Regulation

4 weeks ago

Ramada Park Hall Hotel closes after legionnaires discovery

The Ramada Park Hall hotel has closed after the discovery of legionella bacteria in samples taken from the property’s water system. The City of Wolverhampton Council has served a prohibition...

Hoteliers fined almost £5,000 after waste illegally dumped to extend hotel car park

1 month ago

Hoteliers fined almost £5,000 after waste illegally dumped to extend hotel car park

Two hoteliers have been told to pay nearly £5,000 after they were found guilty of illegally landfilling waste. David Bradley (57) and Alan Bradley (64), brothers and joint owners of...

Bespoke’s Lugger Hotel awarded five-star AA rating

1 month ago

Bespoke’s Lugger Hotel awarded five-star AA rating

Portloe’s Lugger Hotel has been awarded a five-star rating by the AA, alongside two AA rosettes, following a recent inspection. The hotel owned by Bespoke Hotels was described by the...

Airbnb slams Bristol ‘exclusions’ zone proposal

1 month ago

Madrid tightens restrictions on Airbnb to combat ‘over-tourism’

Airbnb has slammed a proposal for exclusion zones in Bristol, calling it a “shameless attempt by a hotel group” to protect its profits and “smear hosts who spread tourism benefits”....

Airbnb ‘exclusion zones’ recommended by head of Bristol Hoteliers Association

The head of the Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA) has called for city leaders to investigate short-term lets on platforms like Airbnb “as a matter of urgency” and has called for...

HMRC proposal to access taxpayers’ bank accounts in secret ‘condemned’

HMRC proposal to access taxpayers’ bank accounts in secret ‘condemned’

An HMRC proposal that would have allowed secret access to taxpayers' bank accounts has been condemned as an “unreasonable invasion of taxpayers' privacy”. David Redfern, director of tax specialists DSR...

European Commision demands clearer Airbnb price presentation

The European Commission and EU consumer authorities are calling on Airbnb to be more transparent on its presentation of prices. According to the group Airbnb's current pricing presentation and a...

Airbnb now a third of the size of the hotel sector in London

Airbnb listings now equal roughly a third (32%) of the size of the hotel sector in London, with 64,000 Airbnb listed properties in the capital competing with 197,970 hotel rooms....

200,000 companies sued over business rates

3 months ago

200,000 companies sued over business rates

Over 200,000 businesses were taken to a Magistrates court for failing to pay for businesses rates under the first year of the new business rates revaluation, an investigation has revealed. Real estate...

UKHospitality calls for ringfencing of digital tax revenue