What’s at stake: The Rotorua Council is considering classing short-term accommodation providers as commercial operators for rating purposes.
Background: Aside from ramping up rates, the approach has other resort towns – notably Queenstown – sitting up and taking notice.
Main players: Rotorua Lakes Council, RotoruaNZ, Hotel Council Aotearoa, Airbnb, Bachcare, Queenstown-Lakes District Council, Andrew Wilson, James Doolan.
Rotorua could serve as the canary in the coalmine when dealing with the country’s proliferation of Airbnb-style accommodation – at the expense of rental stock.
That’s as the Rotorua Lakes Council deliberates over whether to clip a commercial targeted rate on Airbnb and other holiday home
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What’s at stake: The Rotorua Council is considering classing short-term accommodation providers as commercial operators for rating purposes.
Background: Aside from ramping up rates, the approach has other resort towns – notably Queenstown – sitting up and taking notice.
Main players: Rotorua Lakes Council, RotoruaNZ, Hotel Council Aotearoa, Airbnb, Bachcare, Queenstown-Lakes District Council, Andrew Wilson, James Doolan.
