Atlanta pakati pa mizinda yaku US ikumanga makampani oyenda pa intaneti

Mzinda wa Atlanta udapempha khothi lalikulu kwambiri ku Georgia kuti lilole chilolezo chopitirizira mlandu waukulu womwe ukunena kuti makampani oyendera maulendo apa intaneti akutulutsa ndalama zamisonkho zamahotelo mamiliyoni ambiri mosaloledwa.

Mzindawu ukufunitsitsa kubweza misonkho ya hoteloyo ndi okhalamo kuchokera kumakampani 17 osungitsa maulendo pa intaneti, kuphatikiza Expedia, Travelocity.com, Hotels.com, Priceline.com ndi Orbitz. Koma makampani apaintaneti amatsutsa kuti sakuyenera kulipira ndipo, ngakhale atakhala kuti, mzindawu uyenera kutsata misonkhoyo mosamalitsa musanapereke suti.

Makampani oyenda pa intaneti akuwukiridwa mwalamulo ku Georgia konse - komanso kudera lonselo - pomwe mizinda ikufuna kubweza ndalama zamisonkho zomwe amati ndi zawo. Misonkho ya hotelo ndi malo okhala ku hotelo ya Atlanta ndi zipinda zamotelo, mwachitsanzo, ndi 7 peresenti. Misonkhoyo, monganso ina m’dziko lonselo, inakhazikitsidwa kukhala lamulo monga njira yopezera ndalama zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kulimbikitsa ntchito zokopa alendo.

Woweruza wa Khothi Lalikulu la Muscogee County Superior Court posachedwapa adakhala ndi milandu kuti adziwe ngati Expedia iyenera kulipira msonkho wa hotelo ndi wokhala mumzinda wa Columbus. Woweruza wa boma ku Rome akuyang'anira mlandu womwe umafuna kuti anthu azichitapo kanthu m'malo mwa mizinda yomwe ikufuna madandaulo otsutsana ndi makampani 18 oyenda pa intaneti.

Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, woweruza wa federal ku San Antonio adalola kuti mlandu wamagulu m'malo mwa mizinda yaku Texas upitirire motsutsana ndi makampani oyendera pa intaneti.

Milanduyi ikuzengedwa panthawi yomwe anthu ochulukirachulukira akusungitsa mahotelo awo pa intaneti. M’mwezi wa May, National Leisure Travel MONITOR inanena kuti apaulendo opita kokasangalala tsopano akugwiritsa ntchito intaneti kusungitsa malo osungitsako maulendo 56 peresenti, kuchokera pa 19 peresenti mu 2000.

Lolemba, Khothi Lalikulu ku Georgia lidamva zotsutsana ngati lichotse mlandu wa mzinda wa Atlanta kapena kuulola kuti kuzengedwa mlandu.

Khoti Lalikulu liyenera kuona ngati, lisanapereke chigamulo mu March 2006, mzindawu uyenera kuwunika kuchuluka kwa misonkho zomwe makampani a pa intaneti amabwereketsa, kupereka zidziwitso zolembera kwa makampaniwo, ndipo ngati ndalamazo zinali mkangano, adalola Bungwe Loyang'anira License la mzindawu kuti lichite. gwirani kumva.

Bwaloli likuwunika chigamulo chomwe khoti la apilo la boma linagamula chaka chatha, lomwe lidati mzindawu udayenera kuchita izi. Ngati ataloledwa kuyimilira, chigamulochi chingakhale chipambano chopindulitsa kwambiri kwa makampani apaintaneti chifukwa lamulo lazaka zitatu loletsa kuletsa mzindawu kutsata misonkho yomwe makampani apaintaneti amatola kumayambiriro kwa zaka khumizi.

Padakali pano, palibe woweruza ku Georgia amene wapereka chigamulo pa nkhani yaikulu ya mkanganowo: kaya mizinda ikutaya ndalama za misonkho nthawi iliyonse pamene hotelo kapena chipinda cha motelo chikasungidwira ndikulipiridwa kudzera m'makampani a pa intaneti.

Malinga ndi zomwe khothi linapereka, makampani apaintaneti amalumikizana ndi mahotela ndi ma motelo azipinda zingapo pamitengo "yogulitsa" yomwe akukambirana. Makampani apaintaneti amasankha chizindikiro ndikuyika "zogulitsa" zomwe ogula adzalipira. Makampani a pa intaneti amavomereza malipiro a kirediti kadi pa mtengo wa zipindazo, kuphatikiza misonkho ndi chindapusa. Amabweza mtengo wa "wholesale", kuphatikiza msonkho woyerekeza pamtengowo, ku hotelo.

Palibe msonkho wa hotelo ndi wokhalamo womwe ukulipidwa pa kusiyana pakati pa mtengo wamba ndi mtengo wogulitsa, a Bill Norwood, loya wa mzindawu, adatero Lolemba.

Koma a Kendrick Smith, loya wamakampani a pa intaneti, adati chifukwa makampani opanga intaneti sagula kapena kubwereka zipinda zama hotelo, salipira msonkho.

“Sindife mahotela,” iye anatero. “Sitingathe kutolera misonkho.”

Justice Robert Benham adapatsa Smith lingaliro la kampani yapaintaneti yomwe imalipira kasitomala $ 100 pachipinda, ngakhale kuti ndalama zake zinali $50. Kodi misonkho imatengedwa pa mlingo wotani? anafunsa.

Mtengo wa $50 womwe kampani yapaintaneti idalipira ku hoteloyo, Smith adayankha. Ananenanso kuti mitengo yomwe amakambitsirana pakati pa mahotela ndi makampani apaintaneti ndi yachinsinsi.

Justice George Carley adawonanso kuti makasitomala oyenda-mkati amalipira msonkho wonse wa 7 peresenti pazipinda zokhazikika. Koma ngati makampani apaintaneti akungotolera misonkho pamitengo yayikulu, "mzindawu umakhala wamanyazi," adatero.

Smith adauza khoti kuti ngati mzindawu ukufuna kuyesa misonkho yotere, uyenera kutsatira lamulo ndikupatsa makampani apaintaneti chiŵerengero cha kuchuluka kwa ngongole zomwe ali nazo - osapita kukhoti loyimiridwa ndi maloya achinsinsi "ndalama".

"Uwu ndi mlandu [wa msonkho]," Smith anatsutsa. Amafuna ndalama zambiri.

Poyankhulana patelefoni, Art Sackler, mkulu wa gulu lazamalonda la Interactive Travel Services Association, adati mlandu wa mzindawu ndi wopanda phindu. Mabizinesi amakampani a pa intaneti ndi abwino kwa ogula chifukwa amawalola kusakaniza ndi kufananiza mitengo ya hotelo ndipo amathandizira zokopa alendo, adatero.

"Iwo akuyesera kuchita chinachake chomwe chingaphe kapena kuwononga tsekwe uyu yemwe waikira dzira lagolide," adatero Sackler.

Koma C. Neal Pope, loya wa mzindawu, ananena kuti Atlanta imagwiritsa ntchito ndalama za msonkho wa hoteloyo polimbikitsa zokopa alendo.

“Mzinda ukhoza kugwiritsira ntchito, tinene kuti, za $5,000 za ndalama za msonkho zimenezi kutumiza gulu la anthu a ku Atlanta kukabweretsa chochitika chonga ngati mpikisano wa mpira wofewa kapena konsati imene ingabweretse mazana kapena zikwi za anthu mu mzinda kudzaiona; ” adatero Papa. "Mzinda ukalandidwa ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri, ndiye kuti mutha kuwona kufunikira kwa ndalama zokopa alendozi."