13 h. ago Spain goes to war on holiday lets: Brits face battle for accommodation as Spanish PM launches crackdown on tourist rentals amid housing crisis in 'high tension' areas

In the latest onslaught against holidaying Britons, Pedro Sánchez 's new measures will allow residential communities to ban individual property owners from using their apartments as holiday lets.

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23 h. ago Taymouth Castle developers prepare plans for Moness Resort holiday cottages

A proposal of application notice went before councillors on Wednesday to use them for staff or holiday accommodation

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3 d. ago Hotel chains should not ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang, Uyghur rights group says in new report

International hotel chains showing sanitised image of the Xinjiang region are serving Beijing’s propaganda, says rights group

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4 d. ago Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not to help “sanitise” the Chinese government’s human rights abuses in the region, a report has said.The report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) identified 115 operational hotels which the organisation said “benefit from a presence in the Uyghur region”. At least another 74 were in various stages of construction or planning, the report said. The UHRP said some of the hotels also had exposure or links of concern to forced labour and labour transfer programmes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Manager ran criminal empire from city hotel right under people's noses

Ihtesham Ali Hassan facilitated the conspiracy at the Box Hotel in Newport, where heroin, cocaine and MDMA were being stored before being ferried around the UK by drug couriers

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2 w. ago Tributes paid to 'true gent' Scots dad who died in Rome after B&B explosion

Grant Paterson, from East Kilbride, was unable to recover from injuries he sustained at his holiday accommodation.

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2 w. ago Scottish tourist dies in Rome days after blast in holiday accommodation

Employer pays tribute to “true gentleman” after death following suspected gas explosion

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4 w. ago Hotel hell: What are my rights if my holiday accommodation is rubbish?

Consumer rights expert Martyn James explains your rights if your hotel isn't up to standards - including how you can get your money back if your trip has turned into disaster

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