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Mt Cook's iconic hotel is in trouble with the Commerce Commission.
The four-star Hermitage has admitted breaching the Commerce Act with a package that linked a night at the hotel with compulsory dinner and breakfast.
The commission says that as the only provider of accommodation in Mt Cook Village, the Hermitage has a great deal of market power.
The dinner, bed and breakfast rate impacted on the only other eatery in the village, The Old Mountaineers, and also limited consumer choice.
After a call from the commission, the Hermitage dropped the deal.
- NEWSTALK ZB
