning is the leading supplier of vacation rentals to every major online booking website, including Booking.com, Expedia, HomeAway/VRBO, Flipkey/TripAdvisor, and Airbnb. RedAwning's mission is to redefine vacation hospitality by combining the ease, trust and consistency of hotels with the extraordinary value and diversity of vacation rental properties.  The company is profitable, self-funded, and rapidly growing.

In March 2016, RedAwning acquired Vaycayhero.com and in May 2015, they acquired PerfectPlaces.com and TravelProRentals.com, a complete vacation rental booking platform for travel professionals.

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