I-Consumer Reports inxuse abenzi bomthetho ukuthi bangene Congress namuhla ukuze kusekelwe umthetho ongavimbela amahhotela ekukhangiseni intengo yegumbi ngaphandle kokufaka konke izimali eziyisibopho kukhokhiswa ngesikhathi sokuhlala komhambi.
Umthetho Wokungafihli Kokukhangisa Kwamahhotela ka-2019, owethulwe ngoLwesithathu ngabamele u-Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) kanye no-Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) uhlose ukuvikela abahambi ezinkokhelweni ezingadalulwanga ngokucacile enanini elikhangisiwe.
“Abahambi akufanele bafunde imibhalo ukuze bathole zonke izimali ezizozikhokhiswa ngokuhlala ehhotela,” kusho u-Anna Laitin, umqondisi wenqubomgomo yezezimali ye-Consumer Reports. “Amahhotela kufanele adingeke ukuthi adalule zonke izimali ezikhokhwayo ngenani elikhangisiwe ukuze abathengi bangalithinti ibhili eliphezulu kunaleyo abalindele ukuyikhokha lapho bebhukha igumbi.”
Amahhotela aqale ukugxekwa eminyakeni yamuva nje ngokwehluleka ukudalula ngokucacile izimali eziyisibopho kubavakashi. Ngo-2012 nango-2013, i-Federal Trade Commission yathumela izincwadi emahhotela angu-34 nasezikhungweni zezokuvakasha ezingu-11 ezibaxwayisa ngokuthi bangase baphule umthetho ngokungafaki zonke izinkokhelo enanini elikhangisiwe lamagumbi. Kodwa-ke iKhomishana yehlulekile ukuthatha ezinye izinyathelo zokunqanda lo mkhuba, olokhu uqhubekile ngokuqhubekayo.
Ngo-Agasti, i-Consumer Reports yacela i-Federal Trade Commission ukuthi iphenye futhi imise amahhotela akhokhisa izimali zokungcebeleka eziyisibopho ezingafakiwe kusisekelo, isilinganiso esikhangisiwe samagumbi. Uphenyo olwenziwa yi-Consumer Reports kuleli hlobo luthole ukuthi amahhotela angu-31 kwangu-34 ayehloselwe i-FTC ngaphambilini ayaqhubeka nokukhokhisa izimali zokungcebeleka futhi awekho lawo ahlanganisa izinkokhelo enanini elicashunwe kubathengi. Ngokufanayo, azikho izikhungo zezokuvakasha eziku-inthanethi eziyi-10 ezisasebenza nanamuhla ezihlanganisa izimali zokuvakashela enanini elicashuniwe lokuqala.
Amahhotela amakhulu nawo abe yindaba yamacala aphikisana nezindleko ezifihliwe zokungcebeleka. Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, u-DC Attorney General wamangalela u-Marriott ngokukhokhisa izimali zokuvakasha ezikhohlisayo nezidukisayo ezifihla izindleko zangempela zokubhukha igumbi ehhotela. Kamuva kuleyo nyanga, u-Attorney General waseNebraska wafaka icala elifanayo ngokumelene no-Hilton.
