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08/09/2010, 02h26
The United States government is unimpressed with the recovery shown this year in the hotel sector.
The U.S. General Services Administration (http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/102207), which sets the amount the government will shell out for hotel stays by federal workers, revealed this week government per diem rates in most areas nationwide will be plummeting during the coming fiscal year. That's bad news for an industry that is trying to recover from one of the most severe downturns ever seen by hotels.
The rate in New York is dropping to US$269 a night from US$340 effective 1 October, a 20.9% nosedive. Vijay Dandapani, president of New York-based Apple Core Hotels (http://applecorehotels.com/apple-core-hotels/), is fuming over the change. His company oversees five hotels in the city that comprise 800 rooms.
If anything, these numbers should be reversed, he said, mentioning the recent improvement in the sector.
He added, It doesn't make sense at all. I don't understand what some of these bureaucrats are thinking.
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The U.S. General Services Administration (http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/102207), which sets the amount the government will shell out for hotel stays by federal workers, revealed this week government per diem rates in most areas nationwide will be plummeting during the coming fiscal year. That's bad news for an industry that is trying to recover from one of the most severe downturns ever seen by hotels.
The rate in New York is dropping to US$269 a night from US$340 effective 1 October, a 20.9% nosedive. Vijay Dandapani, president of New York-based Apple Core Hotels (http://applecorehotels.com/apple-core-hotels/), is fuming over the change. His company oversees five hotels in the city that comprise 800 rooms.
If anything, these numbers should be reversed, he said, mentioning the recent improvement in the sector.
He added, It doesn't make sense at all. I don't understand what some of these bureaucrats are thinking.
en savoir plus (http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/articles.aspx?ArticleId=3952&PageType=News&ArticleType=35)
Pour en lire plus... (http://www.veilleinfotourisme.fr/1283866611668/0/fiche___article/)
http://tracking.publicidees.com/showgrp.php?partid=22831&grpid=6775