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Florence orders ban on holiday rental self check-in keyboxes
Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: The local government in Florence has ordered the removal of self check-in keyboxes / lockboxes at holiday rental properties, effective from today [25 February].
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.
Florence prepares bylaw to prohibit rentals in historic centre
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Florence is preparing to introduce a bylaw that would prohibit short-term rentals in the city’s historic centre, having already announced a ban on new listings.
Venice doubles down on restriction plans for short-term rentals
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: The mayor of Venice has doubled down on plans to introduce strict controls on short-term rentals.
Florence and Venice call for tighter rental restrictions
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: The Italian cities of Florence and Venice have set out a join manifesto to the country’s government laying out their plans for the future of tourism in Italy, including placing tighter restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. A joint “Decalogo” – translated as the Ten Commandments – sent out by the two […]
Fairbnb.coop launches Covid-19 relief campaign
Reading Time: 2 minutesItaly: Non-extractive holiday rental platform Fairbnb.coop has launched its COVID-19 relief campaign #IStayHome & #TravelTomorrow, from which the proceeds of future trips will be immediately diverted to support doctors, nurses and health personnel on the front line against the coronavirus in the co-op’s active communities in Italy. The message is clear to the company’s guests: […]
Villas of Distinction adds more properties to collection
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Luxury villa rental company Villas of Distinction has added villas in South Africa, Spain, Fiji, Napa and Venice to its property portfolio. Villas of Distinction vice president of villa product and agency relations, Steve Lassman, said: “We are always looking to add new, desirable and vacation-friendly destinations for our guests. “When adding villas, we […]
Anger at short-term rental conversion in California
Reading Time: 2 minutesCalifornia: Long-term rentals are being converted into short-term rentals rather than providing housing for long-term renters for which the building is zoned in Venice, California. Previously, more than 58 apartments in the Ellison Building in Venice were specifically aimed at accommodating the long-term rental segment but now just ten tenants remain in the building with […]
“Fairbnb” service set to compete with Airbnb in Europe in 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: A team led by Sitio Veracruz is working on establishing a new rival service to compete with Airbnb in 2019, called Fairbnb. Veracruz says the new service will differ from Airbnb in three keys areas that will ensure a much fairer service. From January 2019, the first Fairbnb rentals will be listed in four […]