
Boston hotels rush to adopt new assessment, bringing in millions for tourism promotion
Ringleader Martha Sheridan told the crowd that the 1.5 percent assessment — she won’t call it a tax, because it’s self-imposed and all funds stay within the industry — will increase local tourism funding five-fold, from $7.5 million in 2019 to $40 million when the hotel business returns to pre-pandemic levels. No one can say…