Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
As reading and literary tourism reach new heights of popularity, the filming of a bestselling novel about Shakespeare is predicted to drive increased visitor numbers to […]
According to the Spanish Consumer Affairs Ministry, some 65,000 adverts breached consumer protection rules. The fine, which is said to be final, amounts to six times […]
Travellers and holidaymakers expecting to occupy a short-term rental in Milan from January 2026 onwards should verify how they will gain access to the property, after […]
A new study, published in the journal Marketing Science, shows how online safety reviews on Airbnb can influence booking and the different ways these concerns can […]
Owners of self-catering holiday rentals in Wales could get a reprieve from “brutal” tax rules that stakeholders say have been harming the industry, if new proposals […]
The coastal city of Ostend has announced plans to limit Airbnb rentals in certain neighbourhoods, joining a growing list of Belgian cities imposing stricter rules on […]
The taxman is coming for nearly 2,000 Airbnb hosts in Brussels, Belgium, where hundreds of private homeowners who rent out short-term accommodation via online platforms risk […]
Over 10,000 European hotels have now joined a class action lawsuit against the online platform Booking.com, as hotel owners across the continent unite to seek compensation […]
To celebrate the release of the new Smurfs movie by Paramount Animation, Airbnb is giving two families the opportunity to experience Smurf life in a Belgian […]
The Dutch Consumer Competition Claims Foundation (CCC) and the Consumentenbond are accusing one of the world’s largest travel websites of artificially inflating hotel prices since 2013. […]
On Thursday, 19 June, a Spanish court rejected an appeal by Airbnb, thus effectively blocking almost 66,000 holiday home listings considered to be failing to comply […]
Spain’s Ministry for Consumer Rights has spoken out about its legal wrangle with accommodation booking giant, Airbnb, telling the Associated Press (AP) that tourism “must be […]
As part of its ongoing efforts to regulate tourism and protect local communities, Spain is considering introducing a new 21% value-added tax (VAT) on short-term rentals, […]
Airbnb has unveiled a significant redesign of its app, broadening its scope far beyond private home rentals. The update introduces new Airbnb Services, building on the […]