Kurtaxe for business travelers too? Dehoga is opposed

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In German spa towns, extending the Kurtaxe to business travelers is being debated. The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) rejects this outright – and that affects you too, if you ever stay overnight in a spa town for work.

According to Die Zeit, spa towns are considering charging the levy to business travelers in the future. Until now, as a traveler you mainly paid the Kurtaxe when traveling for rest or a cure – business travelers have so far been exempt.

If the extension goes ahead, you would be pulled in for the first time on a business trip to a spa town – and that is exactly where the industry's resistance kicks in.

Dehoga digs in

The German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) is clearly positioning itself against the plans. From the hotel industry's perspective, an additional levy on business trips would be a burden – for hotels and their corporate clients alike.

What remains open so far

Which spa towns are driving the extension forward, how high the Kurtaxe should be, and what legal steps would be required – reporting so far is silent on all of that. The debate is likely to continue.