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Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas County, Virgin Islands
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Hotel owners meet with Governor de Castro to protest the ambiguous and discriminatory 2% hotel tax, with vice president Henry L. Kimelman warning it could force closures for 8-9 months a year and ruin the tourist trade.
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Hotel owners will meet with Governor de Castro again today to discuss the hotel tax which has been assailed as ambiguous and discriminatory by the hotels.
In a brief presented by Henry L. Kimelman, vice president of the Hotel Association, he declared that hotels are now contemplating closing eight to nine months of the year if the 2 per cent tax on hotel bills is not repealed.
The tax was said to be impossible to collect, and that it will ruin the hotels and the tourist trade by reason of unfavorable publicity and resentment of tourists.
In one swoop, the law is endeavoring to take all the earning potential from the hotels which have scrimped and saved through the lean months to maintain payrolls, Mr. Kimelman stated. "This tax will nick them to such depth that survival will be unlikely."
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Hotel owners meet with Governor de Castro to discuss the 2% hotel tax, assailed as ambiguous and discriminatory. Henry L. Kimelman, vice president of the Hotel Association, states hotels may close 8-9 months a year if not repealed, as it is impossible to collect and will ruin hotels and tourist trade through unfavorable publicity and tourist resentment. The tax takes all earning potential from hotels that scrimped through lean months.