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28/05/2014
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Windsor, Othon Palace, Sheraton and Pestana pay the total of R$ 120 thousand per hide values in sites
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Rio - Of the six chains notified in late March by the State Department of Consumer Protection and Defense ( Seprocon ) by Procon of Rio de Janeiro , four were fined and have to pay a total of more than R $ 120 thousand.
The networks were subject to an administrative proceeding of the Board for violating the agreement signed in January with the National Secretariat of the Consumer ( Senacom ) .
The average rate for hotels in Rio before the World Cup is R$ 430. Cup On is R$ 1100 . At Carnival , R$ 865
The agreement stated that hotels should inform on their websites the amount of daily collected during Carnival and New Year's Eve , so that consumers could compare them with daily during the World Cup , whose values should also be informed .
Notified by the Procon networks, only Transamerica Hospitality , responsible for Transamerica Barra , Softel and included the information on their websites . The Windsor network was fined R$ 65,493.33 ; Othon Palace in R$ 33,935.98 ; Sheraton R$ 17,826.67 ; and Brasturinvest (which accounts for the Pestana Atlantic ) , R$ 3,913.04 .
The process is based on Article 6 , paragraph III of the Consumer Protection Code , which requires that the consumer be given " adequate and clear information " about products and services offered , including its price .
Source : The Day Online
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