Hotel chain to return government money

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A group of high end hotel chains run by Dallas businessman Monty Bennett announced Saturday it will return all the government stimulus money it received as coronavirus relief. The group got a combined $126 million from the Small Business Administration. It says it applied for the money in good faith, and met the government’s criteria at the time it applied, but SBA has changed the rules almost daily since then, and the companies believe they do not now meet the current standards, so they are returning the money.