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Licenses and Permits.
An official website of the State of Maryland.
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Relevant to hospitality professionals operating in MD.
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Welcome to your daily briefing on hospitality developments in Maryland. Today we're covering 9 key stories including updates on maryland hospitality headlines, maryland hospitality updates, background & context. Let's dive in.
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Maryland Hospitality Headlines
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Food Facilities.
The Food Control Section licenses and regulates over 5,000 food facilities in Baltimore City. Its mission is to ensure that all food sold and served is safe for consumption.
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Relevant to hospitality professionals operating in MD.
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Relevant to hospitality professionals operating in MD.
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Apply for a License or Permit.
The ATCC has transitioned to a fully online license/permit and payment process. You may continue to use the traditional application forms found below if you prefer to mail in the documents and payments, but we encourage the use of the….
Why It Matters
Relevant to hospitality professionals operating in MD.
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Application Process.
Persons interested in obtaining an alcoholic beverage license must file an application for transfer, expansion, or for a new license.
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Relevant to hospitality professionals operating in MD.
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Maryland Hospitality Updates
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Food Inspection | Open Data Portal.
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Background & Context
3 stories
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Why your POS-vendor's PCI compliance is not your PCI compliance.
The merchant — the restaurant or hotel — remains responsible for PCI compliance regardless of the POS vendor's certifications. Vendor compliance covers the software; merchant responsibility covers network segmentation, employee access, and incident response. "We use a PCI-compliant POS" is not an audit response.
Why It Matters
Card-brand fines after a breach apply to the merchant, not the vendor. Self-assessment questionnaires are required annually and are reviewed by acquiring banks.
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Marketplace platforms collect occupancy tax differently across cities.
Short-term rental platforms collect and remit local occupancy tax in some jurisdictions and not others — the same platform may handle it for one city and not the next over. Hosts who assume the platform handles all tax obligations frequently owe state or local tax that was never withheld.
Why It Matters
Tax authorities are increasingly using platform data to identify hosts; back-tax assessments in this category routinely run multi-year and include penalties.
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When no-show deposits become consumer-protection violations.
Charging a no-show fee is permitted; the boundary cases are (1) failure to disclose the fee at booking time clearly, (2) charging more than the posted fee, and (3) charging after a same-day cancellation that is allowed under the posted policy. Each becomes a consumer-protection complaint when the booking confirmation does not match the charge.
Why It Matters
State consumer-protection bureaus pursue patterns of small undisclosed charges aggressively because each affected guest is a potential complainant.
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DateJun 8, 2026
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