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Adult entertainment firm considers lawsuit after hotel cancels event
The cancellation of an adult entertainment event earlier this year in Reykjavik, Iceland, has industry executives wondering about the seriousness of foreign contracts.
The incident involved the Radisson SAS Sage Hotel, which cancelled a meeting of Funix BV, a company that provides internet-based adult content.
“The hotel, owned by Iceland Farmers Association and managed by Rezidor Hotel Group, apparently bowed to pressure from women’s groups and Iceland government officials following a media storm,” said Successful Meetings magazine.
Iceland has something of a record in such cancellations. Four years ago, the government denied entry to members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club.
About 70 people had registered for the SnowGathering 2007 before it was cancelled.
Funix lost thousands of dollars in revenue from the cancellation, according to company officials. They said there were no plans to produce pornography but only to look at new business opportunities.
Groups booking events in foreign countries often have little legal action they can take when suppliers break contracts, said attorney James Goldberg, who specializes in event contracting.
Funix, however, at the time of going to press, was considering a lawsuit
Report by David Wilkening
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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