The new year looks likely to be a litigious one in the hospitality industry as consolidation of large hotel companies, labor law under the new Trump administration, municipal opposition to home-sharing websites such as Airbnb and security concerns of all kinds make an impact on hotels, resorts and restaurants. Here, Law360 takes a look at cases that hospitality lawyers plan to keep an eye on in 2017.
Marriott-Starwood Merger Reveals Owners’ Consolidation Fears
A trend toward consolidation in the hotel industry — highlighted by Marriott International Inc.’s massive $13.6 billion merger with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. inked in late 2015 — will cause owners to look again at their hotel management agreements in 2017, according to Nelson Migdal, a Greenberg Traurig LLP partner in Washington, D.C. and co-chair of the firm's Hospitality Group.