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Collaborative & Platform economy, intermediary services, the case HomeAway Spain vs the Catalan regional administration

The platform HomeAway (now Vrbo) provides intermediation services in the sector of tourism accommodation whereby it publicised apartments for rent by their owners, takes care of the reservation process including the collection of signals and offer a help-desk service obtaining a commission from hostess. The company running the website (HomeAway Spain SLU) was required by the Catalan administration to remove from the site all announces offered for tourism accommodation which did not comply with the obligation to mention the registration number requested by regulations for this sector in the Catalan region.

Source ivaconsulta

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