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Tourism nights booked online in the EU up by 34 per cent in 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Eurostat has revealed that the number of nights in short-term rental accommodation booked online in the EU rose by 34 per cent in 2021 to 364 million nights.
Eurostat: Tourism nights booked online fall by 47 per cent in 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: The latest data released by Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union [EU], revealed that nights booked online in short-term rental accommodation dropped by 47 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, as the pandemic took hold on the travel industry. According to Eurostat, guests spent close to 272 million nights in short-term […]
European Commission rental consultation period set to close
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: A public consultation period on short-term rental accommodation services [the “short-term rental initiative”] launched by the European Commission is due to close at midnight tonight Brussels time [13 December]. The consultation period, which has been open since 27 September, invited citizens and organisations [stakeholders] from across European member states to contribute their thoughts on the […]
Eurobarometer survey shows need to consider impacts on communities
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Short-term rentals improve the attractiveness of tourism service offerings in the European Union [EU] although the impacts on their wider communities will need to be considered, according to a recent survey on the segment published by Eurobarometer. The survey, conducted in September across the continent, maintains that, in order to ensure the future development […]
EU considers pan-European rental regulations
Reading Time: 3 minutesBelgium: The EU is consulting on regulating the short-term rental market across the bloc, with the option of a single set of pan-European rules being considered. The Commission says it wants to support an expansion of competition and players in the sector but also respect EU law which allows for Member States to apply local […]
EU expecting to lift internal border controls by the end of June
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The European Union has said it is planning to lift all internal border controls by the end of the month, and allow travel to and from other countries from outside of the bloc by the end of July, in a timely boost to holidaymakers’ vacation plans this summer. Speaking at a news conference on […]
European city mayors call for EU to tighten rental platform regulation
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The mayors of of 22 European cities have added their voices to calls for the European Union to improve its regulation of short-term holiday rental platforms by issuing three key demands. Those mayors have called on the EU to establish a new legislative framework that will update the e-Commerce Directive of 2000 on the […]
European cities call on EU to limit spread of Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Ten cities have called for help from the European Union to limit the proliferation of short-term rentals on Airbnb in order for them to manage critical local housing shortages. A joint letter, signed by authorities in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Krakow, Munich, Paris, Valencia and Vienna, said that short-term holiday rentals let out […]