The taxi fleecing is a problem, and especially on business day mornings when people are trying to get somewhere and there are reports of taxi''s asking for $500 per head to passengers up front. But I doubt it's occuring at the airport, where they have airport staff asking the passengers where they going and then handing them cards with the name of the taxi driver, license plate, and how much the expected fare to their destination should be.
So I would not stay in a hotel near the airport worried about this, take a taxi as normal, if he overcharges you when you arrive tell him to f*ck off and leave without paying (don't forget to get your luggage out of the boot though )