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Hospitality Industry Law – Protecting Today’s Meeting Planner’s Best Interests

Hospitality Industry Law spans meeting issues including hotel law, risk management, security, food and liquor service liability and employment law. Most meeting planner contracts with hotels cover force majeure and address hotel strikes, but the language is usually very vague. With the strikes that recently happened at major hotel properties in San Francisco, as well as events that are impending at other destinations, there are more precautions that planners should be taking in their contracts in order to protect their groups.

Additionally, Intellectual Property (IP) is a rapidly developing and important area of law. With the growth of the Internet, the globalization of trade, and the growing significance of technology, no modern hospitality industry business can afford to ignore this issue. From trademark and trade name clearance, protection and licensing, trade dress (the layout, appearance, and look and feel of a place of business) identification and protection, to trade secret protection, Pat Schaumann and attorney, Scott Casanover will offer practical guidance for your intellectual property interests.

Meeting planners are now facing the reality of needing to better protect their interests by having a general understanding of Hospitality Industry Law, protecting Intellectual Property, and knowing when to bring in legal counsel to reword force majeure clauses in contracts with language about conditions, ramifications to the planner, penalties and other such information when necessary.

Join us for a 90-Minute audio conference as Pat Schaumann and Scott Casanover address current concerns and ramifications regarding legal issues within the hospitality industry. You will also have time to ask questions specific to your situation during our live Question and Answer session.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop best practices for risk management
  2. Identify proper and legally sound contract language for meeting planners
  3. Protect intellectual property

Who Should Attend?

  • Meeting Planners
  • Event Planners
  • Corporate Counsel

Presented By

PAT SCHAUMANN, CMP, CSEP, DMCP
President
MAC Meetings and Events

Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, is the president of MAC Meetings and Events, a creative agency specializing in the management and production of meetings, events, destination management and mobile marketing based in St. Louis , Mo. , with offices in New York , Dallas , and Toronto . She also is president of Current Temp, the largest professional temporary meeting and event-staffing agency in North America and of MAC Sports and Entertainment a representation agency.

Pat has been active in the hospitality industry for 25 years and is a past president of MPI-St. Louis Chapter, founder and past president of ISES- Missouri Chapter, past president of the International Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME) and sits on three APEX Initiative Boards. She is the author of the only book ever written on destination management, The Guide to Successful Destination Management, and is a contributing author to the CIC Manual, 6 th , 7 th and 8 th Editions. Both books are used as reference guides for the CMP and DMCP certifications.

Pat has been named for three consecutive years, “One of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Meeting Industry” by Meeting News magazine; her company selected each year by Special Event magazine as the Top 25 DMCs, and was most recently selected as the first “DMC of the Year” by the International Association of Destination Management Executives.

Pat is an adjunct professor at four universities and is a frequent industry speaker.

D. SCOTT CASANOVER
General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer
MAC Meetings & Events, LLC

D. Scott Casanover was recently named the General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer of MAC Meetings & Events, LLC a creative agency specializing in the management and production of meetings, events, destination management and mobile marketing based in St. Louis , Mo. , with offices in New York , Dallas , and Toronto . As General Counsel to MAC, he provides oversight, guidance, and direction regarding legal advice on all matters arising within MAC and its subsidiaries: MAC Promotions, MAC Media, MAC Sports and Entertainment, and Current Temp.

Prior to joining MAC, he was a trial attorney for The May Department Stores Company.

Casanover received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and his Juris Doctor degree from Washington University School of Law.

 

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This audio conference and the legal information Mr. Casanover provides about the law are designed to help listeners safely cope with their own legal needs. Legal information is not the same as legal advice -- the application of law to an individual's specific circumstances. Anyone choosing to use the legal information contained in this audio conference does so at their own risk. Although Mr. Casanover goes to great lengths to make sure information is accurate and useful, we recommend you consult a lawyer, in your state, if you want professional assurance that information provided in this show, and your interpretation of it, is appropriate to your particular situation




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