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Wewelcomethepublicationtoday(18July2018)ofareportontheso-called“SharingEconomy”bytheAll-PartyParliamentaryGroup(APPG)onTourism,ChairedbyGordonMarsdenMP(left).TheReportcallsfor“alevelplaying-fieldforalltourismbusinesses”,andcallsforAirbnb-typepropertiesandsimilarsmallB&Bstobetreatedthesameway. Italsocallsforplatformsto"ensurethathostshave,asaminimum,undertakenafiresafetyassessment,ahealthandsafetyassessmentand,whererelevant,haveGasSafecertification.Accommodationprovidersshouldnotbeallowe...
We welcome the publication today (18 July 2018) of a report on the so-called “Sharing Economy” by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Tourism, Chaired by Gordon Marsden MP (left) . The Report calls for “a level playing-field for all tourism businesses”, and calls for Airbnb-type properties and similar small B&Bs to be treated the same way.
It also calls for platforms to "ensure that hosts have, as a minimum, undertaken a fire safety assessment, a health and safety assessment and, where relevant, have Gas Safe certification. Accommodation providers should not be allowed to register properties without proof of these assessments".
These recommendations echo what the Bed & Breakfast Association has been calling for since 2012, and our own evidence to the APPG given in February.
The APPG notes the scale of the issue, saying “PWC estimate that sharing economy businesses in the accommodation sector generated £3bn in sales durin...