Suzhou Garden Hotel and Linton Hotel Management Ltd. (hereinafter referred as Linton Manager) signs a management contract
Question:
Suzhou Garden Hotel and Linton Hotel Management Ltd. (hereinafter referred as Linton Manager) signs a management contract and Linton Company is entrusted to manage the catering service for the Suzhou Garden Hotel as a professional institution. Room Sale Service is excluded in the contract, which is under secret and never disclosed to the public.
Suzhou Daily published the news which cite CEO of Suzhou Garden Hotel words saying "Linton Company is a professional management company and we think that with Linton's help, Suzhou Garden Hotel will make great achievements in both catering and room sales".
Mike, a customer, orders one room through an App operated by Linton Company but when he shows up at Suzhou Garden Hotel, Hotel told him that his room is not reserved since Linton Company cannot sell rooms according to both parties' contract. Linton Company says it is because the system error that some rooms are sold through its APP.
Whether Suzhou Garden Hotel shall be liable for not providing the room to Mike? (Whether Linton Company's behavior can be attributed to Suzhou Garden Hotel?
Smith and Roberson Business Law
ISBN: 978-0538473637
15th Edition
Authors: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts