Congratulations to Quality Oil Company, LLC on reaching a deal with Concord Hospitality to manage food and beverage operations at the Oberlin Hotel in Raleigh, North Carlina.  The hotel will open within Hilton’s Curio Collection later this summer, offering upscale accommodations and rooftop dining minutes from the Village District Shopping Center and North Carolina State University. 
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  by Bob Lannan My son is a starting offensive lineman on the varsity football team of Gonzaga College High School, in Washington, D.C.  That means last Saturday, I and most of the rest of my family found ourselves in the bleachers for an away game at Loyola Blakefield High School, in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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  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,
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I am again privileged to co-chair the Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit (HLLS), which will take place at Georgetown University Law Center on October 16-17, 2025.  We are looking for Student Contributors to help our panels prepare for this year’s conference.  This is an excellent opportunity for law students interested in the global hotel and
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I read with some interest this article from today’s Hotel Business Review, titled “The Healing Power of Touch: Oncology Care as an Asset to Hotel Spas.”  Its author advocates for the expansion of spa services to include “specialized treatments for cancer patients,” including treatments to mitigate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.  I am
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As we begin the week of Thanksgiving, I want to share five reasons why, in my humble opinion, Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year. 1.  Thanksgiving is both a civic and a religious (inter-religious) holiday. The Pilgrim settlers who celebrated the earliest Thanksgivings were undoubtedly motivated to give thanks by the same Separatist
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