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Full Disclosure: The Impact of New Food-Labeling Regulations

by Dan Vecchio in Food & Beverage, Hotel Development. Posted January 5, 2015

What is the impact of the FDA’s New Food-Labeling Regulations? The new rules cover any restaurant or “retail food establishment” selling “restaurant-type food.” Does that include the wide array of retail and hospitality businesses, including bakeries, cafeterias, coffee shops, convenience stores? Dan Vecchio, a litigator in our Seattle office, has been watching the latest developments. ...

Danger in the Grass

by Joe Samnik in Hotel Development. Posted October 22, 2014

Authored by Joe Samnik At today’s business meetings, conventions, and trade shows, the destination venue plays a key role in attracting attendees—sometimes as much as the agenda. The first thing at a prime hotel or meeting venue to grab your attention is the landscape: beautiful flowers that you only wish were in your home or office, gorgeous palm trees whose trunks look like they were hand-cut ...

NLRB’s McDonald’s Joint Employer Decision Sends Shock Waves Through Franchise Community

by William J. Flannery in Hotel Development, Human Resources, Legal. Posted September 15, 2014

On August 5, 2014 the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) Office of General Counsel announced that it was authorizing complaints against both McDonald’s store owners and corporate McDonald’s USA LLC, as joint employers, in a series of unfair labor practice proceedings arising out of last autumn’s minimum wage protest actions against the fast food industry. McDonald’s was the ...

Hotel Rebranding: Time for a Change?

by Claire Hawkins in Hotel Development, Legal, Lodging. Posted June 17, 2014

Is hotel re-branding trending, and is that a further sign of the recovering lodging industry? There have been a number of announced changes in hotel names and brands in the last few months, and while this may or may not signify an economic uptick, you can be assured that there has been a lot of ...

Chinese Investment in the U.S. Hotel Industry

by Richard Gluck in Hotel Development, Lodging. Posted May 19, 2014

We have all seen the growth of Chinese investment in the U.S. hotel industry, but this is only the tip of the Chinese investment iceberg in acquiring U.S. management expertise and technology to fuel the growth of the hospitality and hotel industry in China itself. With the robust growth of its national economy and an ...

Considerations Before Entering into an Equity in Exchange For Professional Services Agreement: Part 1

by Rose Gregory in Hotel Development, Legal. Posted March 6, 2014

America has a rich history of entrepreneurs who have changed the course of history with an invention or new business enterprise. This history continues, as a modern chapter is being written in the new millennium as the information technology boom has created a “start up” hysteria. More and more individuals have taken up the dream ...

Understanding the Breakeven Point when It Comes to Room Revenue

by William Frye in Hotel Development, Lodging. Posted March 3, 2014

Sometimes it can be confusing understanding whether your hotel actually made a profit last evening, last month, or last year. While limited-service hotels typically only generate revenue from guestroom sales, and perhaps phone calls made from guestrooms, in-room movies purchased, or vending machine revenues, select-service and full-service hotels can have a more difficult task because ...

Tackle Hotel Spend in a Disciplined and Professional Manner

by Carlson Wagonlit in Hotel Development, Lodging. Posted January 24, 2014

Hotel spend represents between 30 and 50 percent of a company’s total travel spend but in contrast to air spend, it is often left unmanaged. Corporate travel buyers need to focus greater attention on this complex, inﬂationary spend category to optimize their overall travel program. Unlike the approximately 250 IATA (International Air Transport Association) companies ...

Do Lawyers Obstruct Progress in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability?

by Mary Mayenfisch in Hotel Development, Legal. Posted October 14, 2013

Are lawyers an obstacle to progress on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability? Having followed the evolution of the discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility, Creating Shared Value and Corporate Responsibility, and having witnessed the myriad attempts by corporations to define their policies and efforts in this area, I am constantly amazed by the decisions made in international ...

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