Ua noi ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Atlanta i ka ʻaha kiʻekiʻe o Georgia no ka ʻae ʻana e hoʻomau i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kahi hoʻopiʻi kiʻekiʻe e ʻōlelo nei e ʻeke hewa ʻole ana nā hui huakaʻi pūnaewele i nā miliona miliona o ka loaʻa kālā ʻauhau hōkele.
Ke ʻimi nei ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka hōkele a me nā ʻauhau noho mai 17 mau hui hoʻopaʻa huakaʻi pūnaewele, me Expedia, Travelocity.com, Hotels.com, Priceline.com a me Orbitz. Akā ʻo nā hui pūnaewele ʻaʻole pono lākou e uku a, inā paha lākou, pono e hahai ke kūlanakauhale i nā ʻauhau ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i ka hihia.
Aia nā hui huakaʻi pūnaewele ma lalo o ka hoʻouka kaua kānāwai ma Georgia - a ma waena o ka ʻāina - ʻoiai ke ʻimi nei nā kūlanakauhale e hoʻihoʻi i ke kālā ʻauhau a lākou e ʻōlelo nei no lākou. ʻO ka ʻauhau hōkele a me ka noho ʻana no ka hōkele ʻo Atlanta a me nā lumi motel, no ka laʻana, he 7 pakeneka. ʻO ka ʻauhau, e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, ua kau ʻia i kānāwai ma ke ʻano he ala e loaʻa ai ke kālā i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua mālama ka luna kānāwai o ka ʻAha Kiekie o Muscogee County i nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo e hoʻoholo ai inā pono e uku ʻo Expedia i ka ʻauhau hōkele a me ka noho ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Columbus. Ke nānā nei kekahi luna kānāwai pekelala ma Roma i kahi hoʻopiʻi e ʻimi nei i ke kūlana hana papa ma ka inoa o nā kūlanakauhale e ʻimi nei i nā koi kūʻē i 18 mau hui huakaʻi pūnaewele.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, ua ʻae ka luna kānāwai federal ma San Antonio i kahi hihia hana papa ma ka inoa o nā kūlanakauhale ma Texas e hele i mua e kūʻē i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi pūnaewele.
Ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia nei nā hihia i ka manawa e nui ai ka poʻe e hana nei i kā lākou hōkele hōkele ma ka pūnaewele. Ma Mei, ua hōʻike ka National Leisure Travel MONITOR i kēia manawa e hoʻohana ana ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa i ka Internet no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻa huakaʻi he 56 pakeneka o ka manawa, mai ka 19 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2000.
Ma ka Poakahi nei, ua lohe ka Aha Kiekie o Georgia i na manao hoopaapaa no ka hoopau ana i ka hihia o ke kulanakauhale o Atlanta a i ole ia e hoomau aku i ka hookolokolo ana.
Pono ka ʻaha kiʻekiʻe e hoʻoholo inā, ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi ma Malaki 2006, ua loiloi ke kūlanakauhale i ka nui o nā ʻauhau a nā hui pūnaewele i ʻaiʻē, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻoihana a, inā e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ka nui, ua ʻae ʻia ka Papa Hoʻoponopono Laikini o ke kūlanakauhale. e hoʻolohe.
Ke nānā nei ka ʻaha i kahi hoʻoholo i ka makahiki i hala e ka ʻAha Hoʻopiʻi Mokuʻāina, i ʻōlelo ʻia ua hele ke kūlanakauhale i kēlā kaʻina hana. Inā ʻae ʻia e kū, he lanakila nui ka hoʻoholo no nā ʻoihana pūnaewele no ka mea ʻekolu makahiki o nā palena palena e pale aku i ke kūlanakauhale mai ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ʻauhau i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e nā hui pūnaewele i kēia mau makahiki.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe luna kānāwai ma Georgia i hoʻoholo i ka hihia kumu i ka puʻuwai o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa: inā paha e nalowale ana nā kūlanakauhale i kekahi mau ʻauhau i kēlā me kēia manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a uku ʻia kahi hōkele a i ʻole lumi motel ma o nā hui pūnaewele.
Wahi a ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka ʻaha, ʻaelike nā hui pūnaewele me nā hōkele a me nā motels no kekahi mau lumi ma nā kumukūʻai "wholesale". Hoʻoholo nā hui pūnaewele i kahi markup a hoʻonohonoho i ka helu "kūʻai" e uku ai ka mea kūʻai. ʻAe nā hui pūnaewele i nā uku kāleka hōʻaiʻē no ka uku lumi, me nā ʻauhau a me nā uku lawelawe. Hoʻihoʻi lākou i ka uku "wholesale", me ka ʻauhau i manaʻo ʻia ma ia uku, i ka hōkele.
ʻAʻole uku ʻia ka ʻauhau hōkele a me ka noho ʻana ma ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka uku kūʻai nui a me ka uku kūʻai kūʻai, wahi a Bill Norwood, he loio no ke kūlanakauhale, i ka Pōʻakahi.
Akā ʻo Kendrick Smith, he loio no nā ʻoihana pūnaewele, ʻōlelo ʻo ia no ka mea ʻaʻole kūʻai a hoʻolimalima paha nā ʻoihana pūnaewele i nā lumi hōkele, ʻaʻole lākou e pili i ka ʻauhau.
"ʻAʻole mākou he hōkele," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻauhau."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Justice Robert Benham iā Smith i kahi hypothetical o kahi hui pūnaewele e uku ana i kahi mea kūʻai aku $100 no kahi lumi, ʻoiai ʻo kāna hōʻailona he $50. Ma ka helu hea e ohi ai na auhau? i ninau aku ai oia.
ʻO ka uku $50 i uku ʻia e ka hui pūnaewele i ka hōkele, wahi a Smith. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia he mea hūnā nā kumukūʻai i kūkākūkā ʻia ma waena o nā hōkele a me nā hui pūnaewele.
Ua ʻike ʻo Justice George Carley e uku nā mea kūʻai hele i ka 7 pākēneka o ka ʻauhau āpau ma nā uku lumi maʻamau. Akā inā ʻohi wale nā hui pūnaewele i nā ʻauhau ma nā kumukūʻai kūʻai nui, "e gypped ke kūlanakauhale," wahi āna.
Ua haʻi ʻo Smith i ka ʻaha inā makemake ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻāʻo e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻauhau, pono ia e hahai i ke kānāwai a hāʻawi i nā hui pūnaewele me ka manaʻo o ka nui o kā lākou ʻaiʻē - ʻaʻole e hele i ka ʻaha i hōʻike ʻia e nā loio pilikino "contingency-fee".
"He hoʻopiʻi ʻauhau kēia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Smith. "Makemake lākou i ke kālā he nui."
Ma kahi ninaninau kelepona, ʻo Art Sackler, ka luna hoʻokele o ka hui kālepa o ka ʻoihana, ka Interactive Travel Services Association, i ʻōlelo ʻia he kūʻē ka hoʻopiʻi o ke kūlanakauhale. He maikaʻi nā ʻoihana ʻoihana pūnaewele no nā mea kūʻai aku no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohui a hoʻohālikelike i nā kumukūʻai hōkele a maʻalahi ia i ka mākaʻikaʻi, wahi āna.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e hana i kahi mea e pepehi ai a hōʻino paha i kēia kuihi i waiho i ka hua gula," wahi a Sackler.
Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo C. Neal Pope, he loio no ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻohana ʻo Atlanta i ke kālā ʻauhau hōkele no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
"Hiki i ke kūlanakauhale ke hoʻohana, e ʻōlelo, he $5,000 o kēia loaʻa ʻauhau e hoʻouna i kahi hui o nā poʻe Atlanta e lawe mai i kahi hanana e like me ka hoʻokûkû poʻokela a i ʻole kahi ʻahamele e hiki ke lawe mai i nā haneli a i ʻole nā tausani o nā kānaka i loko o ke kūlanakauhale e ʻike. wahi a Pope. "Ke hoʻonele ʻia ke kūlanakauhale i nā miliona o kēia kālā, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia kālā mākaʻikaʻi."
