I am grateful to at least 92 professionals who joined efforts to make the 13th Annual Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown Law a success. I am privileged to co-chair this conference with Margaret Egan of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. Thanks also to the 260+ attorneys from throughout the United States, as well asContinue Reading
It is again my privilege to co-chair the Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown University Law Center, which will take place in Washington, D.C., October 15-17, 2025. We are expecting about 250 attorneys and other professionals from throughout North America. Our attendees include 35 general counsels, and represent 47 hotel companies and 61 lawContinue Reading
By Anebi X. Adoga In most instances, service contracts function as intended by both the service provider and the customer, without any major issues. However, with every service contract, there are risks for service providers and customers alike, especially when the customer is a business with its own employees and customers. In those instances,Continue Reading
By Bob Lannan I was privileged to attend this year’s ALIS Law conference in Los Angeles, which ended yesterday. The ALIS development conference (“Big ALIS”) is continuing, but I decided to sit that one out this year. ALIS Law has a policy that its panel discussions are “off the record.” Attendees are asked not toContinue Reading
Click Here for the fourth of a series of PowerPoint presentations on hotel management agreements. In this presentation, I discuss various state laws that affect the legal relationship between a hotel owner and management company, particularly with regard to the owner’s power (or lack thereof) to terminate an HMA without cause. -Bob Lannan
Click here for my third presentation on hotel management agreements (HMAs), in which I discuss the different legal relationships of hotel owners and management companies.
Click here for my second presentation on subjects that frequently surface in negotiation of hotel management agreements (HMAs), in which I discuss the financial interests and business models of hotel owners and management companies. –Bob Lannan
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that invest in hotels frequently require, in any management agreement with a hotel management company that operates a hotel, some opportunity to participate in negotiations with any union that represents the management company’s employees at the hotel. This year, two U.S. Senators and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service made aContinue Reading
This September, as the Co-Chair of the annual Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit at Georgetown Law, I was privileged to welcome Gwen Mills, the International Union President of UNITE HERE, as the keynote speaker of our 11th annual conference. Ms. Mills was interviewed by Professor David Sherwyn, the Academic Director of the Center for InnovativeContinue Reading
Click here for the first of a series of presentations in which I will discuss subjects that are frequently discussed in negotiations of hotel management agreements (HMAs). I intend the series to be a primer for professionals who have not negotiated many HMAs. For more experienced professionals, I hope it will be a valuable refresher. Continue Reading
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