Bed & Breakfast News Issue #45 Summer 2017 | Page 3

Visit our website: | bandbnews.co.uk | 3 EDITOR: David Weston [email protected] DESIGN: Tony Crowther [email protected] Flying the flag for British B&Bs ADVERTISING: [email protected] It’s a ‘China Issue’ this month. Our amazing 10-day visit in June allowed us to tell the story (and outline the success factors) of British B&Bs, speak at the first-ever International Shanghai B&B Conference (p6) and study the growth of the Chinese B&B sector (p14). Bed & Breakfast News magazine Belfry House, Batts Field, Bruton BA10 0DX Also inside is the latest in music licensing – the MPLC brings the number of licenses a B&B might be required to have to four (see p18). Yes, we are not making this up! It makes the fact that Airbnb ‘hosts’ are allowed to get away with complying with nothing even more unfair (see p4). Published by Special Publishing Ltd. www.SpecialPublishing.com Registered in England No. 3217188. Don’t forget your member benefits: these include 20% off printing with Vistaprint, and up to 30% off electrical goods with Hotpoint – and of course our B&B Association Theatre Club offers (see opposite): Contents Tell us your views - email us at: [email protected] 2 Your member offers 4 News & views 6 The first International B&B Conference in Shanghai 11 Are OTAs abusing their power? 14 B&Bs in the Spotlight: China 18 The latest on music licensing: MPLC and follow us on Twitter - go to: https://twitter.com/BandBassoc Front cover: Louise Weston flies the flag for British B&Bs in China: see p7 For information about advertising, please click HERE