A 1.5 day hospitality law conference covering deal-making, operations, risk, labor, and compliance—practical insights for decision makers.

Welcome to The Hospitality Law Conference: Houston!

This is an immersive one-and-a-half-day educational experience designed for professionals across the lodging and food & beverage industries. Hosted at The Houston Club, this intimate and expert-led program brings together legal, business, and operational leaders to examine the most pressing legal and risk issues impacting hospitality today.

Through interactive sessions, real-world case studies, and meaningful networking opportunities, attendees will explore best practices, benchmark policies, and gain practical guidance they can immediately apply within their organizations.

Day 1: Let’s Make a Deal

Day 1 features Let’s Make a Deal, a dynamic half-day program bringing together key stakeholders from across the hospitality deal-making ecosystem. This program dives deep into the legal, financial, and strategic components that drive successful hotel projects, acquisitions, refinancings, and other transactions.

Designed for developers, owners, operators and their lawyers, lenders, investors, brokers, and finance executives, Let’s Make a Deal serves as a master class on current market trends, deal structures, portfolio strategies, exit options, risk management, and financing tools shaping today’s hospitality landscape.

Whether you’re closing your first hospitality deal, refinancing an existing asset, or refining your next acquisition strategy, Let’s Make a Deal delivers the insights and connections needed to move projects forward with confidence.

Day 2: Operational & Risk Challenges

Day 2 focuses on the complex operational challenges facing hospitality businesses today. Topics include labor and employment, food and beverage operations, safety and security, risk mitigation, management agreements, and emerging litigation trends.

Designed for owners, operators, HR professionals, security leaders, in-house counsel, and other hospitality practitioners, this full-day program offers practical insights and actionable strategies to help navigate the legal and operational issues that impact daily decision-making.

Attendees will gain up-to-date guidance, real-world examples, and best practices to strengthen compliance, enhance guest and employee safety, and protect their organizations from evolving risks.

Discover the latest cases, trends, challenges, and solutions shaping the hospitality industry—all while building meaningful professional connections. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed, prepared, and ahead of the curve.

Agenda

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Meet the Speakers

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CLE

HospitalityLawyer.com® has partnered with MyLawCLE for this program.

MyLawCLE applies for CLE accreditation for all programs in every state, with the exception of live credits in Virginia. In Virginia, only self-study credits are sought.

After the CLE program concludes, all participating attorneys and paralegals will receive a certificate of completion as proof of attendance. In states that require attendance tracking, MyLawCLE records attendance directly. In all other states, participants are responsible for submitting the approved CLE certificate to their state bar or governing body.