Services like AirBnB seem interesting, but I'm curious if they pay all the same taxes that hotels do. If hotels are paying to subsidize things like stadiums, but AirBnB can get away with avoiding that, I can see how the hotels would see that as unfair and lobby accordingly.
Or better yet, repeal the taxes that force hotel owners to subsidize stadiums, etc., which create the barrier to entry that leads to unlicensed hotels existing.
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Services like AirBnB seem interesting, but I'm curious if they pay all the same taxes that hotels do. If hotels are paying to subsidize things like stadiums, but AirBnB can get away with avoiding that, I can see how the hotels would see that as unfair and lobby accordingly.
If that were the real problem, the solution would be better enforcement of tax law rather than making the competition flat out illegal.
Or better yet, repeal the taxes that force hotel owners to subsidize stadiums, etc., which create the barrier to entry that leads to unlicensed hotels existing.