IiNgxelo zabaThengi zikhuthaze abenzi bomthetho ukuba bangene Congress namhlanje ukuxhasa umthetho onokuthintela iihotele kwintengiso yexabiso legumbi ngaphandle kokubandakanya konke imirhumo enyanzelekileyo ityala ngexesha lokuhlala komhambi.
Umthetho weNtengiso weNtengiso ocacileyo we-2019, owaziswa ngoLwesithathu ngabameli u-Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) noJeff Fortenberry (R-NE) ujonge ukukhusela abahambi kwimirhumo engachazwanga ngokucacileyo kwixabiso lentengiso.
"Abahambi akufuneki bafunde ushicilelo oluchanekileyo ukuze bafumane yonke imirhumo abaza kuhlawuliswa ngayo ngokuhlala ehotele," utshilo u-Anna Laitin, umlawuli womgaqo-nkqubo wezemali kwiiNgxelo zabaThengi. "Iihotele kufanele ukuba zichaze yonke imirhumo kwinqanaba labo elipapashiweyo ukuze abathengi bangabanjwa ngetyala eliphezulu kunoko bakulindeleyo ukuba bahlawule xa bebhukisha igumbi."
Iihotele zingene emlilweni kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngokusilela ukuveza ngokucacileyo imirhumo enyanzelekileyo kubahambi. Ngo-2012 nango-2013, i-Federal Trade Commission yathumela iileta kwiihotele ezingama-34 nakwii-arhente ezili-11 zokuhamba nge-intanethi zibalumkisa ukuba basenokungawuthobeli umthetho ngokungabandakanyi yonke imirhumo kwixabiso elipapashiweyo lamagumbi. Nangona kunjalo, iKhomishini ayiphumelelanga ukuthatha elinye inyathelo lokuyekisa lo mkhwa, oqhubekekayo ungathintelwa.
Nge-Agasti, iiNgxelo zabaThengi zibize iFederal Trade Commission ukuba iphande kwaye imise iihotele ezibiza iifizi ezinyanzelekileyo ezingafakwanga kwisiseko, izinga lentengiso lamagumbi. Uphando olwenziwe ziNgxelo zabaThengi kweli hlobo lufumanise ukuba ihotele ezingama-31 kwezingama-34 ebekujoliswe kuzo ngaphambili yi-FTC ziyaqhubeka nokuhlawulisa iifizi zokuchithela iiholide kwaye akukho nanye kuzo ebandakanya imirhumo kwixabiso elicatshulwe kubathengi. Kwangokunjalo, akukho namnye kwii-arhente zohambo ezikwi-Intanethi ezisasebenza nanamhlanje ezibandakanya iifizi zokutyelela kwixabiso elikhankanyiweyo ekuqaleni.
Iihotele ezinkulu zikwangumbandela wokumangala kumceli mngeni wokufihla indawo. Kwasekuqaleni kukaJulayi, i-DC Attorney General yamangalela uMarriott ngokubiza imali ekhohlisayo neyilahlekisayo efihla indleko yokwenyani yokubhukisha igumbi kwityathanga lehotele. Kamva kwinyanga leyo, i-Nebraska Attorney General yafaka isimangalo esifanayo nxamnye no-Hilton.
