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BHA condemns Sadiq Khan’s ‘unfair’ London ‘tourist tax’

By on November 8, 2017   /   BHA, Current Affairs, Hotel Tax, Hotels, Room Tax, Sadiq Khan, Tourist Tax, Trade Organisations  

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has hit back at the Greater London Assembly’s (GLA) plans to introduce a ‘bed tax’ for the capital’s hotel rooms. The London Assembly Economy Committee met yesterday to further discuss the tax which it says could add between £91m to £364m a year to the UK economy. The plans were first introduced in January, described as a “Berlin-style tax of 5% of the room rate per night”. It could potentially increase accommodation prices by £3.40. Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the BHA, said: “The London tourism tax will unfairly penalise hard-pressed Britons, who make up

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