Ms. Christa

Laura K. Christa

Founding Member

Christa & Jackson

Laura K. Christa is a founding member of Christa & Jackson, a leading West Coast business litigation firm. The firm advises clients on a variety of complex business disputes, including contract, business tort, consumer fraud and intellectual property disputes, and has a substantial practice in class action defense in the state and federal courts. The firm regularly represents out-of-state and international clients in disputes based in the U.S. Ms. Christa is currently Chair of the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Law Section of the International Bar Association and has spoken on electronic commerce, group and class actions, unfair competition and related matters as they affect the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry worldwide. As Chair, Ms. Christa spearheaded efforts to create a working group of industry lawyers and their counterparts in over 100 trade associations and NGOs with the goal of increasing communication about global industry issues between lawyers and industry professionals. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Brandeis University and received her law degree in 1980 from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Christa can be contacted at 310-282-8040 or laura.christa@christalaw.com

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Hotel Sustainable Development: Principles and Best Practices
Sustainability is now a daily topic that affects every facet of hotel development and operations. As hotelier Hervé Houdré recently noted "The goal of Sustainable Development is clearly to secure economic development, social equity, and environmental protection. As much as they could work in harmony, these goals sometimes work against each other". In the June Hotel Business Review, some of the industry's most recognized sustainable development experts come together to identify emerging trends and discuss how sustainability is currently affecting the hotel industry. Each author presents the most important aspects of sustainable development of much interest to hotel owners, operators, investors and developers. We include perspectives and case studies on best practices from leading hotel groups and other industry players.
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By Robert Allender, Managing Director, Energy Resources Management
"How Two Major Hotel Companies are Turning Sustainability into Tangible Business Advantage"
By Christopher Wood, Director of Social Responsibility, ASAE Convene Green Alliance
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