Online service or property agent? EU court to define Airbnb’s status

By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - U.S. homesharing site Airbnb will get a better idea of how it should be labelled when Europe's top court rules on Thursday on the tricky question of whether it is an online booking service or a real estate agent subject to onerous rules. The question arose following a complaint by French tourism association AHTOP, underlining the clash between lightly-regulated online platforms competing with bricks-and-mortar rivals

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