Tourist accommodation
To run a hotel, offer a tourist accommodation or simply a room in your own home through Airbnb, Booking.com or another booking website, you must be registered with Brussels Economy and Employment and meet certain conditions.
Would you like to run a tourist accommodation?
Use our online tool to find your way around the obligations corresponding to your situation.
| Who do these obligations apply to? |
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| As a candidate operator and then an operator, you have to comply with these regulations if:
The operator of tourist accommodation is a natural person or legal entity who runs tourist accommodation or on whose behalf such accommodation is run. It is only when your accommodation has been registered that you can start to run it. Every tourist accommodation situated in the Brussels Capital Region must be registered. |
| What conditions have to be met to run tourist accommodation? |
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| Conditions relating to the operator and conditions relating to the accommodation have to be met. Some of these conditions apply to all candidate operators and to all operators; other conditions are specific depending on the category of tourist accommodation in question. 1) Consult the conditions to be met by all operators. 2.1) Identify your profile 2.2)Read more information on …
It is only when your accommodation has been registered that you can start to run it. Every tourist accommodation situated in the Brussels Capital Region must be registered. |
| How do you submit a prior declaration and have your accommodation registered? |
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| You have to send a dossier to Brussels Economy and Employment to be registered in one of the catégories stipulated by the regulations. Submit a prior declaration dossier. Among the documents to be collected, we recommend that you start the process by the certicate of compliance with the land management and urban planning standards. Obtaining this document as well as the fire safety certificate and the simplified inspection certificate depends on the municipality where your tourist accommodation is located. If you are unable to provide us with these documents quickly, you are first asked to attach proof that the requests have been made to the Municipality (copy of the registered letter,...). Regarding regional taxes, we invite you to contact Brussels Fiscalité. |
| What do you do to run several accommodation facilities or several categories of accommodation? |
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| You have to meet all the conditions of the regulations for each category and sub-category of tourist accommodation at each establishment that you wish to run.
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| What are the advantages of being registered? |
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| The benefits? Once your file is complete and has been validated, Brussels Economy and Employment will allocate you a registration number. You receive a logo, which is to be displayed near the entrance to your accommodation, and you can use certain terms. |
| What do you do if the situation changes? |
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| What inspections and penalties apply? |
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| Inspectors monitor compliance with the regulations. They can impose fines. Find out more about the inspections and penalties. |
| What is the objective of these regulations? |
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| The ordinance of 8 May 2014 on tourist accommodation and the decree implementing this ordinance aim to:
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| Good to know: tax obligations |
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| The managers have to meet their tax obligations, both on regional and on federal level. |
Contact
Bruxelles Economie et Emploi
Economy Department
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On Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
T 02 204 25 00
Mondays through Thursdays from 9 am to 12 pm
On Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm