The European Commission has presented a set of proposed rules to regulate short-term accommodation rentals and help authorities ensure balanced tourism development.
There are a total of 12,000 Airbnb listings in Athens with 31% of owners getting super positive reviews, found a study released by analytics firm Tourix.
Greek car rental company Autohellas announced that the acquisition of 85.60% of the share capital of Portuguese company “HR Aluguer de Automóveis S.A.” has been finalized.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Airbnb created a new report that outlines best practices for destinations to manage short-term rentals – a fast growing and important segment of the Travel & Tourism sector.
Greek tourism stakeholders are calling for the government to regulate Airbnb-style activities which, they say, are distorting healthy market competition.
EU lawmakers have adopted the Digital Markets Act, which among other things will aim to protect hotels from large platforms that exercise disproportionate power towards their business users and consumers.
Europeans believe that short-term rentals contribute to the attractiveness of a tourism destination and positively affect accommodation rates, says a Eurobarometer survey.
Demand for European short-term rentals is returning to high levels, despite the challenges of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, an analysis by AirDNA says.
