Carlomaria Grassi ||| Is Airbnb Profiting Off 'Illegal Hotels'? | TravelPulse

... the study found that the largest number of
full-time operators reside in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Airbnb's
hometown of San Francisco. In Miami, for example, full-time operators only made
up 7.3 percent of all operators, but pulled in more than 61 percent of the
revenue. "Our industry thrives on competition each and every day,
operating on a level and legal playing field. And we believe new entrants to
the market like Airbnb and the commercial businesses they facilitate have those
same obligations," said AH&LA President and CEO Katherine Lugar in a
statement. "Unfortunately, this report shows a troubling trend as a
growing number of residential properties are being rented out on a full-time,
commercial basis, in what amounts to an illegal hotel, and using Airbnb as a
platform for dodging taxes, skirting the law and flouting health and safety
standards."  ...   Is Airbnb Profiting Off 'Illegal Hotels'? | TravelPulse