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Emma Villas adds to portfolio with Domus Rental purchase
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Siena-based villa rental and tour operator, Emma Villas, has acquired 100 per cent of the share capital of Verona-based villa rental operator Domus Rental.
STRz Podcast 51: Marco Celani, AIGAB
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: AIGAB president Marco Celani joins us for episode 51 of the ShortTermRentalz podcast.
Tuscan court overturns STR ban in historic centre of Florence
Reading Time: 5 minutesItaly: The Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany [TAR] has overturned a ban on registering short-term rentals for tourists in the historic UNESCO centre of Florence.
Airbnb & Expedia earn EU court backing in Italian financial dispute
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Online service platforms including Airbnb, Expedia, Google and Amazon have all won a European court battle against an Italian law that would have required them to disclose more information and make financial contributions.
Emma Villas expands in Italy with Marche Holiday Villas purchase
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Siena-based villa rental and tour operator, Emma Villas, has announced the acquisition of Marche Holiday Villas to expand in central Italy.
onefinestay expands to Capri
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Luxury private rental brand onefinestay has a announced its expansion to the island of Capri.
NUMA Group expands into Denmark
Reading Time: 2 minutesDenmark: Digital hospitality platform NUMA Group has announced its expansion into Denmark through a partnership with global real estate investment manager Invesco Real Estate.
Smartpricing closes €13m Series A funding round
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Hospitality revenue management software startup Smartpricing has raised €13 million in a Series C funding round, made up of €11 million in equity and €2 million in bank credit lines.
Airbnb to pay €576m to tax authorities in Italy
Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: Airbnb has agreed to pay €576 million [$621 million] to tax authorities in Italy, bringing a long-running dispute to an end.
Italian judge orders seizure of €779m in Airbnb tax probe
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: A judge in Italy has ordered the seizure of €779.5 million [£676.8 million / $831.6 million] from Airbnb’s European headquarters in Ireland over a probe into alleged tax evasion, the Milan prosecutors’ office said on Monday.