Hotels earned $1.95 billion in guest fees this year, up 5 percent from last year
Skift Take
Hotels aren't introducing many new fees after watching travelers' irate reactions to growing airline fees, but they are charging slightly more for fees like room service and Internet that began in the late 1990's.
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a column about the rise in nitpicky fees and surcharges at U.S. hotels and car rental companies. Now comes a worrisome prediction, reported by tourism researcher Bjorn Hanson of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
American hotels and resorts will c
