Inside the Holiday Inn Express on Duke Street (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

Plans to add a £2 charge to overnight stays for visitors to Liverpool can move ahead after a legal challenge by the company behind the UK’s biggest hotel chain was rejected . Introduced on June 1, the visitor levy was agreed by the city’s 83 hotels and serviced apartments which form part of the Accommodation Business Improvement District (ABID).

According to ABID, a £2 city visitor charge could generate £9.2m over two years, of which £6.7m will go towards supporting the city’s visitor economy through a subvention fund. The £2 charge will be managed and administered by hotels and serviced accommodation, either when guests check in or at the end of their stay.

In June, the government received a reques

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