A.G. GancarskiFebruary 10, 2020
5min503
Senate committee hearing Tuesday.
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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 10, 2020A.G. GancarskiJanuary 21, 2020
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Critics worry about further erosion of home rule.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 21, 2020
4min326
Airbnb, VRBO rules could change.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 9, 20204min627
Majority wants state, not local, regulation.
A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 20195min899
Cities would be restricted from regulating short-term rentals.
A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 2019
Scott PowersNovember 20, 2018
7min1030
HomeAway, the vacation rental-home marketing company, is moving forward with efforts to collect taxes from its home-sharing clients for Florida and several major counties. The company, with its affiliated companies and brands including VRBO and VacationRentals.com, is doing so with new deals cut individually with Orange, Pinellas and Lee counties to collect and remit local […]
Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2018
11min346
There’s a 50 or so mile stretch of California coast where a staggering amount of the western world’s innovations are born. From San Francisco to Palo Alto, Mountain View and Cupertino, entrepreneurs with big ideas flock there for two reasons: proximity to a highly specialized workforce and access to an embarrassing amount of the most […]
Peter SchorschMarch 28, 20184min194
States that embrace short-term rentals and other segments of the burgeoning “sharing economy” tend to be better innovation incubators than states that don’t, according to new research from a consumer electronics trade group. The Consumer Technology Association, the trade group that puts on the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, included a category on state policies […]
Guest AuthorDecember 15, 2017
7min600
Travel and tourism have long served as the backbone of Florida’s economy, which is now the 18th largest in the world. Here in Pensacola, we’re proud that our city has emerged as a driving force of this growth industry. In just the past year, the Pensacola region welcomed 2.7 million visitors who have invested $787 […]