Property Insurance + Guest Privacy & Security + Fentanyl + Sex Trafficking + Hotel Operator's Duty + Keep Guests & Employees Safe

August 2023 / View this email in your browser.

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The increasing frequency of severe weather events, especially in the past five years, is now accelerating the pullout of major insurance companies from states including Florida, Louisiana and most recently California, with some analysts now deeming those areas and other parts of the country nearly uninsurable.

The effects of skyrocketing premiums with coverage that's hard to find are expected to spread from the hardest-hit homeowners to commercial property owners and tenants.

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What To Do If You Suspect a Fentanyl Overdose

This checklist provides a list of actions to take in the event that you suspect a fentanyl overdose is taking or has taken place on your property. The list of actions is broken down into separate sections chronologically.

This checklist is also available in Spanish - find it on the Forms, Checklists, and Procedures page!

Hotel Guest Privacy & Security: The “Keys” of a Secure Guest Experience

via HL Blog
Moderated by Stephen Barth, this recorded presentation features a discussion about the crucial matter of key security and control in the hotel industry.

close up of a prescription bottle labeled Fentanyl with a smaller brown glass bottle is knocked open with pills spilled out

Fentanyl in Hotels

via HL Blog
Drug overdoses are a significant problem in the United States, killing more than 107,000 people in 2021. Of those deaths, two-thirds were caused by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine.

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Recent Case Against Hotels Clarifies Responsibilities Regarding Sex Trafficking

via Hospitality Net
No doubt you have job requirements and Human trafficking offenses are distinguished by exploitation rather than movement across borders. The hallmark of the offense is the manipulation of others for profit as if people were mere commodities.

Reasonable Care: Two Legal Cases That Illustrate the Scope of the Hotel Operator’s Duty

via Lodging Magazine
Hotels are places of public accommodation where the duty to provide reasonable care and safe premises extends to group activities in function rooms.

Via eHotelier image: hotel hallway 6 ways hotels can keep guests and employees safe

In our rapidly changing world, it’s essential that you keep your hotel at the forefront of safety and security and proactively eliminate risks. It takes a combination of training and tech to ensure the protection of everyone on the premises as they go about their day. Plus, work safety is great for employee morale.

Here are six ways hotels can keep guests and employees alike as safe as they can.

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