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Old Jan 7, 2013, 11:46 pm
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Starwood files lawsuit against Le Parker Meridien NYC after "$1m ripoff scam"

I noted this article while roaming around the web tonight:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busines...skdBSQXATU1b9K

Suit: Le Meridien & la scam

and wondered whether I should be concerned regarding an upcoming award stay I have at LPM in 2 weeks time.

The suit says Starwood is seeking to cancel exisiting licencing agreements to use the Le Meridien name but how quickly could that happen? Could this case take months or years to wind it's way through the civil justice system and not be a concern for those of us with reservations in the immediate future?

I picked LPM in part because of the location and the pool with a view which held much appeal for this Canadians coming from the chilly climes up north but don't want to get caught in the crossfire between hotel & Starwood and could book at another cat. 6 hotel if I had to.

Is anyone else in the same spot or has this suit gone under the radar? I checked and found no mention of it here on FT, though the suit was only launched in recent days.
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