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Hotel and hospitality groups urge council not to fund homelessness plan with targeted hotel tax
Summary
Hotel and tourism trade groups told the City Council hearing that funding homelessness or schools solely through a hospitality tax would risk Philadelphia's competitiveness for conventions and put thousands of hospitality jobs at risk; they urged council to consider broader revenue approaches.
Representatives of Philadelphia's hospitality and tourism sector testified April 21 against a targeted hotel/hospitality tax proposed as part of the mayor's revenue package.
Ed Grosz, president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, said the industry supports the goal of ending street homelessness but warned that a sector‑specific levy would raise…
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