The Proposed International Hotelkeeper's Contract …Does it Benefit Anyone?
The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law proposed that an International Hotelkeeper's Contract be signed by all nations so that innkeeping laws be consistent throughout the world. The benefit to innkeepers is the right to sue guests who fail to use the agreed upon accommodations for a percentage of the first seven days rent if the innkeeper can prove actual damages. The disadvantage to the innkeeper is the responsibility for all guest property up to 500 to 1, 000 times the daily room rate. Lined up against the proposed contract are both the International Hotel Association and the American Hotel and Motel Association. In favor of the contract are the government representatives who voted for it. The paper discusses the seeming inconsistencies between the groups.