Italy's Ministry of Tourism reports 733,411 accommodation listings in its national database as of July 2026, with 89.2% carrying a verified national ID code and most of them short-term rentals rather than hotels.
A plain-language walkthrough of Vrbo sponsored listings - where the paid slots appear, what triggers a charge, and which numbers decide whether a campaign pays for itself.
A cluster of standalone apps is competing to automate the cleaner scheduling and verification work that Airbnb and Vrbo still leave entirely to hosts.
Airbnb's second-quarter results showed revenue up 17 percent and North American booking growth at its fastest pace in nearly three years, prompting a raised full-year forecast.
A late or sloppy clean between guests still triggers more Airbnb cancellations and bad reviews than almost any other single operational failure.
David Spielfogel worked on Chicago's early efforts to regulate Airbnb before running city fights for a scooter company. He now sets the platform's global policy agenda.
Lark's network of nearly 100 small independent hotels across five brands is the shape of Airbnb's boutique supply push, and only its US properties are going on the platform.
Airbnb offers no dedicated permission tier for cleaning staff, so hosts keep patching together full account access, iCal exports and outside software to manage turnovers.
Airbnb has published its second-quarter 2026 financial results, but the release gives hosts little to act on until the underlying booking and fee data surface.
A new guest survey finds unclear total pricing beats cleanliness and location as the single biggest reason travellers walk away from a vacation rental booking.
Verona's city council has advanced a planning amendment, known locally as Variante 70, that carves bed-and-breakfasts and short lets out of ordinary residential use and into their own regulated category.
Landing has launched Occupancy on Demand, a service that lets multifamily owners furnish and list vacant apartments through its flexible-stay network rather than leaving them empty.
Expedia's second-quarter results show room-night growth built partly on subsidised rates, with more than 40 percent of Vrbo bookings carrying partner-funded offers.
A Tampa Bay-area county commission split 2-2 on a proposed short-term rental ordinance, leaving existing rules in place for now.
A pair of New England entrepreneurs have launched a booking site limited entirely to Maine properties, wagering that local curation beats platform scale.
The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers has filed Freedom of Information requests across local authorities to expose how much operators actually pay for short-term let licences.
Dubai's airport traffic keeps climbing but short-term rental occupancy and daily rates aren't keeping pace, squeezing margins for hosts and operators.
Two Balearic conservation organisations have called on regional election candidates to eliminate tourist rental licences entirely and halt new construction on rural land.
Italy's national association for B&B and room-rental hosts warns that city councils are stacking higher tourist taxes and tighter local rules on top of the national short-term rental registration regime.
Italian tourism operators, including registered short-term rental businesses, have until 5pm on 15 September to apply for the GreenTour digitalisation and sustainability fund.
A week into Edinburgh's new 5% overnight levy, self-catering hosts are still working out who collects it, on what, and when it stops applying.
Rural rental occupancy in Spain is forecast to reach 70% this August, seven points above the same month last year, with bookings tied to next week's solar eclipse adding to the total, according to booking platform Escapada Rural.
Expedia has rebuilt how its One Key programme pays out rewards on Vrbo bookings, replacing a spend-based formula with one tied to guest loyalty status.
HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed 7 August 2026 as the first quarterly reporting deadline for landlords brought into Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.