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 this the first of a series of brief presentations in which Bob Lannan will discuss subjects that are frequently addressed when parties negotiate hotel management agreements (HMAs). The series is intended to be a primer for professionals who have not negotiated many HMAs. For more experienced professionals, it will be a refresher. Continue 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. September 25-27, 2024. We are expecting about 275 attorneys and other professionals from throughout North America, who represent hotel and lodging companies worldwide. Please visit the conference website for moreContinue Reading
In this video, Bob Lannan provides an overview of the “web” of legal relationships in the hotel industry. If you have worked in the industry, much, most or all of this will be familiar material. If you are new the industry, the video should provide a good overview.
It is a little mentioned fact in the hotel and lodging industry that hotels are permanent residences of some number of guests. This has long been true across market segments. New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel was famously home to both General Douglas MacArthur and President Herbert Hoover in retirement. In today’s market, residency inContinue Reading
This year may bring the most predicted recession in memory. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that economists place the probability of a recession this year at 61%. “On average, they expect gross domestic product to expand at a 0.1% annual rate in the first quarter of 2023 and contract 0.4% in the second.Continue Reading
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that will make it difficult for international online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia and Orbitz to book guestrooms at many hotels and resorts in Cuba, and may result in OTAs that do business in the United States abandoning Cuba entirely. Continue Reading
The most rewarding project I worked on this year was representing a business owner in dispute resolution proceedings against its lender, followed by prolonged but successful negotiation of a restructuring of the loan. My client owns a business property that it had planned to substantially renovate and begin operating under a new consumer brand. Continue Reading
This fall, the Georgetown University Law Center’s Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit hosted a webinar titled, “Confronting the New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule.” The webinar explored issues related to the SEC’s proposed rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.” It began with remarks by SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, and continuedContinue Reading
Please join us virtually on October 25, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET for “Confronting The New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule,” a Georgetown Law Hotel & Lodging Legal Summit Webinar. SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda and a panel of the nation’s leading environmental, securities, and governance attorneys will address the SEC’s new rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization ofContinue Reading
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