Bogus hotel bookings
Bogus hotel bookings are an exploding scam – and the price tag this year may hit $220 million, for some 2.5 million bookings, according to a count by Maryam Cope, vice president for government affairs at trade group American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA).
Some 400 participants from the hospitality industry lobbied on Capitol Hill to raise legislators’ awareness about such deceptive practices, said Kerry Ranson, IHG Owners Association chair and Expotel Hospitality Services CEO, at a Washington,D.C. industry gathering in April.