Agoda Outside publishes vacation rental handbook for homeowners and travellers
Asia: South East Asian booking platform Agoda Outside has published a book on the growth and economic impact of the global home-sharing market. The book, entitled “At Home Around the World: The Short-Term Rentals Handbook for Guests, Hosts, Neighbors, and Governments”, was written by travel industry experts Robert Rosenstein and Peter Allen. It outlines how […]
Booking.com to participate in BnB Guest Conference in Athens
Athens: Booking.com will participate in the first BnB Guest Conference to be held on 24 January at the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel in the Greek capital. Organised by Smart Press and entitled “The Best for the Guest”, the conference will offer insight on the effect that short-term rentals have on the operation, commercial life and […]
Airbnb reaches settlement with Aimco over sub-leasing action
US: A lawsuit taken by Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco) against Airbnb has been settled before a scheduled trial in Florida. Aimco, the United States’ largest apartment rental group, wanted to stop the rental platform from listing the company’s apartments on its website, citing a ban on sub-leasing its properties. It filed suit in […]
Expansion of room tax to include short-term rentals in Masachusetts signed into law
US: Legislation extending the state room occupancy tax to include short-term rentals in Cape Cod in Massachusetts has been signed into law by governor Charlie Baker. The legislation applies a 2.75 per cent to the tax to create a fund to clean up the Cape’s coastal waterways, in addition to the taxes already in place […]