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Hotel tax could harm businessPublished 05/15/08
Hoteliers cautioned last night that raising the tax on hotel rooms to one of the highest rates in the nation would backfire, discouraging ourism and crippling Annapolis' bed and breakfast industry.
Hotel owners from Annapolis to the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport corridor warned the County Council during a hearing that increasing the tax from 7 to 10 percent would lead to even lower occupancy rate and possibly cause layoffs for hundreds of hotel employees.
"This is a bad decision, and if it's made, the industry will suffer," said Peggy Wall, former director of the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and...
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