Human Trafficking

One Sin Too Many! Stop Human Trafficking!

by Thompson Coe in Legal, Lodging. Posted August 10, 2022

One Sin Too Many! Stop Human Trafficking!1 I. Human Trafficking Evolves Into a Defense and an Offense in Court With ...

Recent Trends in Hotel Violence, Insurance, and Legal Liabilities

by Jeff Moore in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted January 18, 2020

“A hotel has a duty to adopt reasonable security measures to protect guests from foreseeable harm. Foreseeability can be established ...

How Corporate Travelers Can Combat Child Exploitation

by BCD Travel in Travel. Posted December 3, 2019

More than 40 million people around the world are trapped in modern-day slavery, and a quarter of them are children. ...

Strategies to Defend & Mitigate Against Sex Trafficking Lawsuits in the Hospitality Industry

by Jennifer Miller in Legal. Posted November 19, 2019

Federal and state laws define human trafficking as compelling someone through force, coercion or fraud to perform work or engage ...

Liability for What Goes on behind Closed Doors: Sex Trafficking and the Hospitality Industry’s Privacy Tightrope

by Post & Schell in Legal. Posted April 3, 2017

By Abraham J. Rein, Charles W. Spitz, Marc H. Perry Earlier this month, the Philadelphia hotel Roosevelt Inn, its corporate ...

Help Fight Human Trafficking: a business travel New Year’s resolution

by Travel and Transport in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted January 3, 2017

You might not realize it, but business travelers are in a unique position to be a line of defense in ...

How Travel Buyers Can Help End Child Trafficking

by Michelle Guelbart in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 1, 2014

The Problem With the use of online classified ads, child trafficking has moved off the streets and behind the closed doors ...

Sex Trafficking: Some Common Indicators and Trends

by Steve Cocco in Lodging, Safety & Security. Posted March 25, 2014

In advance of the summer travel season in the US and Europe, many hotel chains and other hospitality industry providers ...

Human Sex Trafficking in Hotels is a Major Concern for Hoteliers

by William Frye in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted January 6, 2014

Because of the transient nature of guests who utilize lodging accommodations and the privacy afforded to these temporary guests, hotels ...

Maritz Travel, ECPAT-USA Partner to Fight Against Human Trafficking

by Michelle Guelbart in Travel. Posted November 19, 2013

(St. Louis – Nov. 13, 2013) – Today, Maritz Travel joined the fight against human trafficking by signing ECPAT-USA’s Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct ...