
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Spain’s housing ministry (MIVAV) is directing short-term rental platforms to take down 86,275 illegal listings across the country under a new registration law.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: An Albuquerque, New Mexico city council bill implementing a 100-foot buffer zone between future short-term rentals was voted down by five votes to four Monday.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Dynamic pricing tool PriceLabs studied over 10,000 listings in nine cities worldwide, finding only
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Tech-enabled independent operator Líbere Hospitality Group has opened its first property in Italy, an 18-room complex for short- and medium-term stays in the San Lorenzo neighborhood.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope: Open AI has partnered again with Booking.com, this time to train 20,000 small-and medium-sized enterprises throughout Europe.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The city council of Sandpoint, Idaho, voted on Jan 21 to remove the 35-rental cap on non-owner-occupied STRs in residential areas to avoid a potential legal battle.