Soloway Predicts 2018 Will Be Particularly Litigious For Airbnb

Hotel and hospitality insiders speculate that the industry will continue to face challenges related to disruptive online platforms, data breaches, hotel management agreements, sexual harassment and crisis management in 2018.

Speaking with Law360, Todd E. Soloway, Chair or Pryor Cashman's  Hotel + Hospitality and  Real Estate Litigation practices, predicted that Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms can expect a particularly litigious year ahead.

Soloway said he wouldn't be surprised to see hotels join in a suit against Airbnb, particularly in New York, where commercial operators run many Airbnb apartments like illegal hotels. "Airbnb is truly undermining the city's hotel industry," he told Law360. "The question is whether the industry's owners and managers will get together and call out Airbnb on operating illegally."