Recent news reports reveals an increase in hotel occupancy rates and average daily rates throughout South Florida. As a whole, South Florida saw its hotel occupancy climb to 76.8 percent from 68.8 percent; that is an 11.6 percent increase from last April.
Indeed, South Florida's economy is greatly dependent on tourism. Unfortunately, and while many more are traveling to South Florida, especially during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, many of those tourists visiting South Florida end up being the unfortunate and helpless victims of sexually related crimes, and other despicable acts of violence.
Hotels should afford a certain level of security to its guests. But sometimes the hotel may have done a poor job of screening its own staff prior to hiring. And while the hotel may have acted properly in hiring a security guard, they may have failed to perform the appropriate background screening of the particular individual they hired. Or the security guard may have just failed to perform his duties in a manner consistent with the standards imposed on security guards here in South Florida.
Worse yet, the resort may have contracted with an ill equipped third party to provide security services without knowing if that security company was properly manned to perform the security services. This is further heightened by the fact that the economy has placed pressure on hotels to cut corners in an effort to put their profit ahead of everything else.
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If you, or a loved one, have been injured in a car accident, or assaulted, while at a hotel, restaurant or bar, please contact us today for a free case evaluation.
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