Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals occupancy levels expected to rise
Rival destinations cannot compete with the Balearics - "In the hotel sector perhaps so, but with holiday rentals there's no way."
Holiday rentals
Partido Popular promise to repeal holiday rentals legislation
While Biel Company was addressing PP councillors, the president of the Aptur holiday rentals association was warning that a second season is about to be lost.
Majorca
Shooting and 35 years of autonomy: the week in Majorca
Three members of the Porreres robbery gang were held in preventive custody, the sun shone for Balearics Day, Aptur challenged the legal criteria for rentals zoning, and low-season tourism was shown to be increasing.
Holiday rentals
Aptur highlighting higher spending by holiday rental tourists
The Egatur survey confirms what many people believe is obvious.
Holiday rentals
PP and El Pi get behind holiday rentals
Biel Company of the PP wants "clear and objective criteria" for holiday rentals and not the current arbitrariness.
Holiday rentals
Aptur wants 60-day rentals excluded from places' calculation
The sixty-day limit will apply to "saturated" resorts, towns and villages. Aptur wants rentals of this nature not to be counted among the places on offer.
Holiday rentals
Owners selling apartments because of holiday rentals law
Aptur members are opting to sell apartments rather than offer them for long-term rent.
Holiday rentals
Aptur attacks rentals zoning "opacity"
Mayors know hardly anything about the zoning scheme for holiday rentals or about the criteria for allocation.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals legislation to be challenged in Brussels
It is argued that the rentals legislation contravenes free market directives because it contains restrictive criteria.
Holiday rentals
Spanish government not appealing Balearic rentals legislation?
"The Partido Popular have decided to abandon those owners who wish to provide holiday accommodation."
Holiday rentals
Aptur concerned about total rentals ban in Palma
While there's a fear of a total ban in Palma, there are also worries about the effect of the legislation in Pollensa, where there is a high dependence on rentals.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals sector demanding amendment to Balearic legislation
The manifesto calculates that there will be a total economic loss of some 1,000 million euros per annum.
Holiday rentals
European holiday rentals association criticises Balearics law
While the Balearic legislation was under discussion, the tourism ministry is deregistering some holiday rentals properties.
Holiday rentals
Owners start to cancel apartment rental bookings
The Aptur holiday rentals association has advised members to take down adverts immediately.
Holiday rentals
Aptur wants holiday rentals' pact without Podemos
Joan Miralles of Aptur: "Above all, we are asking for responsibility and foresight from all those involved."
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals not the main cause of tourist saturation
Joan Miralles of Aptur: The association is not ruling out legal challenges to the holiday rentals' legislation.
Holiday rentals
Aptur says Terraferida has drawn false conclusions re Airbnb rentals
The secretary of state for tourism, Matilde Asián, says that she will mediate in regional regulations of holiday rentals.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals' association raising 300 objections to legislation
The period for the holiday rentals' legislation public consultation ends on Tuesday.
Tourism
Holiday rentals' legislation opposed by business associations
The proposed law ... "should be based on balance, sustainability and a free market".
Tourism
Holiday rentals' association demanding "immediate" legalisation
Aptur wants immediate regulation, concluding that holiday rentals are "sustainable" in environmental, economic and social ways.
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