KEY.co Press + Media
Selected features, interviews, and conversations on curated homes, service-led hospitality, and how people travel now.
The Space of a Home, the Service of a Hotel
LUXE BEAT MAGAZINE
Luxe Beat Magazine featured KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande in this profile on the rise of the private, resort-style vacation home. She talks about the frustration that led her to start KEY.co, why travelers need better choices rather than more of them, and how in-home services are closing the gap between a private home and a great hotel. Read the full story. Read the full story.
Turning a Vacation Home Into a Private Resort
GRIT DAILY
Grit Daily featured KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande on why travelers are turning a single large home into a private resort for the whole group. In the article, she talks about the rise of multigenerational and friend group travel, why Telluride is her own favorite destination, and how in-home services have become as much a part of the trip as the house itself. Read the full story.
Luxury Is Time
WORLD LUXURY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The World Luxury Chamber of Commerce asked leaders across luxury how they define it, and featured KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande alongside a safari conservationist, an architect, and a five diamond golf director in this article. Her answer, that the best luxury is the luxury you do not have to think about, turned out to be the pattern running through nearly every response. Read the full story.
Big Group Trips Now Start With the Vacation Home
YAHOO TRAVEL
Yahoo Travel featured KEY.co in a story on why big group trips now start with the vacation home instead of the destination. Using our booking data, the piece looks at how multigenerational families and friend groups are choosing larger homes, traveling in bigger groups, and staying longer than they did in 2024. Read the full story.
Where to Go and Where to Stay in Summertime
THIS TRAVEL TRIBE
This Travel Tribe podcast invited KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande on to talk about where to travel next. The episode covers five destinations worth putting on the list, why 30A, Cape Cod, Big Sky, and North Lake Tahoe keep drawing families and groups, and what separates a good vacation home from a great one. Listen to the full episode.
All About Curation, Trust, and Building KEY.co
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
Authority Magazine featured KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande in its Female Disruptors series, and the conversation goes well past the usual founder profile. She talks about why curation creates more value than endless inventory, why the goal was never to disrupt hotels but to learn from them, and the three pieces of advice that have shaped how she leads. Read the full story.
What Makes a Home Worth Booking
EAST END TASTE
East End Taste turned to KEY.co founder and CEO Kim Lalande for a look at why curated homes are reshaping the Hamptons rental market. In the article, she explains how every home is evaluated before it enters the collection, why professional management matters as much as architecture, and why travelers increasingly want someone else to have done the homework. Read the full story.
The Home Becomes the Destination
TRAVEL AND TOUR WORLD
Travel And Tour World built a look at the year ahead in vacation home travel around KEY.co booking data. The piece covers why multigenerational groups are choosing larger homes, why convenience has become the real luxury, and why travelers increasingly want a home that reflects the place they came to see. Read the full story.
In the press
A running list of outlets that have featured KEY.co, including the stories above.
