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Destinations have been tightening up on how long you can you can rent a property as well as introducing safety and maintenance measures.

Up until now Airbnb hasn’t had much competition. There have been some small rivals but now a big – indeed huge – player has announced that they will move into this market.

Once Airbnb was a way for home owners to make some extra cash by renting out their unused rooms. Now it is developing its own accommodation. Is it planning something else?

Why is it that it took the EU so long to realise that Airbnb was not conforming to the law since the rest of the travel industry was brought into line many years ago?

If you have booked via Airbnb for accommodation in Japan, check to see that the accommodation is still available.

It seems that many popular destinations are fighting back against tourism obesity – an over supply of tourists. Valencia, Madrid, Brussels, Rome are joining Venice, Palma de Mallorca, Florence and Barcelona to name just a few in trying to restrict tourist movements,

Star Wars, Kew Gardens and the busiest air route in the world caught Adrian’s attetion this bank holiday weekend along with a cheeky Airbnb offer to manage American government travel accommodation.

Given the crackdown by governments around the world on how much time private flat owners can rent out their properties via Airbnb or some similar booking site, it could be that the hometel launch is accurately timed.

Palma on the island of Mallorca, and a very popular destination for British holidaymakers, is to ban flat owners from renting their apartments to travellers as from July 1st,

The Irish government has introduced new rules saying that if a householder wants to short-term let their property then they have to get planning permission first.

Airbnb has signed a deal with a property developer for Airbnb branded sites. Is it now becomein a property developer? Or a quasi-hotelier?

It took hoteliers decades to become as big as they have become. It has taken Airbnb less than ten years to achieve this success.

In the week that roaming charges ended in EU countries, Adrian also wonders if APD in Northern Ireland might end soon.

To suggest that householders are discriminating whether it be blatantly or unintentionally is galling and insulting to the vast majority of people who place their accommodation for others to rent.

Renting isn’t always as simple as it seems

A museum of ice-cream, another about Dr Seuss, Bexit, being a gin ambassador and new flights to Russia attract Adrian’s attention this week.

t is pretty obvious that governments around the world, not just the UK one, are trying to adjust traditional and long-established tax systems to an entirely new type of business- that of a sharing economy.

Following the criticism of Airbnb on this site last week, Kaye Holland flocks to the online marketplace and hospitality service’s defence

Local government and tourism organisation are trying to decide how to live and exploiy Airbnb without damaging the tradition tourist economy accommodation providers.

There was an increase of 4.1% in British visitors to the Caribbean last year.

A listed fort, toilets, supersonic flights, high-speed rail between Singapore and Malaysia, APD and Christmas Markets are on Adrian’s radar screen this week.

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