The hotel has to have a license if it wants to serve liquor to its clients. If the clients themselves bring liquor that is perfectly legal because the hotel has no part in it.
You may charge the liquor shops and that's between you and the shops.
Does working as an intermediator between alcohol retailers and consumers illegal
I am about to open a service business which consists of two parts - A.) Provide a hotel on hourly basis for customers who want to consume alcoholic beverages. B.) Deliver these beverages to the hotels from licensed alcohol retailers. I will not charge extra on these beverages hence my profit does not directly derive from alcohol. I will charge the hourly rates from consumers for hotel stay. The money goes to hotel owner and I get commission percentage over it. However I do want to charge the alcohol retailers for my service as subscription. Q1. Is my method legal? Q2. Does serving alcohol behind closed doors of hotel legal? Q3. Does hotel need to have an alcohol license?
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Dear Sir/ Ma'am,
The hotel needs to have a license to serve and sell liquor. the same can be applied in the respective state department where the hotel is situated.
charging the alcohol retailers is a matter to be discussed between the retailer and you.
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Hotel needs to have liquor licence if alcohol is being consumed behind closed doors
serving alcohol behind closed doors in s illegal
Which state ? Is alcohol legal in that state ?
1 - It is valid subject to conditions of license of hotel and your billing maintained for commission.
2 - Without license it is illegal.
3 - yes, hotel need to have an alcohol license. Then only you are supposed to supply.
Alcohol retailers and hotels have connections so for any problem, you will be made in trouble.
Even though you may call it by any name, legally this is as good as running a liquor bar.
You may have to obtain permission form various governmental authorities for running the bar.
You may obtain liquor bar license and run this business
- As per law, for selling, distributing alcohol , a licence is needed from the State Excise Department
- Further, the fee for the liquor license range from rupees five thousand to rupees fifteen thousand or more and depend upon the prevailing state laws.
1. No
2. Illegal , need a license
3. Yes.
Without a valid license to operate as A bar any such act would be the violation of law and you can criminally prosecuted for the same.
Rest everything is fine. But delivery of alcohol without state govt permission is prohibited
Your idea is prone to lot of legal scrutiny. Hotels can't really do that.
