P255 CEEFAX 255 Mon 27 Oct 21:21/19 1/3 HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES The Consumer Association wants to see an end to hotel service charges. It calls for a campaign of "civil resistance" bz hotel customers to end thjsj charges. "If your bill says a service charge has been added and you have received shoddy service, do not pay without a fuss", says Hilary Rubinstein, editor of the organisation's 1987 Good Hotel Gujdj. MoreP255 CEEFAX 255 Mon 27 Oct 21:12/21 2/3 HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES Hotel service charges are a "scandalous anachronism", says the Consumers Association. "Wj have urged managements to stop nudging guests into paying more bz leaving open the bottom line of a credit card bill", says the editor of next year's Good Hotel Guide. "Civil as well as vocal resistance will surely pay" in getting thjsj charges abolished, says the editor, Hilary Rubinstein. MoreP255 CEEFAX 255 Mon 27 Oct 21:18/48 3/3 W HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES The Consumer Association also wants hotel management to discourage staff jrom touting for tips. It says that there is no obligation at the moment for management to pass on this money to those actually doing the sjrvjng. The association has had little support from either the tourist industry or the Govjrnmjnt in its campaign to get these practices stopped. More