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STR legislation amendment expected in Czechia in 2025

Czechia

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCzechia: The Czech government is proposing new measures to regulate short-term rental booking platforms operating within the country in order to tackle disruptive activities and make the sector more professional.

Airbnb and Minut launch noise detector pilot programme in Prague

Prague

Reading Time: 3 minutesCzechia: In line with the ongoing efforts to promote responsible tourism and travel recovery in the Czech Republic, Airbnb is collaborating with property monitoring company Minut to launch a number of measures to support hosts and guests in Prague. Airbnb has announced that it is launching a six-month noise detector pilot programme for hosts and […]

European capitals permitted to rein in rentals during Covid-19 pandemic

European

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: European capitals will be permitted to carry out more rigorous vetting of short-term lets to combat a perceived shortage of long-term housing, according to a ruling by an advisor to Luxembourg’s Court of Justice of the European Union [CJEU]. Among the European tourist hotspots to have taken umbrage at Airbnb’s operations in their operations are […]

easyBNB named in 2020 top ten promising Czech startups

Czech

Reading Time: < 1 minutePrague: Czech-French startup easyBNB, which specialises in short-term rental management for property owners, became one of ten promising Czech startups to watch in 2020. The list was compiled by EU-Startups.com magazine, a leading online publication founded in 2010 with a focus on the European startup scene. The authors of the Top Ten list say they […]

Prague seeks restrictions on Airbnb to combat overtourism

prague

Reading Time: 2 minutesCzech Republic: In an effort to fight the continued rise of tourism, the city of Prague has announced its intent to limit Airbnb. The introduction of Airbnb has massively changed the social makeup of the city, transforming sleepy residential districts into tourist hubs. The number of offerings on the site jumped from 5,537 to over […]