Congratulations to my student Kelleye Eller, M.P.S. on completion of her Master of Professional Studies degree in Global Hospitality Leadership at Georgetown University. Ms. Eller titled her graduate thesis Securing U.S. Hotels in the Age of Terrorism: The Hoteliers’ Perspective. In her capstone paper and executive summary and presentation, she thoroughly examines the challenges that domesticContinue Reading
There is an article in today’s Hotel News Now about service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act and emotional support animals under other laws. I published an article on the same subject in Restaurant Startup and Growth a few years ago.
Today, Hotel News Now posted this article about a panel discussion at last month’s ALIS Law conference.
Here is a short but informative article in that was published today by Hotel News Now, which discusses how some hotel companies are revisiting their “Do Not Disturb” policies after the shooting incident in Las Vegas last October. This semester, I am privileged to serve as a thesis adviser to a graduate student at Georgetown UniversityContinue Reading
It has been Lannan Legal’s privilege to work with ECPAT-USA to advise hotel companies on how to fight human trafficking activities in their properties. Click here for more information from ECPAT-USA on this important issue.
State of Washington v. Motel 6 Operating L.P.: The Latest Episode in Law Enforcement Agencies’ Demands for Access to Guest Records Last Wednesday January 3, Washington State Attorney General Robert Ferguson filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary of Motel 6, alleging that the company violated state law by regularly providing hotel guests’ personally identifiableContinue Reading
This week, I published an article, “Hotel Restaurant License & Consulting Agreements with Celebrity Chef Companies,” in Hotel Executive. If you have difficulty accessing the article through the above link, here is a copy. Hotel Executive removed footnote numbers from the text of the article, while retaining the text of the footnotes below it. Here isContinue Reading
If you celebrate Christmas, have young children and live in the United States, chances are you have at least one Elf on the Shelf. My family now has two. The first of these came to us in 2011 and my children named him Elfie. The following year, they had second thoughts and decided to renameContinue Reading
On Friday November 10, I attended a Veterans’ Day reception at Georgetown University Law Center, honoring students and alumni who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. One of the speakers was CPT Ashley Nichols, a West Point graduate who served in Afghanistan as a U.S. Army Military Intelligence officer, and is now a 2L atContinue Reading
Skift ran an article on November 4, titled “Hotel and Motel Employees Can be a Force in Spotting Human-Trafficking.” Bob Lannan has conducted this training for clients of Lannan Legal PLLC and others in the hotel industry. Please contact us if you would be interested in training for your employees.