per diem
What Happens When Government Per Diems Change?
the Authors | November 19, 2019
By Bram Gallagher Ph.D. and Aman Patel Because federal government employees purchase a significant quantity of hotel rooms, the General Services Administration (GSA) has partnered with Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) compliant accommodations to provide federal travelers with per diem hotel room rates for select high-volume travel destinations in and outside of the Continental United States. These federal guidelines frequently serve to determine the hotel per diem allowances for state and local government travelers as well. Using the federal government per diem as guidance, individual properties and hotel chains set special room rates to...
AHLA Urges GSA to Retain Current Per Diem System to Support Government Travel & Lodging Industry
the American Hotel & Lodging Association | October 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – October 27, 2016 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), along with representatives from member companies, participated in a public hearing hosted by the General Services Administration's (GSA) new interagency working group to examine if the methodology for determining per diem rate boundary lines should be changed. AHLA expressed support of the current per diem system, which reassesses per diem rates each year based on accountable, transparent local market data. "Government travel is incredibly important to the hotel industry, generating thousands of jobs and millions in travel spending tha...
