New Fees Are Being Added By Hotels

10/14/2011   The hotel industry is expected to rake in an additional $1.8 billion this year with its implementation of an assortment of new charges for room-service trays, early cancellations, bellhops and housekeeping. While mini-bar and telephone fees have long been standard, these new charges involve services that are once believed to be part of […]

Jewelers Urge States to Change Limits On Cadmium

10/14/2011   The jewelry industry in the United States is urging states to amend laws that put limits on the toxic metal cadmium in trinkets of children and implement new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying that stricter rules in a number of states create pandemonium for importers and manufacturers. However, convincing legislators to revive […]