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Hotel Tech Report™️ Brand Usage Guidelines

Prior to using any of HotelTechReport's data, content or brand elements in your own product, website or marketing you must first submit a usage request to specify your use case for our team to approve prior to usage to avoid potential penalties and infractions.

IMPORTANT: In order to re-publish or reference any of HTR's proprietary data, reviews, content or analysis you MUST submit a permission request. Process:

  1. Click the button above to submit request for permission

  2. Provide as much detail as possible about your use case

  3. Our team will review within 3-5 business days and respond with feedback

  4. If approved, your team implements feedback to meet HTR's visual and citation guidelines

  5. Submit for final review


Data Types, Content and Analysis Available Upon Application Approval

1. RANKINGS & DATA

Category Rankings

HotelTechAwards

HT Score

Aggregate Review Score

Segment Based Rankings

Trending Score

Reviewer Segmentation Data

2. REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS

Hotelier Reviews

Partner Recommendations

3. AI SUMMARIES & ANALYSIS

AI Review Summaries + Topical Sentiment Analysis

Partner Recc Summaries + Topical SentimentAnalysis

Sentiment Analysis

AI Generated Fit Score

AI Powered Fit Score Card

NOTE: If a piece of content or data is not listed here this means it is not approved for republishing without placing a request and having it approved by our team.


FAQs

a. Why is re-publishing HTR's content without permission prohibited

HTR invests substantial resources to build and maintain the platform and all of its content and data including: software development, marketing campaigns, incentivization (both brand and monetary) and content moderation via both processes, tooling and a dedicated moderation team.

b. How do I report a violation?

Vendors may submit violation reports to Hotel Tech Report.  


c. What happens if my company received a violation notice?

From the time you receive the notice, you will have 5-business days to (a) fix the issue and (b) provide proof that the issue has been resolved by replying to the initial violation message.  

d. What are the penalties if my company does not cure the violation?

Cure period

Penalty

< 5-days (1st warning)

Warning from HTR team

No further penalties

< 5-days (2nd warning)

$500 fine

< 5-days (3rd warning)

$2,500 fine

No cure within 14-day

Vendor penalty

2nd warning will be sent and company will be disqualified from the coming year's HotelTechAwards

Non-vendor 3rd parties

$10,000 fine plus warning from legal counsel

No cure within 21-days

Vendor penalty

3rd warning sent and company will lose access to promotional opportunities through Hotel Tech Report for 90-days including any promotional opportunities that have been pre-paid (including Premium Membership, sponsored content and advertising)

Non-vendor 3rd parties

$25,000 fine plus additional damages assessment from legal counsel

Public posting of infraction and legal action in progress with de-index submission

No cure within 30-days

After 30-days if the violating company has still not fixed the violation, legal action may be taken and additional fines incurred starting at $250/day after 30-days

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