|
Date |
Paper |
Article Title |
|
26 Dec 2002 |
South China Morning Post |
Departure tax
could be a blessing for struggling retailers |
|
23 Dec 2002 |
Albuquerque (NM) Tribune |
Travel
bureau tables hotel tax hike |
|
21 Dec 2002 |
Associated Press |
Atlantic to consider hotel tax |
|
20 Dec 2002 |
South China Morning Post |
Departure tax is
likely by summer |
|
19 Dec 2002 |
Korea Herald |
Travel
agents call for no VAT on foreign tourists' hotel bills |
|
18 Dec 2002 |
Standard Examiner (UT) |
Davis County, Utah, officials adopt
tourism tax ordinance |
|
18 Dec 2002 |
Jiji Press Service |
Tokyo government
receives ¥
109m for Oct. |
|
18 Dec 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
County hotel tax windfall is key in ballpark
talks |
|
17 Dec 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Security
cost: user pays is the way to go |
|
16 Dec 2002 |
Charleston (SC) Post and
Courier |
Reasonable
restaurant tax hike |
|
16 Dec 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
No room
for this tax |
|
15 Dec 2002 |
Boston Globe |
Town seeks more
revenue from hotel tax |
|
14 Dec 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Eco tax
'unfair' |
|
13 Dec 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
School district's
tax fight headed to court |
|
13 Dec 2002 |
Regina Leader-Post |
Tax plans
blasted |
|
12 Dec 2002 |
Aviation Daily |
Mullin
says Congress must act quickly on airline tax relief |
|
12 Dec 2002 |
Wisconsin State Journal |
Why it pays
to pay hotel tax |
|
12 Dec 2002 |
Patriot Ledger (MA) |
Rockland's hotel
tax increase request to be re-filed |
|
12 Dec 2002 |
Toronto Star |
MPs want air
security tax reduced |
|
12 Dec 2002 |
The Advertiser (AU) |
Air security
'a new tax' |
|
10 Dec 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
$1.1 million
in taxes from hotels left unpaid |
|
10 Dec 2002 |
Columbia (MO) Daily
Tribune |
Columbia visitors bureau seeks to resolve
bed-tax disagreement |
|
9 Dec 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
Officials in Arnold decide to put hotel tax
on April ballot |
|
7 Dec 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Province rejects hotel tax |
|
6 Dec 2002 |
Canada NewsWire |
ALPA pilots
press Canada government for relief from oppressive airline taxes |
|
6 Dec 2002 |
Financial Post |
Security fee
hitting hard, short-haul carriers say |
|
6 Dec 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Wrightsville
Beach OKs hotel tax hike |
|
5 Dec 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
Tourism panel backs new bed tax |
|
5 Dec 2002 |
Irish Times |
Reduced capital allowance 'will halt new
hotels' |
|
5 Dec 2002 |
Palm Beach (FL) Post |
St. Lucie bed tax to drop for January
|
|
4 Dec 2002 |
Associated Press |
City council approves spending hotel tax to cover
security costs |
|
4 Dec 2002 |
Lancaster (PA) New Era |
Court again
rejects hotel-tax lawsuit |
|
28 Nov 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
Tax on rental
cars dies on political vine |
|
27 Nov 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
If county builds it, will they come? |
|
27 Nov 2002 |
The Courier Mail (AU) |
Aussie
holidays more taxing than any other |
|
27 Nov 2002 |
The Courier Mail (AU) |
Labor warns
of travel levy threat to families |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Bed taxes for
new tourism agency withheld |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Security tax
called world's highest |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
South China Morning Post |
North Korea pins
hopes on tourism in latest SAR |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Tourism industry will fight security tax
slug |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
The Courier Mail (AU) |
Flyers may
face tourism levy |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Calgary (AB) Sun |
Fed tax has
airline revenues in a tailspin |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Warning about
increasing effects of air travel on global warming |
|
26 Nov 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
High
taxes, fees, discourage air travel, hurt service: study |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Daily Express (Scotland) |
Scots suffer
£30 million rip-off in air fares |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Canadian Corporate
Newswire |
Stop squeezing air
travelers, ATAC says |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Australian Associated
Press |
Fed: Tourism
shouldn't pay for extra airport security |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Calgary (AB) Herald |
Tourist tax
touted for Banff |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Calgary (AB) Sun |
Resort town
revenue rocky |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Longer wait
for tourism blueprint |
|
25 Nov 2002 |
Agence France Presse |
North Korea
designates tax-free international tourism zone |
|
24 Nov 2002 |
Orlando (FL) Sentinel |
Hidden fees drive up the cost of renting a
car |
|
24 Nov 2002 |
Knoxville (TN)
News-Sentinel |
Clinton passes
controversial 3 percent hotel tax |
|
23 Nov 2002 |
Cairns (AU) Post |
Environmental
levy push |
|
22 Nov 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
County
dislikes fine print in hotel-tax bills |
|
22 Nov 2002 |
Australian Associated
Press |
Official calls for
world heritage visitor tax |
|
21 Nov 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times-Union |
Hotel hike
loses steam |
|
21 Nov 2002 |
Columbia (MO) Daily
Tribune |
Columbia
festivals caught in dispute over hotel tax |
|
21 Nov 2002 |
Albuquerque (NM) Tribune |
Mayor
supports effort to add new lodgers fee |
|
19 Nov 2002 |
The Courier Mail (AU) |
Get rid of
ticket tax, says Virgin |
|
19 Nov 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times-Union |
Panel opposes hike in hotel tax |
|
19 Nov 2002 |
Melbourne (AU) Herald Sun |
Virgin blue over levies |
|
18 Nov 2002 |
London Times |
Jet
pollution tax 'would fund new airport in Kent' |
|
17 Nov 2002 |
Washington Post |
Add-ons add up |
|
16 Nov 2002 |
Wellington (NZ) Dominion
Post |
More 'hidden' costs for travellers |
|
15 Nov 2002 |
New Orleans (LA)
Times-Picayune |
Tourism panel OKs new tax |
|
15 Nov 2002 |
The Australian |
Airport terror tax mooted |
|
13 Nov 2002 |
The Pantagraph (IL) |
Bloomington
increases hotel tax |
|
13 Nov 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Carolina
Beach adds room tax |
|
13 Nov 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Two lawmakers
pushing 5% bed tax |
|
9 Nov 2002 |
Financial Post (Canada) |
Air security tax to stay at $24, Ottawa
says |
|
8 Nov 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
Cut taxes, fees, Air Canada asks |
|
8 Nov 2002 |
Montreal Gazette |
Taxes, fees killing airline industry |
|
6 Nov 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Mayor promises cuts after defeat of $4/day
fee |
|
1 Nov 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times Union |
Higher rates offset fewer guests |
|
28 Oct 2002 |
The Business Press (CA) |
Bed tax
seen as key to Ontario hotel remodeling |
|
24 Oct 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
Officials to ask for home-rule
authority |
|
24 Oct 2002 |
Washington Post |
Warner wants to tap counties' car rental
tax |
|
23 Oct 2002 |
Cleveland (OH) Plain
Dealer |
Lake County bed tax increase considered |
|
22 Oct 2002 |
Associated Press |
State drops suit against tribal resort in Polson |
|
22 Oct 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Tourism
chiefs call for restraint |
|
22 Oct 2002 |
Moscow Herald |
Foreign
airlines fly into tax feud |
|
22 Oct 2002 |
Evening Standard (UK) |
Banks
plan tourism tax for London |
|
22 Oct 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Tourism
authority will use money from new hotel tax |
|
21 Oct 2002 |
Travel Trade Gazette UK &
Ireland |
Hilton calls for
tourism tax cut |
|
17 Oct 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
Del Mar's
Prop. G encounters no resistance |
|
17 Oct 2002 |
San Antonio (TX)
Express-News |
Tourism
industry feels pinch from arena tax |
|
17 Oct 2002 |
Korea Herald |
Incheon
airport tax to rise in December |
|
16 Oct 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times Union |
City seeks state OK to boost bed tax |
|
15 Oct 2002 |
The Australian |
Tax hikes in
wake of 9/11 |
|
13 Oct 2002 |
The Observer (UK) |
Gambia imposes £5 tourist tax |
|
12 Oct 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Greed or need? Views on rental-car tax
debated |
|
11 Oct 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Opposition to resort bed tax |
|
10 Oct 2002 |
Albuquerque (NM) Journal |
Increase sought in hotel tax |
|
10 Oct 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Car-rental ad turns the (tax) tables on
city |
|
9 Oct 2002 |
Agence France Presse |
Tourism levy yields
€30 million for Mediterranean isles |
|
8 Oct 2002 |
Newsday (NY) |
Report: Tourism
a key tax source |
|
8 Oct 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Journal |
Steve
West lobbies for tourism tax
|
|
8 Oct 2002 |
Associated Press |
Tourism industry says Martz tax plan unfair
|
|
7 Oct 2002 |
Aviation Daily |
China
boosting passenger tax to shore up airports |
|
5 Oct 2002 |
Lancaster (PA)
Intelligencer Journal |
Court ends
bid for hotel tax retrial |
|
4 Oct 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Southport
gets OK to raise occupancy tax |
|
3 Oct 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Groups support car-rental tax issue |
|
3 Oct 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Davies thinks departure tax morally wrong |
|
3 Oct 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Council urged to raise rates |
|
3 Oct 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
Tax on hotel, motel rooms will rise to help
cover convention center costs |
|
2 Oct 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Tourism to fight new tax plans |
|
2 Oct 2002 |
Sarasota (FL) Herald
Tribune |
Firm tells
county it has the clout for tax hike |
|
2 Oct 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Rental-car tax crucial for services, Mayor
says |
|
2 Oct 2002 |
Topeka (KS)
Capital-Journal |
City passes bed tax increase |
|
2 Oct 2002 |
Asahi News Service |
Tokyo hotel
surtax goes into effect |
|
1 Oct 2002 |
Topeka (KS)
Capital-Journal |
Seeing both
sides of the bed tax |
|
1 Oct 2002 |
Agence France Presse |
Tokyo levies new hotel tax for tourism promotion |
|
28 Sep 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Kure Beach
won't take tax |
|
27 Sep 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Burton
cautious on tourist bed tax |
|
25 Sep 2002 |
Topeka (KS)
Capital-Journal |
Hotel owner
speaks out against bed tax increase |
|
25 Sep 2002 |
Tampa (FL) Tribune |
County ponders use of tourist tax funds |
|
25 Sep 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
City
council says it won't abuse home rule |
|
25 Sep 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times Union |
Hike
considered for city bed tax |
|
24 Sep 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
Oakbrook Terrace likely to seek home rule again |
|
24 Sep 2002 |
Cairns (AU) Post |
Tourist tax key
to preservation |
|
24 Sep 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
Itasca may again seek home rule |
|
24 Sep 2002 |
Cairns (AU) Post |
Rainforest
visitor tax |
|
24 Sep 2002 |
Albany (NY) Times Union |
City looks
to boost hotel tax |
|
23 Sep 2002 |
The Courier-Mail (AU) |
Call for
rainforest tourist tax |
|
18 Sep 2002 |
The Day (CT) |
Connecticut
tourism officials worried about hotel tax |
|
18 Sep 2002 |
Springfield (IL) State
Journal-Register |
Hotel tax
increase rejected |
|
16 Sep 2002 |
The Courier-Mail (AU) |
Airline tax
unfair, says Virgin boss |
|
13 Sep 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
St. Charles weighs hike in hotel tax to ease
cost for center |
|
13 Sep 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Toronto
tourism on the decline |
|
12 Sep 2002 |
New Orleans (LA)
Times-Picayune |
Parish
considering hotel-motel tax |
|
12 Sep 2002 |
The Bond Buyer |
No Cards
stadium for Mesa |
|
11 Sep 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
Voters approve 2 percent bed tax |
|
9 Sep 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Boon or bane? City visitors get mixed signals |
|
8 Sep 2002 |
Montreal Gazette |
Minister looks to ease airport security tax |
|
7 Sep 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Collenette
considers cuts to $24 air security levy |
|
5 Sep 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
Council gearing up for bed tax push |
|
5 Sep 2002 |
Associated Press |
House considering tourism tax breaks
|
|
5 Sep 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Council hopes
for support on bed tax |
|
4 Sep 2002 |
Allentown (PA) Morning
Call |
Hotel tax to aid tourism efforts |
|
2 Sep 2002 |
Christian Science Monitor |
Ambushed by added fees |
|
3 Sep 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Majorca
hoteliers refuse payment of tourism tax |
|
2 Sep 2002 |
The
Press (Christchurch, NZ) |
Tourist tax, road
toll call |
|
31 Aug 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Eco-tax blamed for visitor slump
|
|
30 Aug 2002 |
Associated Press |
Task force will recommend limited sales tax |
|
30 Aug 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Mayor vows
tourism study move |
|
29 Aug 2002 |
Springfield (IL) State
Journal Register |
Six-month hike in hotel tax urged |
|
29 Aug 2002 |
Wilmington (NC) Star-News |
Local
officials head to Raleigh to lobby for hotel room tax |
|
29 Aug 2002 |
Associated Press |
State may help finance PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open
|
|
26 Aug 2002 |
Travel Trade Gazette UK &
Ireland |
Extend abolition of taxes |
|
26 Aug 2002 |
Caribbean Media
Corporation |
Caribbean must take action on cruise lines, senior
official says |
|
24 Aug 2002 |
Topeka (KS)
Capital-Journal |
Councilman
encourages bed tax increase to 6 percent |
|
22 Aug 2002 |
Allentown (PA) Morning
Call |
Bucks hotel room tax increases |
|
19 Aug 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
Tourism leaders spar over money |
|
19 Aug 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
Bond issue, hotel tax will appear on
November ballot in Festus |
|
18 Aug 2002 |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Cities sticking visitors with sports stadium
costs |
|
18 Aug 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
Putting Butler on the map |
|
17 Aug 2002 |
Financial Times |
The Balearics lament their lost riffraff |
|
16 Aug 2002 |
Edinburgh Evening News |
UK tourism
'damaged by extortionate VAT' |
|
15 Aug 2002 |
Agence France Presse |
Taiwan considers waiving sales tax for tourists |
|
14 Aug 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
Commission
changes taxes |
|
12 Aug 2002 |
Daily Express (Scotland) |
Capital
wants tourists to pay new levy |
|
12 Aug 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Bulgaria to
introduce visitor tax in 2003 |
|
11 Aug 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
County weighs
hiking tourist tax to 3 percent |
|
5 Aug 2002 |
Travel Trade Gazette UK &
Ireland |
Eco-tax will hit
next year |
|
28 Jul 2002 |
Denver (CO) Post |
Tourism firms
urge government alliance |
|
18 Jul 2002 |
Nelson (NZ) Mail |
No bed tax here
says Matheson |
|
17 Jul 2002 |
Nelson (NZ) Mail |
Bedding a new
tax |
|
17 Jul 2002 |
The Advertiser (Australia) |
Hoteliers
had no say in reports on profits |
|
17 Jul 2002 |
The Advertiser (Australia) |
Higher
landing fee lifts hidden cost of air travel |
|
16 Jul 2002 |
USA Today |
New
surcharges drive up bills on car rentals |
|
16 Jul 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Room tax
rejected as 'history' |
|
15 Jul 2002 |
The Advertiser (Australia) |
Don't you
dare raise your prices |
|
13 Jul 2002 |
The Advertiser (Australia) |
$140 million
of cash lost |
|
12 Jul 2002 |
Victoria (BC)
Times-Colonist |
Reassessing
room-tax has tourism concerned |
|
12 Jul 2002 |
The Australian |
Robin Hood
tax on pokie profits |
|
11 Jul 2002 |
The Independent (London) |
Sun, sea
but no visitors: Spain's hot spots lose their appeal for Britons |
|
9 Jul 2002 |
Southland Times (NZ) |
Room tax
backed |
|
2 Jul 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Rental car firms tell Mayor to take a hike |
|
30 Jun 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
County's bid to tax rental cars stalls out |
|
28 Jun 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
Rental car surcharge expected to be approved by legislature |
|
28 Jun 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
Airport to boost departure tax 50% |
|
27 Jun 2002 |
South China Morning Post |
Wine tax increase approved |
|
27 Jun 2002 |
Omaha (NE) World-Herald |
Part of tourism
reserve fund will go to new riverfront park |
|
26 Jun 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette |
Car rental tax
tied to convention center
|
|
25 Jun 2002 |
Africa News |
Kenyan
government waives import tax on hotel equipment
|
|
25 Jun 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Rental car tax OK'd; will expire in 2005 |
|
24 Jun 2002 |
Houston (TX) Chronicle |
Fans paying for Reliant's extras |
|
24 Jun 2002 |
Toronto Sun |
Ottawa mulls lower air tax |
|
24 Jun 2002 |
The Advertiser
(Australia) |
Airport taxes up 60 percent and rising |
|
23 Jun 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
Airport security tax to be lowered |
|
23 Jun 2002 |
Sydney Sun-Herald |
No end to skyway robbery |
|
23 Jun 2002 |
Victoria (BC)
Times-Colonist |
The sky-high hidden costs of air travel |
|
23 Jun 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Council weighs options for new tax on car
rentals |
|
22 Jun 2002 |
Financial Post |
Eurocrats v. chefs |
|
22 Jun 2002 |
Minneapolis (MN)
Star-Tribune |
Extra fees, taxes give car renters
sticker shock |
|
21 Jun 2002 |
Toronto Star |
WestJet's $3
flights top $80 after fees, taxes tacked on |
|
21 Jun 2002 |
The Daily Telegraph (AUS) |
Taxes, charges
and levies weigh down air travel
|
|
20 Jun 2002 |
Associated Press |
EU nixes French plan to cut tax on restaurant
meals to fast-food levels
|
|
20 Jun 2002 |
Australasian Business
Intelligence |
On the boil over
"fresh air" tax |
|
20 Jun 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
Poway to
vote on increasing hotel room tax |
|
19 Jun 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
Del Mar
will ask voters to raise hotel room tax to 10.5% |
|
17 Jun 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
Riddler suggests special sales tax for new
convention center, hotel |
|
15 Jun 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Air Canada open to ad rules |
|
15 Jun 2002 |
New York Times |
Hidden hotel charges cause consumer revolt |
|
14 Jun 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Ottawa investigating airline ads |
|
11 Jun 2002 |
Wellington (NZ) Evening
Post |
Cost of Kyoto tax to tourism in dispute |
|
10 Jun 2002 |
Asia Pulse |
Philippine tourism-related projects get tax
incentives |
|
7 Jun 2002 |
The Pakistan Newswire |
Hotel industry
seeks abolition of bed tax
|
|
6 Jun 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Lockport assents to raising hotel tax |
|
5 Jun 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Legislature seeks OK for tax on hotel, motel
bills |
|
27 May 2002 |
Associated Press |
Resort sales tax means more money for community
improvements |
|
26 May 2002 |
Sarasota (FL)
Herald-Tribune |
Tourist-tax
dollars fund wishes, foster debate
|
|
25 May 2002 |
Los Angeles Times |
Visitors Bureau spent lavishly |
|
24 May 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
Westfall: Cardinals must stay downtown |
|
24 May 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Rental car industry lobbies city council |
|
23 May 2002 |
The Hinterland Sun (AU) |
Tourism chief
hits tax regime |
|
22 May 2002 |
Modesto (CA) Bee |
Tourism tug of
war in Merced |
|
22 May 2002 |
The Australian |
Tax stays as
noise job ends |
|
22 May 2002 |
Norfolk (VA)
Virginian-Pilot |
New Norfolk
budget includes some tax hikes
|
|
21 May 2002 |
The Irish Times |
Tourists will be taxed to help save
Ibiza's ecology |
|
21 May 2002 |
Airline Industry
Information |
EU investigating
levy on aircraft emissions |
|
21 May 2002 |
Victoria (BC) Times
Colonist |
Tourism
suffers under air tax, ministers say |
|
21 May 2002 |
Saskatoon (SK)
Star-Phoenix |
New tax
crippling tourism, ministers say |
|
21 May 2002 |
Halifax (NS) Daily News |
Ministers don't
like security surcharge |
|
20 May 2002 |
Australasian Business
Intelligence |
Air fare taxes
under fire |
|
20 May 2002 |
St. Louis (MO)
Post-Dispatch |
State passes bill allowing local motel,
hotel taxes |
|
19 May 2002 |
Denver (CO) Post |
Tax push no sale
for Montanan, 80 |
|
19 May 2002 |
Boston Globe |
Special meeting
to consider tax incentive for hotel |
|
17 May 2002 |
The Courier-Mail
(Australia) |
Charges
force air ticket rise |
|
17 May 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Hockey denies
airline war levy just another flight tax |
|
16 May 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
Convention
Center's subsidy targeted |
|
15 May 2002 |
Financial Times |
Mayor considers
congestion charge at Heathrow |
|
15 May 2002 |
The Courier-Mail
(Australia) |
Operators
left to sink or swim |
|
14 May 2002 |
Newsday (New York City) |
Security takes
back seat to special interests |
|
14 May 2002 |
Australian Financial
Review |
Air-fare
advertisements must display full costs |
|
11 May 2002 |
London Times |
Balearic
tax has silver lining |
|
9 May 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
Tourism group
in cash pinch |
|
9 May 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
County
politics and the sharing of hotel tax revenues |
|
8 May 2002 |
San Diego (CA)
Union-Tribune |
New plan
to split hotel-tax funds OK'd
|
|
8 May 2002 |
Financial Express (India) |
Phdcci seeks rationalization of tax set-up
in tourism sector |
|
6 May 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
Tourism authority doesn't need a hotel
tax |
|
5 May 2002 |
Toronto Sun |
NDP wants air tax axed |
|
5 May 2002 |
London Times |
Hotels
ease tax blow |
|
4 May 2002 |
London Times |
Taxing
times in Balearics |
|
4 May 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Drinks
ease pain of Balearic 'eco-tax' |
|
1 May 2002 |
The Guardian (London) |
Green tax
helps islands clean up |
|
1 May 2002 |
Straits Times (Singapore) |
Push back
GST hike? |
|
1 May 2002 |
The Independent (London) |
Hotel tax
rebates to be given in spirit |
|
30 Apr 2002 |
Agence
France Presse |
Tourist industry
unhappy at Spanish environmental tax
|
|
29 Apr 2002 |
Associated Press |
Mesa approves
Cardinals stadium proposal |
|
28 Apr 2002 |
London Daily Mail
|
Tourist
tax...or a kick in the Balearics? |
|
27 Apr 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Departure tax to fall |
|
27 Apr 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Investment
drive |
|
27 Apr 2002 |
The Australian |
Fee and easy |
|
24 Apr 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
Commission backs
2% tax on short-term renters |
|
23 Apr 2002 |
Fresno (CA) Bee |
Fresno, visitor
bureau at odds |
|
23 Apr 2002 |
Belfast Telegraph |
'Use
airport taxes for tourism' |
|
23 Apr 2002 |
Edinburgh Daily News |
Call to invest £1 billion airport tax in
tourist sector jobs |
|
21 Apr 2002 |
Sunday Mirror (UK) |
Tax will
hit tourists in the pocket |
|
19 Apr 2002 |
The Times of India |
Boost to
tourism: Resorts, parks on gov't land soon
|
|
19 Apr 2002 |
Financial Post (Canada) |
Security fee should have 'cost less':
air ombudsman |
|
19 Apr 2002 |
Hindu Business Line |
Karnataka Cabinet okays Rs 126 crore more for tourism infrastructure |
|
18 Apr 2002 |
Chattanooga (TN) Times/Free Press |
Lodging tax
bill clears House |
|
18 Apr 2002 |
Boston Globe |
Airport
security costs prompt rebuke by panel |
|
18 Apr 2002 |
Charleston (WV) Gazette |
Ballpark
request may be up to $10 million |
|
18 Apr 2002 |
Belfast Telegraph |
Reduction in airport tax opens gateway to Europe |
|
17 Apr 2002 |
San Antonio (TX) Express-News |
Building's
fate argued |
|
17 Apr 2002 |
San Antonio (TX) Express-News |
Ordinance's wording prompts much debate
|
|
17 Apr 2002 |
Prague Post |
Higher food
taxes on tap |
|
16 Apr 2002 |
Financial Post (Canada) |
The fare
facts about flying |
|
16 Apr 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
St.
Charles slashes money for cultural commission to shore up other needs of the
city |
|
15 Apr 2002 |
UK NewsQuest
Regional Press |
Tourism
chiefs' plea on VAT |
|
15 Apr 2002 |
Stuart (FL) News |
County seeks to
educate voters about hotel tax |
|
15 Apr 2002 |
Associated Press |
Martz wants to cut
taxes 10%, target sales tax to tourists |
|
14 Apr 2002 |
Africa News |
Tax breaks
for tourism industry |
|
14 Apr 2002 |
New York Times |
A jackpot that McGreevey will have to fight
over |
|
13 Apr 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
A
'green' tax on tourists |
|
13 Apr 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Tourist
extras up by 50 percent |
|
12 Apr 2002 |
Chicago Daily Herald |
Questions arise about funding for visitors bureau |
|
12 Apr 2002 |
Business Times (Singapore) |
GST
hike will benefit Malaysian retail, tourism analysts say |
|
11 Apr 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Martin defends
air security levy after IATA criticism |
|
11 Apr 2002 |
Canberra (AU) Times |
No change to
GST scheme: Coonan |
|
11 Apr 2002 |
The Nation (Kenya) |
Nairobi earns
US$ 295m from tourism |
|
11 Apr 2002 |
Allentown (PA) Morning Call |
Schuylkill
County to enact tax for tourism promotion |
|
10 Apr 2002 |
Toronto Sun |
Air tax targeted |
|
10 Apr 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Journal |
Air-travel security levy too high,
airlines say |
|
10 Apr 2002 |
Sydney Morning Herald |
GST can't dampen holiday spirit as tourists
pump $70m into economy |
|
10 Apr 2002 |
Ottawa (ON) Citizen |
Air passengers get nothing new for $24
fee |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle |
Lodging tax hike headed for Converse County
ballot |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
Europe Information Service |
Eco-taxation: German tourists contest Balearic levy on holiday-makers |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
Canada NewsWire |
Ontario commissions study on impacts
of federal air tax |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) |
Sports bill amended to add Bayou Classic |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
East African Standard |
Kenya: Improve tourism, government told |
|
9 Apr 2002 |
Agence France Presse |
Kenyan opposition promises jobs, high economic growth if it wins polls |
|
8 Apr 2002 |
Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
Balearic tax to hit operators |
|
8 Apr 2002 |
Washington Post |
Hoteliers protest diversion of room tax |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal |
Jersey casinos set to fight comp tax |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
Denver (CO) Post |
City faces hurdles in hotel plan |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
Los Angeles Times |
DOT fines Internet sellers over travel fees |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
Vancouver Province |
Air fare tax 'huge rip-off' |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
Sydney Daily Telegraph |
Long lunch back on menu- Treasury reviews
tax |
|
7 Apr 2002 |
London Times |
New tax for fliers |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) |
Senate approves using N.O. tax for sports
teams |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
The Straits Times |
Green tax may add $130 to air travel
cost |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
Birmingham (UK) Evening Mail |
Airline tax under fire |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
New Orleans (LA) Times Picayune |
Senate approves penny for Saints, Hornets |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune |
Odds and ends dot stadium bills |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
The Sun (UK) |
EU: No to air 'green tax' |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Sun |
Air Canada hikes fuel tax |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
Sydney Morning Herald |
Byron should fix own money mess |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
Vancouver Province |
Flight fee blasted: Air Canada is doubling
its fuel surcharge |
|
5 Apr 2002 |
The Morning Star (UK) |
Green MEP defends air fuel charges |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Denver (CO) Post |
Convention-hotel plan skimpy on the details |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Associated Press |
Senate approves rededication of hotel tax for Hornets, Saints |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Anchorage (AK) Daily News |
Election issues left undecided |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Saskatoon (SK) Star Phoenix |
Air security fee frustrates tourism industry |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Press Association (UK) |
EU denies planning 'green tax' on
aircraft fuel |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
London Daily Mail |
Air travellers face a £50 green tax on
flights to U.S. |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
London Times |
Green tax on flights will cost up to £50 |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
London Evening Standard |
Passengers face new £50 green tax to
fly |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Belfast Telegraph |
Green tax could add £50 to air fares |
|
4 Apr 2002 |
Washington Post |
PDRs to be funded by hotel room tax |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune |
Senate gets sports incentives package |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
Anchorage (AK) Daily News |
Voters defeat higher bed tax |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
Associated Press |
New Orleans hotel-motel tax to go up |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
Halifax (NS) Daily News |
Airport security fee should tick you off |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
Regina (SK) Leader-Post |
NDP trying to kill new tax |
|
3 Apr 2002 |
Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette |
Hotel owners wonder how 3% room tax will affect
business |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Saskatoon (SK) Star Phoenix |
New air tax riles passengers |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Regina (SK) Leader-Post |
Some upset, but public seems resigned to tax |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Sun |
Fee gets frosty reception |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Journal |
Travellers pay tax, want to see beefed
up security |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Montreal Gazette |
Taxing us sky-high |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Vancouver Sun |
Pay now
then wait for more security, critic of tax says |
|
2 Apr 2002 |
Vancouver Sun |
Passengers on local flights face new tax
but no extra security |
|
1 Apr 2002 |
Australasian Business Intelligence
|
Loved to bits, tourist meccas feel the pain |
|
31 Mar 2002 |
Toronto Star |
Air travellers to be hit again |
|
30 Mar 2002 |
Asahi
News Service |
Tokyo hotels face new tariff |
|
29 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
Air travel is no joke |
|
29 Mar 2002 |
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune |
Government must bear security cost,
Steenland says |
|
28 Mar 2002 |
Canada
NewsWire |
Hudak calls on feds to cancel air
travellers' tax |
|
28 Mar 2002 |
Ottawa
(ON) Citizen |
Travellers won't balk at air fee:
Collenette |
|
27 Mar 2002 |
Sydney
Morning Herald |
Cost of leaving the country soars |
|
27 Mar 2002 |
New
Orleans (LA) Times Picayune |
Convention center, sports bills take shape |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
Province blasts air-travel taxes |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
The
Independent (London) |
Coach firms' anger over Venice tax |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
MTI
Econews (Hungary) |
Question mark over VAT refunds for tourists from April |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Sun |
Security tax grounded? |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
Edmonton (AB) Journal |
Air reservation companies resolve security
tax hassles |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
Canada
NewsWire |
COTA calls on Senate to amend the
proposed $24 Air Security Tax |
|
26 Mar 2002 |
Calgary
(AB) Herald |
Airline levy hits rut before takeoff |
|
25 Mar 2002 |
Bradford (UK) Telegraph & Argus |
Ilkley backs call to slash VAT on hotel
charges |
|
25 Mar 2002 |
Travel
Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
Balearic tax could be delayed |
|
25 Mar 2002 |
Columbus (OH) Dispatch |
Columbus plans to stick visitors with higher
tax |
|
25 Mar 2002 |
Asia
Pulse |
Japan Home Affairs Ministry set to approve
Tokyo's hotel tax |
|
24 Mar 2002 |
Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel |
U.S. travelers shouldn't leave good money
behind |
|
22 Mar 2002 |
Japan
Economic Newswire |
Tokyo's proposed hotel tax is legal: home
minister |
|
22 Mar 2002 |
Japan
Economic Newswire |
Dazaifu city passes Japan's first parking lot
tax bill |
|
22 Mar 2002 |
Jiji
Press Ticker Service (Japan) |
Tokyo hotel tax likely to get state approval |
|
22 Mar 2002 |
AFX-Asia
Financial News |
HK airport imposes HK$ 13 security surcharge on each departing passenger |
|
21 Mar 2002 |
Halifax
(NS) Daily News |
Fare hikes by any name |
|
18 Mar 2002 |
The
Guardian (London) |
Tourist industry in crisis |
|
18 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Star |
Air fee too high |
|
17 Mar 2002 |
Los
Angeles Times |
Darn those nickel and dime hotel fees |
|
17 Mar 2002 |
The
Advertiser |
Virgin fears new airport charge |
|
16 Mar 2002 |
London
Times |
Anything but all-inclusive |
|
16 Mar 2002 |
Boston
Globe |
Meals tax idea tough to swallow |
|
15 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Star |
Airport security charge slammed |
|
15 Mar 2002 |
Ottawa
(ON) Citizen |
Security tax causes 'chaos' |
|
15 Mar 2002 |
Nelson
(NZ) Mail |
Pan tax angers moteliers |
|
15 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
Flying will be taxing |
|
15 Mar 2002 |
Nelson
(NZ) Mail |
Flushing fairness down the drain |
|
14 Mar 2002 |
Agence
France Presse |
HK financial chief reiterates pledge to wipe out structural deficit |
|
13 Mar 2002 |
Financial Times (London) |
Brussels threatens to slap duties on non-EU airlines |
|
13 Mar 2002 |
Australian Financial Review |
Ansett levy flies in the face of convention |
|
12 Mar 2002 |
Halifax
Daily News |
Hotel group bashes new HRM tax |
|
11 Mar 2002 |
Travel
Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
European trade's fury at Venice tax |
|
11 Mar 2002 |
Travel
Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
Sol Melia fears Balearics tax will deter
visitors |
|
11 Mar 2002 |
CTK
Business News Wire (Czech) |
State returns Kc661m to foreigners in VAT in 2001 |
|
11 Mar 2002 |
Vancouver Sun |
Wallets and air safety |
|
10 Mar 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
New tax could force up KCRC fares |
|
9 Mar 2002 |
Financial Times (London) |
U.S. airlines face tariffs under new Brussels plan |
|
9 Mar 2002 |
St.
John's (NF) Telegram |
Airport security tax will raise millions more
than needed: report |
|
9 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
This tax should never fly |
|
9 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
Air security fee 'ripoff' |
|
8 Mar 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
Tung backs $18 tax for travelers |
|
8 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Sun |
$1B tax grab for air safety |
|
7 Mar 2002 |
Boston
Globe |
Industry groups rally for state tourism
funding |
|
7 Mar 2002 |
Ottawa
(ON) Citizen |
Airlines push to delay new security tax |
|
7 Mar 2002 |
Toronto
Star |
Security tax worries airlines |
|
4 Mar 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
Customs levy 'would be ruinous for tourism' |
|
4 Mar 2002 |
Agence
France Presse |
Hong Kong seen introducing tax measures to cut deficit |
|
3 Mar 2002 |
London
Times |
Crowded Venice puts tax on its tourist
hordes |
|
3 Mar 2002 |
Borneo
Bulletin |
Bali increases airport tax again |
|
2 Mar 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
Pressure rises for 3% sales tax |
|
2 Mar 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
'Modest' departure fee has support, says report |
|
1 Mar 2002 |
Vancouver Sun |
Province has no more tourism cash |
|
1 Mar 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Hong Kong looks set to introduce border and
sales tax |
|
26 Feb 2002 |
The Straits Times |
IATA calls for governments to cut air
travel fees |
|
25 Feb 2002 |
Bangkok Post |
Cutting charges to survive |
|
23 Feb 2002 |
London Daily Telegraph |
Majorca eco-tax an insult, say
tourists |
|
22 Feb 2002 |
Waikato Times (NZ) |
Refund urged for visitors |
|
22 Feb 2002 |
The Dominion (NZ) |
Refunding GST could attract tourists |
|
20 Feb 2002 |
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune |
Hennepin board backs ballpark concept |
|
16 Feb 2002 |
Washington Post |
Venice swamped |
|
16 Feb 2002 |
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch |
County balks at stadium money unless parks
get some |
|
16 Feb 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Aggressively selling Buffalo |
|
15 Feb 2002 |
Houston (TX) Chronicle |
Convention center plan OK'd |
|
14 Feb 2002 |
Australasian Business Intelligence
|
Tourism wants $10 tax to stay |
|
14 Feb 2002 |
Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution |
Bill aims to stretch hotel tax revenue |
|
13 Feb 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
No ace for tennis stadium, but idea still on
the table |
|
12 Feb 2002 |
ANSA News Agency |
Italian government proposes air safety tax |
|
11 Feb 2002 |
Travel
Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
Balearics defends eco-tax |
|
11 Feb 2002 |
Travel
Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
Balearics eco-tax 'can't be stopped' |
|
8 Feb 2002 |
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist |
Helicopters, floatplanes will dodge security
tax |
|
7 Feb 2002 |
Regina
(SK) Leader-Post |
Wider powers urged for cities |
|
6 Feb 2002 |
The
Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) |
Osaka plans hotel tax to boost tourism |
|
5 Feb 2002 |
Japan
Economic Newswire |
Osaka eyeing hotel tax, mayor says |
|
5 Feb 2002 |
Mainichi Daily News
|
Osaka to levy hotel tax in 2003 |
|
5 Feb 2002 |
USA
Today |
Could new tax be the straw that breaks
fliers' backs? |
|
5 Feb 2002 |
AFX-Asia
Financial News |
Malaysia Airports seeks government approval for higher service taxes -
report |
|
4 Feb 2002 |
South
China Morning Post |
More deficit woes in store, warns report |
|
1 Feb 2002 |
The
Hindu Business Line |
Taxation norms hurting tourism |
|
1 Feb 2001 |
The
Straits Times |
Airports to charge $6 for security |
|
1 Feb 2002 |
The Dominion
(Wellington, NZ) |
Travel industry happy bed tax scrapped |
|
1 Feb 2002 |
Agence
France Presse
|
Lebanon introduces 10 percent VAT |
|
1 Feb 2002 |
The
Press (Christchurch, NZ) |
Room-tax plan scrapped |
|
31 Jan 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Majorca to introduce tourism tax from May |
|
29 Jan 2002 |
Australasian Business Intelligence |
Tourism chiefs call for an end to flight levy |
|
28 Jan 2002 |
Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland |
'Tax will hit tourism to Balearics hard' |
|
26 Jan 2002 |
The
Press (Christchurch, NZ) |
France thaws over tax for Ice visitors |
|
24 Jan 2002 |
St.
Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch |
Travel industry hopes tax credit for travel
takes flight this year |
|
24 Jan 2002 |
Omaha
(NE) World-Herald |
Senator would give cities shot at hotel-tax
revenue |
|
23 Jan 2002 |
Prague
Post |
Tax rebate fraud costs state billions |
|
22 Jan 2002 |
The
Daily Express (London) |
Storm hits Balearics on eco-tax for tourists |
|
21 Jan 2002 |
New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune |
Ready, aim, fire |
|
21 Jan 2002 |
Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer |
Tax audit of hotels discovers most fail to
pay county fully |
|
19 Jan 2002 |
The Independent (London) |
Tourism tax for Balearics could mean end
of islands' 'sun and sin' image |
|
18 Jan 2002 |
Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
Fury over tourism tax on the Balearic
Islands |
|
18 Jan 2002 |
Agence
France Presse |
Spanish ecology tax threatens tourism, hotels warn |
|
17 Jan 2002 |
Buffalo (NY) News |
Lockport to replace 14 tourism signs |
|
16 Jan 2002 |
Bangkok Post |
Tourist VAT refund tripled to B30,000 |
|
15 Jan 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
McKay retreats on elimination of tax breaks |
|
13 Jan 2002 |
Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel |
Higher tax for dining should be off table |
|
12 Jan 2002 |
St. Petersburg (FL) Times |
Fears of tourism slump come true |
|
10 Jan 2002 |
The
Straits Times |
Changi Airport to impose security levy |
|
10 Jan 2002 |
St.
Petersburg (FL) Times |
Tax on short-term lodging bringing in less
money |
|
7 Jan 2002 |
Asia
Pulse |
New Delhi gov't set to unveil tourism plan
to 2005 |
|
5 Jan 2002 |
The
Hindu Business Line |
Uniform tax rates will boost
tourism |
|
4 Jan 2002 |
The
Hindu |
Evolve uniform taxation to attract tourists |
|
3 Jan 2002 |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
Flights on time--now open those wallets |
