Cruising News - Hotel, Resort & Spa North America

Mar 21, 2010 NYU professor says hotels to add fees as rates decline With hotel rates continuing to decline in 2010, hoteliers are expected to step up the collection of fees and surcharges that cannot be bundled into negotiated rates, according to an expert speaking at a travel symposium this week. New York University professor Bjorn Hanson said fees can represent a problem for travel buyers because they are hard to anticipate and vary even among hotels under a same brand.