Duff on Hospitality Law, published by Foster Garvey PC, focuses on legal issues affecting the hospitality and travel industries. The blog covers topics such as online travel agencies (OTAs), artificial intelligence impacts on travel distribution, regulatory developments including state and federal AI legislation, digital identity innovations for travelers, antitrust litigation involving short-term rentals, and the evolving dynamics of hotel and event ticket bookings. It also addresses corporate travel management, personalized pricing regulations, and the intersection of technology and hospitality law. The content reflects ongoing trends and challenges in travel law, technology integration, and regulatory compliance relevant to hospitality businesses and travel service providers.
Hi there — welcome back to the Regulatory Check-In!
This week: LA’s expanded Transient Occupancy Tax, a securities fraud suit over Microsoft’s AI strategy, a Colorado junk fee case with implications beyond residential landlords, the Ninth Circuit blocking Hawaii’s gun
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, August 14, 2026, is below. Google again garnered much of the industry’s attention this past week with its agentic AI announcement. Enjoy.
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Good Sunday evening from Seattle . . . Our longer than usual weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, August 7, 2026, is below. This week’s Update includes recent earnings releases from Airbnb, Expedia and Booking.com (including copies
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Hi there — welcome back to the Regulatory Check-In!
This week’s roundup covers developments across consumer protection enforcement, credit card surcharges in Australia, surveillance pricing, more on DEI contracting, and key government contracting policies to watch in the second half
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Update for the week ending Friday, July 31, 2026, is below. Anti-trust rulings in both China and the U.S. garnered much of the attention last week together with continued reactions
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 24, 2026, is below. Everything Google dominated the industry’s headlines this past week and hoteliers (particularly those with a significant presence
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Hi there — welcome back to The Regulatory Check-In!
This week’s roundup covers a broad sweep of consumer-protection and disclosure developments hitting the hospitality and lodging space: New York City’s crackdown on junk fees and difficult-to-cancel subscriptions, a landmark anti-trafficking
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Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 17, 2026, is below. It was another relatively quiet week in the online travel world with the only major news coming
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Good Sunday morning from London . . . We are back after the July 4 holiday break. Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 10, 2026, is below. Hilton’s announced direct connection with managed travel platform Navan
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Hi there — welcome back to another edition of The Regulatory Check-In!
This week’s roundup covers a lot of ground: an EEOC lawsuit that should make every employer rethink gender-specific programming, a $35 million FTC settlement over hidden travel fees,
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