The https://www.hotelieracademy.org/ website (hereinafter referred to as the “website”, including also all other URLs that are forwarded to the Website) is operated by “DESTSETTERS MARKETING & PROMOTIONAL SERVICES SOLE-MEMBER LTD” (hereinafter “the Company”).

The following Terms of Use apply for the use of this website, owned by the Company. By using this website, you, the User, agree to comply with and be bound by the following of use. In case you disagree with any part of these Terms of Use, please do not use this website. These Terms of Use may be amended by us at any time and at any frequency without specific notice to you. The latest Terms of Use will be posted on this website and you should review them carefully prior to using this website.

  1. Forms of communication & Ways of Cooperation with the Company

By filling in the appropriate form (either for Companies, for authors, for instructors, or the contact form) the user has the opportunity to contact the Company, in order to consider various possibilities of cooperation, as well as to be informed about its online educational services. However, for the purchase of those educational services, the user is redirected to https://www.hotelieracademy.org/.

  1. Fair Use

While using Company’s Website, the User shall not:

  • post content or items in inappropriate categories or areas on our websites and services;
  • infringe any laws, third-party rights or our policies;
  • work with false, inaccurate, misleading, defamatory or offensive content;
  • distribute or post spam, unsolicited, or bulk electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
  • distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm the Company, the Website, or the interests or property of the Company’s Users (including their Intellectual Property Rights, privacy and publicity rights) or is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy, vulgar, obscene, profane or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to, or incite hatred of, any person;
  • attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by us in connection with the Company’s Website;
  • copy, modify or distribute rights or content from the Company’s Website or Company’s copyrights, trademarks, and/or other objects of intellectual property; or
  • gather or otherwise collect information about Users, including email addresses, without their consent.

  1. Communication

Official correspondence and communication between the Company and the User will be made via the official e-mail addresses of each party in English or in Greek. All email messages exchanged between the parties are considered as valid and official. The Company’s official e-mail addresses are all the e-mail addresses followed by @hotelieracademy.org, @hotelieracademy.gr and @destsetters.com.

  1. Liability & Indemnification

The Company takes every possible measure to maintain the website’s content as updated, secure and without errors as possible. Although, the Company cannot guarantee the absolute accuracy and precision of data/information contained. In any case, the user of the present website is solely responsible for the evaluation of the relevant published content and the Company takes no liability for any danger or damage resulting from the use of its content. With the reservation of the Company’s rights stated in a written agreement and provided by law, there are no warranties, conditions or other terms that are binding on the Company except as expressly stated in these Terms of Use. The Company assumes no liability in case of: (a) non-availability, non-performance, poor performance of services by third party providers (including technical malfunctions and/or the maintenance of https://www.hotelieracademy.org/, (b) acts, omissions and errors of third party providers and third parties, bugs, errors, problems or other limitations, viruses etc.;  (c) force majeure and events which are not under the direct control of the Company;  (d) information and material available on https://www.hotelieracademy.org/ which is provided and/or licensed by third parties (including the third party providers) or has been collected by third party sources (including the third party providers).

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from and any liability, loss, damages, claim and expense related to your violation of these Terms of Use of this website.

  1. Intellectual Property Rights

All information and services featured in the Company’s website belong exclusively to this Company and are protected by the intellectual and industrial property laws. The entire content of this website, including the tradenames, trademarks, images, graphics, photographs, designs, texts etc. constitute the Company’s intellectual property and are protected by the relevant provisions of the Greek law, the European law and the International conventions. Any copying, transfer or creation of derivative work based on this content is prohibited, as well as misleading the public about the website’s actual provider. Reproduction, re-publishing, uploading or downloading, communication, dissemination or transmission or any other use of the content in any way or means for any commercial or other purposes is permitted only with the prior written consent of the Company or any other copyright holder. The names, images, logos and distinctive features provided that describe the website featuring the brand or products or services of the Company or third parties, constitute assets of the Company or of the third parties respectively and are protected by the relevant trademark law. Their use on this website under no circumstances grants permission or right to use to third parties.

  1. Hyperlinks

The Company’s website may contain hyperlinks connecting to other websites. The users are solely and individually responsible for their navigation to those websites. The Company’s website is not responsible for any damages that may result from the use of hyperlinks and the websites connected nor for the information possibly contained in the linked webpages.  As such, for any problem comes up during their visit/use, the user shall refer directly to the relevant websites and pages, as they bear the responsibility for the provision of their services.

  1. Privacy Policy

For further information regarding the processing of personal data while using this website, the User may visit our Privacy Policy.

  1. Cookies Policy

The Company’s website may collect user identification data using technologies, such as cookies. For more information, please visit the Cookies Policy available in our webpage.

  1. Applicable Legislation & Dispute Resolution

To the extent permitted by law, all services provided by the Company under these Terms of Use are subject to Greek law. The parties agree to make efforts to amicably resolve any possible dispute arising in relation to these Terms of Use. Any dispute or discrepancy arising from the application or interpretation of these Terms of Use will be submitted to the Courts of the City of Athens, which have exclusive competency over any other venue. The exclusive jurisdiction of Athens Courts includes interim measures, temporary restraint orders and disputes arising from tort. If any of these provisions cannot be applied for whatever reason, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use.

  1. Modifications

The Company reserves the right to modify or remove any part or the entire website without prior notice to the users.

The Company may amend these Terms of Use periodically to comply with regulatory amendments and improve its operations and services. Any updates and modifications will be published in this website with an indication of the relevant date, in order to indicate the most updated version.

Updated: July 2021