Calgary Sun – Alberta Hotels Association wants regulation for Airbnb and other vacation rentals

January 8, 2017
With home-sharing platforms like Airbnb growing in popularity in Alberta, the organization representing the province’s hotel and motel owners is calling on government to impose rules on hosts it believes are competing unfairly with its members. The Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association — which represents approximately 800 hoteliers and campground operators — is asking the provincial government to develop a regulatory framework to govern home-sharing websites such as Airbnb, VRBO, and Flipkey. President and CEO Dave Kaiser said these sites, which enable property owners to offer their entire home or an individual room to short-term renters, are a growing worry for hotel operators who believe unregulated home-sharing has the potential to eat into their business…
Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/01/08/alberta-hotels-association-wants-regulation-for-airbnb-and-other-vacation-rentals