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Oct 24, 2016, 10:59 pm

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Originally Posted by FonzieBone

I'm no lawyer but I'm thinking something like that would be considered Force Majeure.

I'd think with an event like that, where you know (or should know) that hotels will be full, that you'd be holding multiple reservations, especially if you knew ahead of time that the property might not be open.

Question - was it a prepaid rate or were you just holding the rooms under a Best Flexible or other refundable rate?

Good one. They failed to open the hotel which is at first sight not an act of God and they failed to take appropriate steps as they are obligated to under the contract, certainly not God's reponsobility either.

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