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Airbnb to be the first target of digital tax regulations from Poland
Reading Time: 2 minutesPoland: Tadeuz Koscinski, the newly instated Polish finance minister, announced today plans to implement tax on Airbnb operators in Poland. The latest in plans by European leaders to understand and regulate Airbnb, FT reports that Koscinski seeks to tax not only operators, but the company itself. “If we’re going to be making sure that anyone […]
Denver building leased by Sonder sold for reported $6.25m
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: A Denver building leased by hospitality start up Sonder has been sold for three times its initial purchase price. Run as The Essex Hotel by Sonder, the former hotel building is noted to be the first Airbnb-hotel hybrid of its kind. The building, which was first purchased by a Denver based property firm GM […]
Government announces rental law reform in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: The Scottish government today announced its intention to place a comprehensive set of regulations on the short-term lets market in Scotland. Scottish housing minister Kevin Stewart noted: “We are empowering local authorities to implement a system that works for their area. By giving councils the power to set conditions around short-term lets licences and […]
Prague residents call for increased regulation of short-term rental services
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrague: Prague may have become Europe’s fifth favourite tourist destination but its residents are petitioning for increased regulation of Airbnb in the city. They blame services like Airbnb for fuelling a 50 per cent jump in property values since 2013 and have called for the local government to raise taxes, tighten rules and limit the […]
Report: The European Vacation Rental Survey 2018 key points
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Transparent has revealed its findings from the responses of over 500 European property managers between April and August in the European Vacation Rental Survey 2018. Its purpose was to provide a breakdown of all the activity of property management in Europe. The report was co-authored by the Spanish-based specialised data intelligence company for the […]
Australian Hotels Association (AHA) proposes plan to regulate Airbnb
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has proposed a five-point plan to regulate, license and control the home-sharing sector in its latest effort to combat the impact by Airbnb. The plan includes the requirement that restricts home-sharing to an owner’s primary residence and bans whole properties from being listed as home-sharing accommodation for less than […]
Vacation rental decision goes to the voters in South Portland
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: After a year of debate over how to best govern vacation rentals in South Portland, Maine, the city council will let voters have the final say. That decision comes after two council attempts at creating rules for short-term rental units were rejected by citizens petitions. Residents will now have the option of voting to […]
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 […]
Paris Airbnb hosts fined more than $1.5 million so far this year
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrance: Officials in Paris have levied more than US$1.5 million of fines on unregistered Airbnb rentals since the start of 2018. Paris was Airbnb’s single-biggest city market worldwide at the end of last year. French regulations forbid residents from renting their property to third parties for more than 120 nights in a year, also requiring […]
Airbnb sues NYC over data disclosure law
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Airbnb has filed a lawsuit against New York City, following the passage of a law that requires the company to disclose the names and addresses of hosts. The lawsuit claims the new law is an “extraordinary act of government overreach” and violates the US constitution. The law, which was passed by the City Council […]