2011 HOSPITALITY LAW CONFERENCE TO FEATURE LATEST TRENDS AND MOST PRESSING INDUSTRY ISSUES

Conference Brings Together More Than 300 Industry Leaders and Attorneys
for Educational and Networking Opportunities

HOUSTON, Texas, September 2, 2010 - HospitalityLawyer.com, the industry's web-based resource for legal, safety, and security solutions, today announced that the 2011 Hospitality Law Conference will explore the latest trends and issues in the hospitality industry - ranging from Management Contracts and Franchising to Alcohol.

Key Focus Areas
The 2011 Conference will kick off on Wednesday, February 9, with a Pre-Conference Workshop featuring:

• Information Protection and Privacy, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, Workshop - PCI compliance and data security will be discussed not only from the technical but also legal compliance perspectives.
• Hospitality Real Estate Transactions Workshop - The "boot camp" sessions are dedicated to attorneys and executives in the development area to fully integrate the economic, financial and legal aspects of the deal. Explore the financial and the legal implications of pro forma statements, hotel agreements, and more.
• Hotel & Restaurant In-House Counsel Workshop - A workshop for hotel and restaurant in-house counsel only will discuss best practices and issues specific to in-house counsel. In the afternoon, restaurant and hotel counsel will split into two separate workshops for more focused, in-depth information geared to each industry.

The 2011 Conference will shift into full gear the following day on Thursday, February 10, with breakout sessions on a host of relevant and timely topics:

• Food & Beverage - including federal menu labeling and learning lessons from actual food and beverage news stories
• Human Resources and Labor Relations - including seasonal and contingent labor and immigration compliance
• Lodging - including spa compliance, joint ventures, and distrbution agreements
• Loss Prevention & Risk Management - including claims resolution, insurance case survey, insurance business interruption losses, and managing risk in spas.

One-of-a-Kind Opportunity
The annual Hospitality Law Conference is a one-of-a-kind opportunity designed for participants to share legal, safety, and security insight and best practices, and to gain a better understanding of the latest industry developments. It is the only program in the country and in the world devoted exclusively to legal, safety and security issues impacting the hotel, restaurant, and travel industries.

The conference is designed for in-house counsel, attorneys practicing in the hospitality industry, risk managers, security and loss prevention personnel, CFOs, comptrollers, accountants, IT professionals, franchise service directors, and hospitality law faculty and students.

"This is our ninth-consecutive year to offer this Conference, and it just keeps getting better and better thanks to our diverse mix of attendees and the expertise of the speakers," said Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com, who notes the hospitality industry represents a $3.5 trillion global market.

"Not only has the Conference drastically expanded in scope over the years, it also unites hundreds of industry legal, risk, and loss prevention leaders around pressing issues that are critical to our success in the hospitality field in the United States and around the world," he continued, underscoring some of the topics to be addressed at the 2011 Conference include franchising, premises liability, management contracts, development, deals and financing, and data privacy including PCI Compliance.

Evening events also are on the agenda to foster networking and relationship building among attendees.

The 2011 Conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 9-11, at the Omni Houston Hotel in Houston, Texas. To register or to obtain additional information on accommodations, please visit www.HospitalityLawyer.com or download the Conference brochure.

Bring your Legal, Risk, Loss, and HR teams and receive a significant discount. For assistance in coordinating meeting logistics for your team before or after the conference, please contact Diana Singson at Diana@hospitalitylawyer.com.

MCLE accreditation for up to 18.0 hours (including 1 hour of ethics) is available. Please click here for more information. Please be aware that each state has its own rules and regulations, including its definition of "CLE." Please call (713) 963-8800 for questions pertaining to the number of credit hours granted by each state two to three weeks prior to the program.

HospitalityLawyer.com also has applied for credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

Conference Coordinators and Sponsors:
HospitalityLawyer.com's 2011 Conference is presented in coordination with the General Counsel Committee of the AH&LA, the International Bar Association,  the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and the Loss Prevention Management Institute.

HospitalityLawyer.com's Champion sponsors for the 2011 Conference are Arthur J. Gallagher, BDO Consulting, and Cardiac Science.

Partner sponsors include Advanced Catastrophe Technologies, Bleser & Associates, BMS CAT, and InStar Services.

Trigild is a sponsor of the Hospitality Real Estate Transactions Workshop.

About HospitalityLawyer.com:
HospitalityLawyer.com is the leading global network of people, products and services that deliver legal, safety and security solutions to the hospitality industry.

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