To ease your inevitable pain, the San Francisco-based hotel chain Joie de Vivre will pay guests' occupancy taxes at any of its 30 hotels in California through April 15.
The hotels, led by Wynn Resorts boss Steve Wynn, slashed room prices to increase occupancy rates to 82% from a low of 72%.
They'll need to achieve year-round occupancy rates of more than 85% to be profitable, he says, which could prove a tough target in a segment of the market that is already .
Chicago hotels record near-record occupancy Chicago hotels continue to enjoy near-record occupancy, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel says it's a positive sign tourism is up in the nation's third-largest city. Emanuel and the tourism office Choose Chicago ...
June 21, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Use and Occupancy Tax Hike Dead Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez said she would not call for a vote on her bill to increase the business Use and Occupancy tax during Thursday s final Council meeting before the summer recess.
June 20, 2013 - Philly.com