October 20th, 2006
Local tourism board seeks hotel rate hike
Coming to Charlotte in 2006: Higher hotel room rates?
The Greater Charlotte Hospitality and Tourism Alliance, which represents hotels, restaurants and related businesses, says one of its goals for the year is to raise average daily room rates by $10 to $75.
In addition to boosting bottom lines, a rate increase would increase the county’s hotel/motel tax revenues, which support tourism-related projects