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| ***** | BED TAX. | A levy imposed by a local government on hotel stays within its jurisdiction. A bed tax is a way for local governments to raise taxes without incurring the wrath of voters since, by definition, the peo
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| **** | BED NIGHT. | In the hotel industry, a measurement of occupancy. One person for one night.
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| *** | BED WARS. | Slang. The competition among hotel chains to attract customers by offering better and more elaborate bedding, including special mattresses, luxury sheets, and elaborate arrangements of pillows and bol
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| * | BED SCARF | . An abbreviated bedspread, increasingly used by hotels and cruise lines, that is primarily decorative but that provides some protection for the sheets, for example from luggage.
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