The Endanger is preparing to release by Easter an important integration to the legislation on customer recognition in short rentals. The novelty, which emerged during a strategic meeting between the Minister planted and the main representatives of the sector (Aigo, Aigab) and digital platforms (Airbnb, Booking and Expedia), provides for the admission of Alternative recognition systems to the physical one, in presence.
“The Interior Ministry will emanate a new circular that will integrate that of November 18, in which several technological tools will be explicit, with different degrees of complexity,” he announced Marco Celanipresident of Aigabhighlighting the opening of institutions to more modern and flexible solutions.
Although the new tools that will be authorized have not yet been officially defined, the introduction of biometric readers And One Time Password codes (OTP) To facilitate check-in procedures.
Claudio Cuomopresident of Aigo Confesercentihe suggested: “The NFC scan of the document by the customer at the time of booking is also allowed for planes, it could also be used for us,” proposing a system already tested in other sectors.
This opening represents a significant turning point with respect to the decision of the Interior Ministry last November, which had authorized exclusively the recognition of person, creating a real arm wrestling with operators in the sector that required greater flexibility.
The short rents market
The short rents sector in Italy has reached considerable size, with an estimated economic impact in 66 billion eurosrecording an increase of 10 billion compared to 2023. However, 2024 marks a turnaround: for the first time a contraction is observed in the number of available structures.
In March, the specialized portals counted 66,660 announcementscompared to 75,000 of January, with a reduction of about the11%. The most significant drop was recorded a Florencewhere the ads decreased by 20%.
This contraction seems to be related to the introduction of the National Identification Code (Cin). Of the 612,758 structures recorded, only 85% (520,848) are currently equipped with Cin, a figure that reflects the reduction of the announcements on the portals.
