Paris free to act on Airbnb after concerns over deal - IOC

FILE PHOTO: Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) attends a new conference after an Executive Board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Paris, host of the 2024 Olympics, is free to take any action in relation to Airbnb, after the city's mayor Anne Hidalgo took issue with a deal between the rental company and the International Olympic Committee, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday.

Hidalgo wrote to Bach last month in response to a nine-year deal between the San Fransisco-headquartered company and the IOC under which Airbnb Inc. will help provide accommodation for five Olympics and Paralympics events.