These terms of use apply whether you are a registered user of or just a visitor to hotelierinternational.com or its associated Websites. By accessing the Website you are agreeing to be legally bound by these terms. The Publisher may make changes to any part of the Website and may add to or change these Terms. All changes become effective as soon as they are posted. It is your responsibility to refer to the Terms whenever you access the Website.
We will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of this Website, or this entire Website, to users who have registered with us. Before using the Website please read our Terms of use, the Privacy policy and the Cookie policy and do let us know in the manner set out in any Policy if you do not want us to collect information about you, and to reject any cookies in the recommended way.
All intellectual property rights, including copyright, in the content accessible (or available for download) on the Website, including text, pictures, graphics, video, audio material, software or any other form (Content) belong to hotelierinternational.com or its licensors. All rights are hereby reserved.
The Website and the Content may only be used for your personal, non-commercial use. For this purpose alone you may retrieve and display the Content on a computer screen. You may also print out, but not photocopy, one copy of individual files on paper and store files in electronic form on disc, but not on any server or any other storage device connected to a network where the Content could be accessed by other users. Except as set out above, you agree not to download, copy, reproduce, modify, store, archive, show in public, redistribute or commercially exploit in any way any part of the Content without the prior written permission of the Publisher. You agree not to use the Content or the Website for any illegal or improper purpose, nor for any purpose which might infringe the rights of others, or which might harass or cause inconvenience of distress to any person. You also agree to abide by all copyright notices and restrictions attached to the Content and not to remove any such notice or restriction, or alter the Content in any way. If you wish to re-publish, re-distribute or exploit the Content in any way you should address a request for permission to hotelierinternational.com, e-mail: info@hotelierinternational.com. The Publisher cannot guarantee that any such permission would be forthcoming or on what terms.
By registering with us you promise to open a single account in your own name and to use an appropriate username. You must not seek to pass yourself off as someone else or pick a username, which is offensive, defamatory or otherwise likely to be deemed by us to be unacceptable. Keep your login details and password secret, provide us with your true and accurate year of birth and let us know if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account. You will be able to access your registered details with your email address and password. You will be able to keep your information up to date by logging in and updating your profile. If you want to terminate your account, please contact us per email. We may suspend terminate or prevent your registration at our sole discretion. This may be because, for example, we consider that you have breached or will breach these Terms or our community guidelines or someone has reported abuse. Where we suspend, terminate or prevent your registration, you must not attempt to re-register or submit content (e.g. using someone else’s registration), without our permission. The period of any suspension depends on all the circumstances.
Please see our Privacy policy and Cookie policy, which explain what information we collect about you and how we use this. Our viewer commitment also sets out how we will use your personal information in a transparent manner and make sure that you are always comfortable with what we are doing in this regard.
Third parties are permitted to link to stories within the Website, using the URL and quoting the headline and the source website. Content must not be reproduced on a third party site without express authorization from us. A third party must ensure that nothing on its own web site suggests or could be understood to imply that any part of the Website is part of its own website unless the third party has obtained the prior written approval of the Publisher. We reserve the right to withdraw any permission without explanation or notice if in its sole judgment use of such links is excessive or inappropriate. We also reserve the right to change the location and nature of files within the Website without explanation or notice; it is the responsibility of the third party to check and update links. Third parties must not deep-link to, or frame or use other techniques to enclose any part of the Website.
The Hotelier International logo is a registered trademark of hotelierinternational.com or otherwise part of its intellectual property. You may not use this mark without the prior written permission of hotelierinternational.com.
Hotelierinternational.com obtains content from a wide range of sources and this content includes facts, views, opinions and information, which may be of interest to users of the Website. While all reasonable care is taken, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, performance or fitness for any particular purpose of the content on the Website, nor do we endorse or accept any responsibility for any views, advice, recommendations or opinions expressed on the Website or any website to which we link. You should note that any contact or arrangements made between you and any third party named on the Website or any third party website linked from it (including without limitation any website with which we have a commercial association) is at your own risk, and to the extent permitted by law hotelierinternational.com excludes all liability. The content on the Website should only be used for your general information and use and not by way of specific recommendation or advice. Before taking any action or decision based in whole or in part on our content, you should always make your own independent checks of any information that is important in making such decision or taking such action. You should also seek professional advice in appropriate circumstances such as on medical, investment, tax, financial, legal and other professional matters.
Hotelierinternational.com does not give any warranties in respect of the content on the Website, freedom from viruses or other contamination, or that the Website is compatible with any computer systems, software and browsers. All implied warranties or duties are excluded save if and to the extent that they may not lawfully be excluded.
Hotelierinternational.com is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the content on the Website has not been approved under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Appropriate expert advice should be obtained before making any investment or other decisions. Advertising or promotional material submitted by third party advertisers, sponsors or promoters is viewable on the Website. The advertisers are solely responsible for that material, including ensuring that it complies with all applicable legislation and regulations. Hotelierinternational.com is not responsible for such material. Hotelierinternational.com shall not be liable for any claims, losses, injuries, penalties, damages, costs or expenses arising from the use of, or inability to use the Website or content on it or from any action taken, or omitted to be taken, as a result of using the Website or its content, other than death or personal injury resulting from use of the Website directly caused by the negligence of hotelierinternational.com. Hotelierinternational.com excludes liability to you and/or any third party for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to lost profits, loss of privacy or for failure to fulfill any duty) or for any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or are related to the use of the Website or its content or to any breach of the terms by hotelierinternational.com, even if hotelierinternational.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even in the event of fault or strict liability.
You agree that, subject to the forgoing terms of this Term, your exclusive remedy and only recovery for any damage you incur, shall be limited to the direct damages (if any) you actually incur in reasonable and exclusive reliance on the Website or it content, and for which we may be held liable by a competent court, of up to a limit of the refund of the amount you paid (if any) in relation to the particular use of the content on the Website in total during the month in which the damage first incurred.
You agree to indemnify Independent.co.uk against all costs, claims, proceedings, demands, losses, damages, expenses or liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly as a result of any breach of the Terms by you and any negligence or breach of duty by you.
This Website contains links to other web sites operated by parties who are wholly separate from hotelierinternational.com. Links to all third party sites are identifiable because clicking on them will launch new browser windows displaying the third party’s website URLs, or are otherwise indicated as such by hotelierinternational.com. Such links are provided for your convenience and reference only and you access them at your own risk. Hotelierinternational.com cannot be held responsible in any way for the content, operation or availability of such websites.
In addition to the provisions of the previous Term, some third party sites to which links are provided are “co-branded” sites which are operated by third parties with whom hotelierinternational.com has a commercial association, including sites by means of which you can make payment for use of the Website or associated services. If you wish to make any purchases or enter any financial dealings on a co-branded site, you will be entering a contract with the relevant third party operator who will ask you to supply information about yourself and on your financial affairs, including your bank or credit card details. The third party operator will have their own terms and conditions and privacy policy and it is up to you to indicate your consent or otherwise to the use that the third party proposes to make of your personal data. While we select our trading partners with care, hotelier international.com cannot be held liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which you may suffer as a result of your decision to enter any dealings or transactions with, or supply personal information to, a trading partner or any third party.
Hotelierinternational.com may on occasion run competitions or prize draws either on its own behalf, for other parties or in conjunction with commercial partners. These will be subject to additional rules and conditions, which will be made available at the time of any such competition. For more information see Competition terms and conditions.
By accessing the Website you agree to accept that these Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. You also accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts in relation to any dispute that may arise in connection with these Terms or your use of the Website or arising in any way from the content on the Website.