Italy's Supreme Court upholds hotel’s right to refuse tap water
TL;DR
Italy’s Supreme Court ruled that restaurants and hotels are not legally required to serve tap water, upholding a decision in favor of Hotel Sassongher after staff refused to provide tap water in favor of bottled water; the case highlights differing tap-water norms between the US and parts of Europe.
- Hotel’s refusal to serve guest tap water at restaurant is lawful, top Italian court rules CNN
- Hotel that refused to give tourist tap water acted lawfully, Italian court rules BBC
- Italy’s top court rules against tourist refused tap water in Dolomites hotel The Guardian
- Hotels can refuse to serve tap water, Italy's top court rules Reuters
- A Tourist Sued a 5-Star Hotel After They Refused to Serve Her Tap Water. Then a Court Ruled Against Her Yahoo News New Zealand
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