Italy is to crack down on short-term let platforms such as Airbnb by decreeing that property owners can no longer use metal key boxes as a means of allowing tourists to access rental apartments.

The days of arriving late at an Airbnb in Italy and opening up the keybox to let yourself will soon be over after the country issued a ban on self-check-ins under a new law it says is needed to combat potential terrorism.

Tourists in Italy will no longer be able to access short-term rentals using key boxes after the country's police chief said owners must verify the identity of guests in person. The move has been brought in as a security measure and follows a similar step being taken in Florence.

The Roman Colosseum is a battleground again. The New York Times reports that local Romans are none too happy about Airbnb moving in and putting a lockbox on the front door of the 2000-year-old amphitheater.

Airbnb is hosting a real-life Gladiator experience at the Colosseum, and locals are not entertained. Last month, the home-sharing platform announced it would be opening the doors to the legendary arena in Rome as part of its Icons program. Fans of the ...

Gladiator-style fights are set to return to Rome's iconic Colosseum next year in the first such event in over 1,500 years, as part of a spectacle organized by Airbnb. The ancient arena, which once held up to 70,