WASHINGTON, DC - Ua kāhea ka American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) i nā alakaʻi o ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni kūloko ma ka National Tax Day, e hoʻomaka i ka ʻauhau ʻana iā Airbnb a me nā wahi hoʻolimalima pōkole ʻē aʻe me ka nānā like ʻana a me ka ʻike like me nā hōkele, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Airbnb. ʻO ka hoʻolaha hou e hoʻomaka ana e hoʻokomo i nā hōkele ma ke ʻano o kāna papa inoa a me ka ulu mau ʻana o nā mea lawelawe Airbnb kalepa.

Ua kāhea aku ʻo AHLA i nā alakaʻi o ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni kūloko e hōʻole i ka ʻimi ʻana o Airbnb i nā ʻaelike hōʻiliʻili manawaleʻa (VCAs) ke ʻole ia e komo i ka ʻike me ka poʻe ʻauhau a me ka mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻoia i ka uku ʻana o Airbnb i kāna ʻāpana kūpono. ʻO nā VCA nā hana a Airbnb i hana ai me nā ʻāina kahi i ʻae ai ka hui e hōʻiliʻili a hoʻokuʻu i kekahi mau ʻauhau mokuʻāina a/a i ʻole nā ʻauhau kūloko ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mea nona ka waiwai, e pili ana i kekahi mau ʻōlelo, he mea paʻa pinepine a maʻamau no nā mea ʻauhau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo AHLA e kūkākūkā ana ʻo Airbnb i kēia mau kuʻikahi ma hope o nā pani pani ʻia a ua hana ʻia nā ʻaelike me ka ʻole o ka lehulehu a ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo i nā mākaʻikaʻi kūpono a i ʻole nā hana loiloi e hōʻoia ai e uku ana ʻo Airbnb i ka nui o nā ʻauhau.

"Ke hana nei ʻo Airbnb i nā kuʻikahi hope a me nā ʻāina ikaika a me nā ʻāina kūloko i loko o nā ʻauhau ʻauhau 'kūʻokoʻa' me ka ʻike ʻole, ka nānā ʻana a i ʻole ka mana loiloi e hōʻoia i ka ʻoihana e uku i kāna ʻauhau kūpono," wahi a Troy Flanagan, hope pelekikena o nā hana aupuni a me nā pilina ʻoihana ma AHLA. "Ua like ia me ka waiho ʻana i kahi hue ʻole ma ke keʻena kūʻai o kahi hale kūʻai kūʻai a noi aku i nā mea kūʻai aku e uku manawaleʻa i nā ʻauhau kūʻai. ʻAʻohe kuleana.

ʻO nā VCA e kū nei i kūkākūkā ʻia e Airbnb me ka mālama kūikawā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea ʻauhau ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ke kānāwai ʻauhau maʻamau. Hōʻike ka papa ma lalo nei i ka mālama ʻauhau kūikawā a me nā palena ʻole ma mua o ka nānā ʻana a Airbnb i kūkākūkā ai me kāna mau ʻaelike ʻauhau manuahi me nā haneli o nā mokuʻāina a me nā mana kūloko a puni ka ʻāina.