Las Vegas is basically shut down at the moment due to the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic which has spread around the world and caused the decimation of the travel industry in general to the point at which it was at brink of annihilation…
Greater Than 15 Percent Increase in Mandatory Resort Fees in Las Vegas at…
…and yet, an increase of greater than 15 percent in the mandatory resort fees which guests are charged has been officially announced at one casino resort property — and that property is The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection, which has the following message posted under the heading Do You Charge a Resort Fee? at the part of its official Internet web site that addresses frequently asked questions:
At The Cosmopolitan, we have bundled everyday essentials into one nightly charge of $39 (plus tax). For stays that begin on or after January 1, 2021, the resort fee is $45. This is automatically added to your bill. It includes:
- Unlimited local, toll-free and domestic long distance phone calls
- Fitness center access
- Tennis court access
- Complimentary self and valet parking
The last time mandatory resort fees increased at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection casino resort property was on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 from $35.00 per night to $39.00 per night — not including taxes, of course — and that was when the parking options were first included in the mandatory resort fee.
Other Las Vegas Casino Properties Which Increased Mandatory Resort Fees
Mandatory resort fees at four hotel and resort properties of Caesars Entertainment Corporation had already increased by two dollars from $35.00 to $37.00 per night effective as of Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — and that is not including taxes.
The four hotel and resort properties include:
Summary
“You’ve got resort fees in the hotel industry, you’ve got baggage fees in the airline space. None of us as consumers necessarily love it. But what we tried to do is to be very clear about our disclosure.” This is what Arne Sorenson — who is the current president and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Incorporated, whose portfolio includes The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph Collection casino resort property — said last year, basically stating that mandatory resort fees are here to stay.
When I earned my Master of Business Administration degree, I must have missed the part which connotes that the way to win back customers after your business was forced to closed due to an unprecedented worldwide event — such as the current 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic — is to impose draconian measures on them in an attempt to drain their wallets and purses as much as possible.
Will this gamble of increasing mandatory resort fees pay off for the aforementioned hotel and resort casino properties?
“We are all in this together.” Yeah. Right.
That I vehemently oppose the implementation of mandatory resort fees, facilities fees and destination fees is no secret to you if you have been a reader of The Gate for years — they should either be optional or eliminated altogether — and I will just let this extensive body of work over the years pertaining to mandatory resort fees speak for me…
- Mandatory Resort Fees to Increase at Four Hotels March 2020 in Las Vegas
- Resort Fee Class Action Settlement 2019: Your Chance to Get Your Share of Money or Points From Wyndham Hotel Group
- Search Rankings Lowered For Hotels Which Charge Resort Fees: Expedia Group
- Deceptive Hotel Resort Fees: Legislation Introduced to Protect Consumers 2019
- Mandatory Resort Fees Increase at Three MGM Hotel and Casino Properties in Las Vegas
- Hilton Sued For Charging Deceptive Resort Fees by Attorney General of Nebraska
- Resort Fees are Here to Stay, According to the Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International
- The Importance of Not Abusing Trust
- Marriott International Sued For Charging Deceptive Resort Fees by Attorney General of District of Columbia
- One Simple Way to Reclaim That Resort Fee Which You Paid
- Even Worse: Mandatory Resort Fees as Percentage of Room Rate
- Why Are You Surprised That Resort Fees “Provide Real Tangible Value” to You?
- 4 Reasons Why Mandatory Resort Fees May Finally Be Disappearing
- Wait a Minute…A Hostel Which Charges a Resort Fee?!?
- Probe of Hotel Booking Sites Results in Enforcement Action in the United Kingdom
- Is This Flat Sales Tax Really a Mandatory Resort Fee in Disguise?
- Resort Fees: The Database of Lodging Options Which Charge Them
- Is This Secret to Ease the Pain of Paying Resort Fees Viable?
- The Destination Fee Plague Spreads Again — This Time, To…
- Another Way Mandatory Resort Fees are Deceptive
- Caesar’s Entertainment Properties to Increase Mandatory Resort Fees
- Resort Fees; Then Parking Fees: Are Free Drinks in Las Vegas In Jeopardy?
- What is Included in a Mandatory Resort Fee of $160.50 Per Night?
- Legislation Targets “Deceptive” Resort Fees
- New Parking Fees at Hotels: When Mandatory Resort Fees are Not Enough
- I Want In on This Resort Fee Nonsense: Open My Own Resort
- It’s Time to Put the Kibosh on Hotel Resort Fees? Now?!?
- Mandatory Resort Fees Can Add Up to 50% More to Your Room Rate With Useless Amenities
- Mandatory Facilities Fee: A Growing Deceptive Trend in Lodging?
- Help Me List Hotel Properties Here to Fight Resort Fees
- What If Other Businesses Surprised You With the Equivalent of Resort Fees?
- $40 Resort Fee at the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort Starts June 1, 2015
- Lawsuit Alleges Daily Resort Fee Was Hidden From Room Rate at Booking
- Who Likes Resort Fees? Not Me
- A Resort Fee Added on a $36 Rodeway Inn Room?
All photographs ©2017 by Brian Cohen.
