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Ibiza reduces illegal ads on Airbnb: 636 unlicensed flats are taken down

From March 2024 until now, the non-regulated offer has been reduced by 26.3%, according to the Consell de Ibiza.

The Consell de Ibiza, through the latest data obtained by the Ibiza Tourism Intelligence System, has found that on Airbnb, the main tourist accommodation platform on the island, the unlicensed offer has been reduced by 26.3%, and the regulated offer, i.e. licensed ads, has increased by 14.8%, in a comparison made between 15 March 2024 and 15 March 2025.

Mariano Juan, the councillor for Tourism Planning and the Fight against Intrusion, valued these data: "We obtain them in a rigorous way, with solvent providers that allow us to work with an exact x-ray of how the change of paradigm that we want to achieve with all the actions framed within the shock plan against intrusion is being implemented". A paradigm shift that, with initiatives such as the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the Consell, the Airbnb platform, the Association of Holiday Homes of Ibiza (AVAT), the Hotel Business Federation of Ibiza and Formentera (Fehif) and Fomento del Turismo, "sends a strong message: "In Ibiza we don't want illegal supply that harms us all, what we want is to combat the saturation and the damage of illegal supply on the quality of Ibiza as a tourist destination, denying the opportunity for offenders to find a loudspeaker on digital platforms."

This reduction of unlicensed advertisements has been experienced in all the municipalities of the island, with Ibiza being the most outstanding, with 37.6% less, Santa Eulària with a reduction of 20.5%, Sant Josep with 24.1% less, Sant Antoni with 27% less and Sant Joan with 24.8% less illegal advertisements.

On the other hand, the number of licensed Ibiza tourist accommodation advertisements on the platform has increased by 14.8%, which, according to Mariano Juan, "shows that there are tourist establishments that trust in the pressure that is being put on the illegal offer to remove it from the platforms promoting tourist activity". Juan pointed out that between March 2024 and March 2025, there are 636 fewer illegal ads on Airbnb "and this figure will increase because the will is to give no respite to offenders". Juan adds: "I would like to thank all the agents involved who, as demonstrated in the first meeting of the Table against Intrusiveness, have joined in this fight, and I would especially like to thank the island director of Intrusiveness, Enrique Gómez Bastida, for his work and effort to carry out this Shock Plan".

Source: diariodeibiza.es

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I am open to new approaches to improve the Ibiza Hotel Federation, always looking for the common good

The Federación Empresarial Hotelera de Ibiza y Formentera (FEHIF) announced Thursday that María Costa Roig is the new president of the employers' association, replacing Ana Gordillo.

After learning of her appointment, the new president of the hotel federation told Periódico de Ibiza y Formentera that she had accepted the post with the majority support of the board, "an opportunity and a chance to be at the forefront of what was proposed".

"I am looking forward to this stage, representing the associates in order to build a united front and to be able to always move forward to make the best decisions for the good of the hoteliers. I am at your disposal and open to new approaches that can improve the Federation, always with the aim of looking after the common good of the sector", he insisted.

As she also acknowledged, the announced increase in the eco-tax by the Government is now one of the concerns of the Fehif businessmen. Therefore, among the first steps to be taken, Costa will meet with members to define a line of action "and finish clarifying concepts and what we want to follow and raise".

A clinical psychologist by profession, María Costa (Ibiza, 1988) came to the fore a couple of summers ago as president of the Association of Hoteliers of Vila and Platja d'en Bossa, Sant Josep and Sant Joan, publicly denouncing how the previous government team of Vila kept the municipality of Ibiza in a terrible state in relation to issues such as cleanliness and security. Costa also manages a family-run hotel establishment.

The former president of Fehif, Ana Gordillo, will now assume the vice-presidency of the employers' association, while Juanma Costa is the second vice-president and Pedro Matutes the secretary. Antonio Domenech, CEO of Vibra Hoteles, which is the hotel chain with the most beds on the island, is a member of Fehif. The Palladium Hotel Group is also a member.

It is worth remembering that a month ago, the Hotel Federation went through a delicate moment when, at its annual assembly, controversy erupted over the appointment of a new president. While many initially pointed to Antonio Domenech, CEO of Vibra Hotels, his election was put on hold because Domenech himself recommended taking some time to reflect on the type of organisation to be adopted. "I understand that until now it has been a very presidentialist organisation, with little team, and that it could be more modernised in its internal structures", he commented in an interview with this newspaper.

Source: periodicodeibiza.es

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