Resort Fees Come Under Fire in DC and 6 Other Top Hospitality Stories This Week
Photo Credit: Lawmakers proposed legislation that would ensure hotels and online travel agencies, like Westin Times Square shown here, are advertising room rates that include all fees. Westin Hotels & Resorts
Skift Take
This week in hospitality, new proposed legislation could change the way resort fees are displayed. Then we take a look at Six Senses' green plan to become plastic-free in the next three years.
Hotel News Weekly Roundup
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New Resort Fee Legislation Would Disrupt How Hotels Are Sold Online: This is going to be a slugfest. Some hotels view resort fees as key to business and argue that they are already transparent in how they advertise them. Consumers, states, and now federal legislators are putting great pressure on that notion. Something’s gotta give — and the status quo is not a likely winner.
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