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Nations Championship at Twickenham: first date 8 Nov
Review London rates and minimum stays around 8, 14, 21 and 27-29 November.
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Dubai Announces Holiday-Home Fee Exemption, No End Date
Ask DET in writing which holiday-home fee lines are exempt and until when, and keep your own records until it confirms.
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Hospitable Adds Guest Portal Lock Access and Owner Tools
Plan check-in message timing now that guests see lock codes 24 hours early.
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Balearic Daily Fines for Illegal Tourist Rentals
Ignore an order after a warning and the Consell can bill €500–€5,000 a day on top of the sanction, then refer the file to the Fiscalía, with reasons, after two notified liquidations.
Take down any listing under an order and answer each advertencia previa before its deadline.
Seville Tourist-Flat IBI Surcharge Needs a Tensioned Zone
Spain's new IBI surcharge of up to 150% on tourist-use dwellings only works where the Junta de Andalucía declares a tensioned zone. A press report of a 10 September committee answer says it will declare none, so Seville owners face no surcharge today.
Keep a Seville IBI surcharge out of your 2027 budget unless the Junta declares a tensioned zone.
Madrid Opens 240+ Industrial Plots to Aparthotels
Madrid's Plan Especial for hospedaje on industrial land is definitively approved and in the BOCM (13 Oct 2026). Aparthotels, pensiones and casas de huéspedes are in. Whether VUT falls within the new modalities is unconfirmed, so check with the Ayuntamiento first.
Screen grado 3º industrial sites for aparthotel or flex-living use
Barcelona IBI Surcharge on HUTs: Plenary Vote 15 Oct
Barcelona's council approved the surcharge in principle on 15 October. A 30-working-day objection window and a December vote remain, and its national legal basis faces its own vote, reported for 12 November.
Model the 50%, 100% and 150% IBI ceilings on each Barcelona HUT before the December vote.
Canarias Mechanical Bed Law: STR Compliance by Dec 2027
Ley 1/2026 requires Tenerife STR operators with 5+ units or 20+ beds to install mechanical beds and motorized cleaning carts. First milestone: 10% compliance by 31 December 2027.
Budget for mechanical bed retrofits on larger Tenerife STR units before Dec 2027.
Canarias Relaxes Unidad de Explotación for VV Complexes
Owners of tourist-apartment VV units with pre-December 2025 declarations can commercialise outside the operator\'s booking system and use units personally up to 6 months/year. The operator control threshold is eliminated
Check if your VV declaración responsable predates 14 December 2025 to qualify for individual commercialisation
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