The discussion of industry impacts of short-term housing rental companies such as bnb is more focused on the hotel industry rather than OTAs Several states, such as h a bed tax on individual hotel rooms. The tax dollars collected are higan, used to fund Convention and visitor Bureaus' (CvBs) operations, such as Blue Area Convention and Visitor's Bureaulocated in Port Huron, Michigan. Right now, services provided via Airbnb in Michigan do not include this bed tax, which means state dollars to fund CVBs cannot be collected; however, large metropolitan areas such as San Francisco, have passed legislation requiring an occupancy be collected. These tax dollars, collected from consumers in the reservation process serve a similar purpose as those collected from overnight hotel stays