Regulations for Hotels

Accessibility

• The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that all hotel public and common areas be accessible to disabled persons. Hotels must provide a certain percentage of wheelchair accessible rooms and bathrooms with roll-in showers in accordance with ADA accessibility regulations.
  
  

Laws

• Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits refusal to provide accommodations on the basis of an individual's race, religion or national origin. Hotels are also subject to the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits paying lower wages to women for the same work that their male counterparts perform.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Hotels are responsible for providing safe accommodations for their guests under common law. Hotels can be found liable for damages resulting from safety hazards if a court rules that reasonable inspection of the property would have revealed them. Hotels aren't liable for damages caused by their guests' own negligence.