The European Holiday Home Association, which represents short-term rentals on online platforms such as Airbnb, has filed a complaint with the European Commission against the Spanish region of ...

The Spanish region announced that they wanted to rid Barcelona of its 10,000 tourist flat licences over the next five years. The city has not granted new licences since 2014 but t ...

In an effort to curb the tour-nami, officials in Barcelona, Spain, proposed banning short-term tourist apartment rentals like Airbnb by 2028, mirroring policies that have bubbled up across Europe in ...

Massimiliano Smeriglio, Rome's councilor for culture, objected to Airbnb's idea, saying the Colosseum "must not be debased in ...

Coinciding with the ten-year moratorium on tourist housing licenses in Barcelona and with the announcement by Jaume ...

Barcelona has implemented one of the strictest crackdowns on Airbnb and short-term rentals in the world. The measures are ...

Airbnb has implored Barcelona’s mayor to reconsider a severe crackdown on short-term rentals, claiming it disadvantages the ...

Global holiday home rental company Airbnb has urged Barcelona's mayor to rethink a widening crackdown on short-term rentals, ...

DFS Group, the Hong Kong-based travel retailer controlled by luxury giant LVMH , said on Friday it was shutting down its ...

Crime goes up in neighbourhoods where short-term apartment lettings are plentiful, with robbery and burglary more likely, ...

Barcelona, for example, has taken a drastic approach. In June 2024, the city’s mayor, Jaume Collboni, announced plans to ban ...

Bar Siesta opens inside the former Alimento later this month with Spanish food and wine from Siesta Co. and Heather Sperling ...