Tourism bodies attacked over looming deluge of hotel rooms

The city's guesthouses have accused Bath's tourism marketingbodies of launching a "direct attack" on them as anger mounts over astring of planned hotel developments.

The Bath Independent Guest House Association (Bigha), which hasaround 100 members, claims Bath Tourism Plus and Future Bath Plusare not doing enough to resist the tide of budget hotel applicationssubmitted in recent months.

Bigha's members help fund Bath Tourism Plus through membershipsubscriptions. And while it says talk of withdrawing those paymentsis premature, the group says it is considering "all options".

Bigha accuses marketing organisation Bath Tourism Plus and public-private …