This website ("Website") is owned and operated by Alberta Hotel & Lodging Association ("AHLA"). Access and use of this Website and its related services (the "Services") are provided by AHLA to you subject to the following Terms of Use. Your access or use of the Website or the Services constitutes your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to accept and abide by these Terms of Use you should not access or use this Website or the Services.
These Terms of Use were last updated on August 20, 2024. AHLA reserves the right to revise or modify the Terms of Use at any time, at its sole discretion, and without prior notice. Your continued access or use of this Website after any such changes are posted will constitute your acceptance of these changes. You should periodically visit this webpage to review the prevailing Terms of Use.
THESE TERMS OF USE CONTAIN, AMONG OTHER TERMS, IMPORTANT LIMITS ON YOUR REMEDIES AGAINST AHLA. PLEASE REVIEW THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY.
Privacy
In the course of using this Website, you may provide or we may collect personal information about you. We are committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information of those individuals who interact with this Website. To understand our practices, please review AHLA's Privacy Policy, which is available at on the Privacy Policy page, and is incorporated as part of these Terms of Use. By using this Website, you acknowledge and accept the risks that information transmitted using this Website may not be secure or private, and that any such information may be lost, intercepted or altered.
Ownership of Intellectual Property
All information and materials on this Website (collectively, the "Materials") are the property of AHLA or its licensors and may be protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. The Materials may only be used and copied for your personal, non-commercial purposes, provided that the Materials are not modified and all copyright and other intellectual property notices contained in such Materials are maintained. Any other use of the Materials without AHLA's prior written permission is prohibited.
Your Materials
By posting, uploading, displaying, transmitting, or otherwise distributing information or other content ("User Materials") to this Website or the Services by you or at your direction, you are granting AHLA, its affiliates, partners, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives a license to use such User Materials in connection with the operation of this Website and the Services, including, a right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat such User Materials. You will not be compensated for any User Materials. By posting User Materials on this Website, you warrant and represent that you own the rights to the User Materials or are otherwise authorized to post, distribute, display, transmit, or otherwise distribute User Materials and that such User Materials do not violate any applicable laws. You agree that the burden of proving that any User Materials do not violate any laws or third party rights rests solely with you.
You are solely responsible for your User Materials. AHLA shall not be responsible or liable for the deletion or accuracy of any User Materials, the failure to store, transmit, encrypt (or otherwise secure) or receive any User Materials, or the storage, transmission, encryption (or other security) or receipt of any other communication involving the use of this Website or the Services.
You are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining any necessary consents or permissions from any third party whose information may be collected, recorded, processed, stored, used, disclosed, transferred, exchanged or otherwise handled as a result of, or as part of, any User Materials or any communications involving the use of this Website or the Services and agree to obtain and maintain all such consents or permissions throughout the term of this agreement.
Third Party Websites
This Website provides links to third party websites for your convenience only. The inclusion of these links does not imply that AHLA controls, monitors or endorses these websites or the content on them. AHLA WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, GOODS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES.
Currency of Website
AHLA updates the Materials on this Website periodically. However, AHLA cannot guarantee or accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the Materials on this Website. AHLA may revise, supplement or delete information, services and/or the resources contained in or available from this Website and reserves the right to make such changes without prior notification to you or any other past, current or prospective visitors.
Prohibited Conduct
Without AHLA's prior consent, you may not redistribute, frame, deep-link, lease, rent, sell or otherwise exploit the Materials or any other content of this Website or reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise convert the Materials to any other form.
You may not interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse this Website or any system resources, services or networks connected to or accessible through this Website. Any conduct by you that, in AHLA's sole discretion, restricts or inhibits it or any other user from using or enjoying this Website will not be permitted. You agree to use this Website only for lawful purposes.
Communications Through the Website
You may contact AHLA through this Website by visiting http://www.ahla.ca/Contact-Us. However, the Internet is not a fully secure medium and any communication you send to us may be lost, intercepted or altered. AHLA is not liable for any damages relating to or arising out of communications to or from this Website.
Disclaimer of Warranty
AHLA does not represent or warrant that access or use of this Website, the Materials or the Services will be uninterrupted or error free, or that no computer viruses or other destructive programs will be transmitted from the Website.
THIS WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS", WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limitation of liability
YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.
IN NO EVENT WILL AHLA OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, PARTNERS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY GENERAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE, ACTION, SUIT OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER OR OUT OF THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, ACCESS TO, OR EXPLOITATION OF THIS WEBSITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICES OR ANY PART THEREOF, EVEN IF AHLA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER THE ACTION IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHERWISE.
IN ANY EVENT, AHLA'S TOTAL MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE OR ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR EXPLOITATION OF THE WEBSITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OF THE MATERIALS AND THE SERVICES, WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE ($5.00) CANADIAN DOLLARS.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain types of damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, the above limitations or exclusions to liability are limited to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Disputes
Any controversy, dispute, claim, question or difference (a "Dispute") arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use, the Materials, this Website, the Services or the performance, enforcement, breach, termination or validity of the matters provided for in these Terms of Use, which cannot be resolved amicably will be finally settled by confidential, binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in Edmonton, Alberta and governed by the Arbitration Act (Alberta), as amended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AHLA reserves the right to pursue the protection of intellectual property rights and confidential information through injunctive or other equitable relief through the courts.
Except where prohibited by applicable law, you agree to waive any right you may have to commence or participate in any class action or similar proceeding against AHLA relating to any dispute or disagreement and you also agree to opt out of any class or similar proceedings against AHLA.
Applicable law
This Website is controlled, operated and administered by AHLA from within the Province of Alberta, Canada. This Website can be accessed from all provinces and territories of Canada, as well as from other countries around the world. By accessing this Website, you acknowledge and agree that all matters relating to access to or use of this Website will be exclusively governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (without reference to conflicts of laws principles).
You also agree that any Disputes not addressed through arbitration in accordance with the above provision entitled "Disputes" will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta.
General
AHLA's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
If any provision or part of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void or wholly or partially unenforceable, that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.