I-US Congress ikhiphe umthetho omusha we-bipartisan ongashintsha indlela ama-ejensi ezokuhamba nge-inthanethi abonisa ngayo imali yokuvakashela amahhotela, abaningi bathi iyadukisa futhi inomgunyathi. eTurboNews udalule lo mkhonyovu kusukela ngo-2014 eqala ngombiko othi I-Hilton Hawaiian Village ishaja i-Hula eyisibopho izifundo.
Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva iNgqungquthela yeDemocratic Alliance u-Eddie Bernice Johnson waseTexas kanye noJeff Fortenberry wase-Nebraska wase-Republican bethula uMthetho Wokungafihli Kokukhangisa Kwehhotela ka-2019 ukuze kuvikelwe abathengi.
Uma bekungaphasiswa umthetho, amahhotela abengeke akwazi ukukhokhisa abahambi ngaphezu kwenani legumbi elikhangiswe ekuqaleni. kanye nanoma yiziphi izintela nezinkokhelo ezibekwe uhulumeni. Noma yiliphi ihhotela eliqhubeka nokukhokhisa lezi zimali ezifihliwe lizojeziswa. NgokukaLauren Wolfe, ummeli weTravellers United, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yabathengi esekela lesi sinyathelo, izimali zokuvakasha “ziyimali ezondwa kakhulu ekuhambeni.”
Inani lemali elitholwa amahhotela ngalezi zindleko zokungcebeleka, ezingabuye zibizwe ngezimali zendawo, imali yesikhungo, noma imali yokuhlanza, liyashaqisa, ngokusho kukaCongresswoman Johnson.
“Kuleli hlobo, sibone irekhodi labantu baseMelika bethatha ithuba lokuhamba. Ngeshwa, lokhu kuphinde kwasho ukuthi inani elirekhodiwe labahambi likhokhiswe imali efihlwe ngamahhotela, amamotela nezinye izindawo zokuhlala,” kusho uCongresswoman Johnson.
“Kulindeleke ukuthi ngo-2019, imali engenayo engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezintathu zamaRandi izoqoqwa kubathengi ngenxa yalezi zimali ezifihliwe. Abathengi kufanele bakwazi ukujabulela iholide labo ngaphandle kokuqolwa kanye nomthwalo wezezimali. Lo mthethosivivinywa uzodinga ukuthi izintengo ezikhangiswa amahhotela nezinkampani zezokuvakasha ku-inthanethi kufanele zifake zonke izinkokhelo eziyisibopho ezizokhokhiswa umthengi, ngaphandle kwezintela.”
eTurboNews, uJohnson noFortenberry ababona abokuqala ukuzama ukubhekana nalolu daba. I-FTC yazama ukulungisa lolu daba emuva ngo-2012 ngezincwadi ezixwayisa amahhotela angu-35 kanye nabasebenza ku-inthanethi abangu-11 ukuthi izimali zabo zokungcebeleka zingabadida abathengi, nokho, akukho okwenzekayo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi umkhuba okhohlisayo wezindleko zokungcebeleka ezingakhangisiwe uye waqhubeka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Ucwaningo lwe-FTC lwango-Jan. 2017 lwembule ukuthi “amakamelo amahhotela nezinye izindawo zokulala zivame ukukhangiswa ngenani futhi kamuva enqubweni yokuthenga izinkokhelo eziyisibopho (izimali ezibizwa nge-resort fees, izimali zokuhlanza, noma izimali zesikhungo) zidaluliwe ezazingafakwanga inani legumbi elikhangisiwe.”
"Inani lezindawo zokulala zesikhashana ezikhokhisa imali yokuvakasha eyisibopho liyakhula" kuyilapho kusetshenziswa "ukukhangisa okungabonisi izindleko zangempela eziphoqelekile zokuhlala endaweni yokuhlala yesikhashana kuyakhohlisa," kuqhubeka ucwaningo.
Kusukela lapho, abameli bombuso abangama-47 bavule uphenyo ngezimali zokungcebeleka kwamahhotela, futhi bakhetha ngokukhethekile uMarriott ngokuzisebenzisa ngokukhohlisa. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Wyndham no-Hilton Worldwide bahlaselwa yizinkantolo ngabanye zokukhangisa ngamanani aphansi okuqasha amakamelo kuyilapho kufihlwa izimali ezengeziwe zokuvakashela.
Nakuba kuningi osekwenziwe mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwezimali zokungcebeleka, isikhulu sezezimali sikaMarriott u-Leeny Oberg wakubukela phansi ukubaluleka kwale mpikiswano. Ukulalelwa kwe-Hotel Advertising Transparency Act cishe ngeke kwenzeke kuze kube u-2020, njengoba lolu hlelo ludlula ekomidini elincane leKomidi Lendlu Lezamandla Nokuhweba.
