Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2011

Year Resolved

2011

Settlement Amount

$50,000 civil fine

Court

n/a

Docket Number

n/a

Lead State

CT

Participating States

CT

Defendant(s)

McSam Hotel Group, LLC; Metro Ten Hotel, LLC; Jamsan Hotel Management, Inc.

Case Description

State reached a settlement with two hotel
owners and a hotel management company to end their practice of “call-arounds.” According to the state, call-arounds allowed competing
hotels in close proximity to exchange sensitive competitor information at least once a day about occupancy and current room rates that may be used to fix rates for hotel rooms. Owners of Holiday Inn Express and Homewood Suites in two Connecticut cities agreed to stop sharing information and to pay $50,000 civil fine.