27 May 2020
Restrictions on short term stay in residential schemes
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The rapid rise in popularity of owners of residential properties providing short-stay holiday letting (STHL) services through Airbnb and other online portals has created a host of new issues in residential schemes and ...

28 May 2020
Italy: new operational rules for hotels
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After two months of full lockdown, Italy is slowly starting the so- called "2nd phase", by re-opening activities under strict operational rules. The debate between central Government, health authority and the regions ...

06 April 2020
The impact of Coronavirus on the lease contracts in the Spanish hotel sector
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The declaration of the State of Alarm last Friday, March 13, and the approval of extraordinary urgent measures to deal with the economic and social impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has led to the application of a ...

30 September 2019
New rules on short term leases in Italy
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The Italian Parliament has converted Law Decree n. 34 (the 'Growth Decree') into Law n. 58 with amendments, with effect from 30th June 2019. This introduced a range of provisions for short term rental properties. The ...

27 May 2020
New proposed law in Italy on short term leases
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/new-proposed-law-in-italy-on-short-term-leases

In the last four months, the Italian government has tried to propose a regulation on short term leases of residential properties in order to introduce more rigid rules on people leasing in more than one location.

01 February 2021
2021: the year sustainability moves to the top of the agenda for stakeholders in the hotel industry?
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Key stakeholders in the hotel & leisure industry are showing an ever-increasing interest in sustainability in relation to the running of their business. In this article we look at the concept of sustainability for the ...

26 May 2020
Cross-border: COVID-19 and the Hospitality Sector - The big questions facing UK hoteliers and lessons we can learn from China
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In 1976, China was hit by a devastating earthquake in the north-easterly region of Tangshan and lost its leader of thirty years, Mao Zedong. 1976 was the last time the Chinese economy recorded a contraction and, for the ...