The Rise of Commercial Operators on Airbnb – Deep Dive on City Data

June 27, 2016

The hotel and lodging industry thrives on a level and legal playing field and welcomes competition from the "sharing" economy. Competition in the lodging sector thrives when everyone plays by the same set of rules designed to ensure the safety of our guests and our communities. We support the rights of property owners to occasionally rent their homes to earn extra income. But we share the concerns local residents have expressed about the growing number of commercial operators who are using sites like Airbnb to run multi-unit, full-time lodging businesses without any oversight. Get the facts: An analysis, "From Air Mattresses to Unregula...