'Hidden' Hotel Fees Set Record This Year

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October 15, 2014

Fees charged by the hotel industry reached a record $2.25 billion this year. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

You're used to them from the airlines: baggage fees, booking fees, and other charges that pop up after you buy your plane ticket.

The hotel industry has been applying hidden and not-so-hidden fees for years, and this year the revenue from those fees and surcharges hit a record $2.25 billion.

That's according to Bjorn Hanson, a professor at the Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at New York University.

He joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss what's behind the new record.

NYU: U.S. Lodging Industry Fees and Surcharges Forecast to Increase to a New Record Level in 2014–$2.25 Billion

Guest

Bjorn Hanson, a dean at New York University’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management.

This segment aired on October 15, 2014.