Checking Out Early? It’ll Cost You | nytimes.com

The airlines have been doing it. Expect the hotels to follow suit. A new study by Bjorn Hanson, clinical professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality Tourism and Sports Management at New York University, found that while total fees and surcharges collected by hotels in the United States declined to $1.55 billion in last year’s faltering economy, they will rise this year. Mr.