{"id":109941,"date":"2026-01-23T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109941\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:34:10","slug":"hospitality-industry-reacts-to-nyc-mayors-ban-on-hotel-junk-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109941\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality industry reacts to NYC mayor\u2019s ban on hotel junk fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story was originally published on Hotel Dive<\/a>. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Hotel Dive newsletter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, New York City\u2019s newly elected Mayor<\/a> Zorhan Mamdani issued a final rule

proposed the rule<\/a> last year, modeling it after a Federal Trade Commission rule<\/a> that took effect in May. That rule makes it a deceptive trade practice \u201cto offer, display or advertise a price for a hotel without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price of the stay, including all mandatory fees,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n

In banning hotel junk fees, Mamdani aims to \u201censure transparency for consumers and save millions of dollars overall,\u201d per the release. The mayor\u2019s move garnered support from a local hotel owners association and workers\u2019 union.<\/p>\n

Hurting \u2018honest small businesses\u2019<\/p>\n

In addition to hotel junk fees, Mamdani also took aim at unexpected credit card holds or deposits issued by New York hotels, banning those as part of the final rule as well. The pricing practices \u201ccheat consumers and hurt honest small businesses,\u201d according to the Mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The junk fee prohibitions of the final rule will go into effect in New York on Feb. 21, the mayor\u2019s office announced. The ruling will apply to any hotel advertising to NYC residents, regardless of where the hotel is based.<\/p>\n

DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine said in the release that the department will \u201cuse its full enforcement authority to ensure hotels comply with the laws and rules of our city and we will be vigilant to ensure consumers have transparency in their transactions and that workers\u2019 rights are respected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hospitality industry reacts<\/p>\n

Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Hotel Association of New York, which represents more than 300 hotels in the city, said in a statement that the \u201chotel industry

applauded Mamdani\u2019s move<\/a> during a Wednesday press conference.<\/p>\n

Hospitality industry associations, including the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association and the Travel Technology Association, have previously applauded legislation<\/a> prohibiting deceptive advertising of hotel room prices.<\/p>\n

Other hotel legislation in NYC<\/p>\n

In addition to this new junk fees rule, hotels in New York are also required to comply with the Hotel Service Disruption Act, which requires that consumers be notified of changes to service during their stay, as well as the Safe Hotels Act<\/a>, which requires hotel operators to obtain a license in order to operate in the city.<\/p>\n

Hotel industry associations rallied against the Safe Hotels Act<\/a> before its passage, with former AHLA Interim President and CEO Kevin Carey previously claiming it would have destructive effects<\/a> on New York\u2019s hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story was originally published on Hotel Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49315,46361,49316,9,24,56,63,65,64,49317,23492],"class_list":["post-109941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-hospitality-service","tag-junk-fees","tag-mandatory-fees","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-workers-union","tag-zorhan-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}