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Residents evicted from homes in Florence due to vacation rental expansion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Almost 500 people have been evicted from their homes in Florence in less than nine months as landlords are creating space for vacation rental accommodation, according to Italy’s tenant union. La Nazione reported 478 residents were evicted from their lifelong homes in the city between October 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. The Italian […]
Airbnb for Work expands into team-building experiences and meeting scene
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Airbnb has announced it will offer online tools to help workers find meeting spaces and team-building activities through Airbnb for Work. The online shared accommodation service says that since its launch 10 years ago, it has seen “exponential growth” in companies using Airbnb for Work. Airbnb also says that 700,000 companies have seen their […]
Website allows tourists to find cannabis-themed vacation rental accommodation
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: A cannabis-themed vacation rental platform allows tourists to search for accommodation around the world which will let them smoke marijuana. Budandbreakfast.com proclaims itself to be the “largest collection of marijuana-friendly hotels and other cannabis-friendly rentals anywhere on the web.” It said it is “designed to make guests feel right at home as each of […]
Greek confederation criticises short-term rental concept for tourists
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGreece: The Greek Confederation of Tourist Accommodation Enterprises (SETKE) has criticised the concept of property owners in Greece renting out their homes to tourists for the short term. According to SETKE, income taxation resulting from short-term rentals is considerably more favourable than that of rented rooms. The confederation said in a statement: “By legalizing short-term […]
Prague district fights back against shared accommodation services
Reading Time: 2 minutesCzech Republic: Councillors in a district of Prague have launched a petition calling for tougher regulation of shared accommodation services such as Airbnb. Those launching the campaign in city centre district, Prague 1, say private home-sharing has turned into a regular business but is not subject to the same strict regulation as is the case […]
Homeowners look to cash in on Atlanta Super Bowl with $1,000 Airbnb listings
Reading Time: 2 minutesAtlanta: With the Super Bowl in Atlanta just five months away, homeowners are looking to cash in by renting their homes and out-of-town fans are willing to pay big money to experience the action first hand. Visitors looking at the Airbnb vacation home rental app have seen prices skyrocket in the area as the big […]
Dunedin Airbnb owners sent council letters urging compliance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Zealand: Owners advertising their properties in Dunedin as short-term accommodation on sites such as Airbnb have been sent letters from the City Council. People advertising renting out their properties as short term accommodation on sites such as Airbnb, Bookabach and Bachcare were told that they had responsibilities under the District Plan and Building Act, […]
Greek authority announces registry for short-term rental leases
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreece: The Greek Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has announced an electronic registry allowing property owners to lease their homes as short-term rentals online. From now on, Greek Airbnb hosts listing their homes on the site and other platforms must submit a short-term residence declaration for each tenant and enrol properties in a residential […]
Airbnb renters bypassing Vancouver licensing rules
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVancouver residents who rent their homes out on Airbnb must now have a licence to do so under new bylaws. The city agreed a deal with Airbnb in April requiring all short-term rentals on the site to display a valid business licence number by September 1. Anyone found to be breaking this bylaw could now […]
Emaar launches online home-sharing platform in Dubai
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Emaar has launched an online platform dedicated specifically to home-sharing in Dubai. Ease by Emaar, which the website describes as a ‘hometel’, is based on a similar model to AirBnb, which provides a home-stay experience combining the home and hospitality services of a hotel. An Airbnb listing states that the team managing stay experiences […]