Legal Notice

These General Terms of Use (hereinafter the "Terms") set forth the terms and conditions under which the Hôtel Mont-Blanc provides a service for browsing and creating customized stays at its establishment (hereinafter the "Service") to the user (hereinafter "the user"). Access to this Service is subject to compliance with this legal notice. Any internet user wishing to access the Service must first have read these General Terms of Use and agrees to comply with them without reservation.

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Legal Notice

Owner: SE Hotel Mont-Blanc

Share capital: €158,000

Intra-EU VAT number: FR52479344590

Commercial Register (RCS): Bonneville 479 344 590

Designer: Influence Society

Publishing Director: Marie Sibuet

Webmaster: Influence Society

Host: Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Photo credits: S. Molesti, D. André, F. Ducout, T. Shu, M.P. Morel, L. Di Orio, L. Brandajs, G. de Laubier, S. Garnier, Megève Tourist Office

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ARTICLE 1 – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The presentation and all elements, including trademarks, logos, and domain names, appearing on the website www.hotelmontblanc.com are protected by applicable intellectual property laws and belong to the company or are used with permission.  No element of the website www.hotelmontblanc.com may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, distorted, transmitted, or distributed in any way whatsoever, on any medium, in part or in full, without the prior written permission of the company, except for strictly press-related purposes and subject to compliance with intellectual property rights and any other property rights mentioned. Any full or partial reproduction of the website by any means whatsoever without the express permission of the establishment is prohibited and would constitute an infringement punishable under Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code. The establishment reserves the right to take legal action against any infringement of its intellectual property rights. Only copies for private use are permitted, for your personal, private, and non-commercial use. The following notice must appear on any authorized copy of all or part of the Site’s content: “COPYRIGHT Hôtel Mont-Blanc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.” Any authorized use of the elements comprising or appearing on the website must be made without distortion, modification, or alteration of any kind.  

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ARTICLE 2 – GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE

Through its website www.hotelmontblanc.com, Hôtel Mont-Blanc allows anyone who wishes to do so to browse the website and subscribe to the newsletter. Users of this website acknowledge that they have the skills and resources—including technical resources—necessary to access this website, and that they have verified that the computer configuration they are using is virus-free and in perfect working order. The user agrees to ensure that the configuration of their equipment will not interfere with the service provided by Hôtel Mont-Blanc.  

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ARTICLE 3 – VISITOR OBLIGATIONS

The visitor agrees to visit the website www.hotelmontblanc.com and all pages hosted on it only using a browser that supports JavaScript and accepts cookies. The visitor agrees not to bring any action against Hôtel Mont-Blanc arising from failure to comply with the browsing requirement mentioned above. Visitors to the website www.hotelmontblanc.com or to any page using the services of this website acknowledge that they possess the necessary skills and resources to access the various sites available through it. Visitors shall ensure that the computer configuration and internet connection used are free of viruses and in perfect working order.  Hôtel Mont-Blanc shall in no event be liable for any malfunction of the website. Anyone leaving comments or publishing content as an author must comply with these general terms of use. Please note that the visitor alone is responsible for the content they publish on the Internet; under no circumstances can Hôtel Mont-Blanc be held responsible for content published by a visitor. By using the service, the visitor agrees not to engage in any acts of any kind that would violate French law and, where applicable, the laws of the country from which they are connecting, or that would undermine French public order or the rights of a third party.  

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ARTICLE 4 – BREACH OF THE TERMS OF USE

Users are invited to notify Hôtel Mont-Blanc of any violation of these General Terms of Use via the contact form, which can be accessed from any page by clicking on the envelope icon in the status bar.  

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ARTICLE 5 – LIABILITY OF HÔTEL MONT-BLANC

 Hôtel Mont-Blanc is bound by an obligation of means under these General Terms of Use and shall in no event be liable for any loss, harm, or indirect damage of any kind resulting from the management, use, or operation of the service, or from any interruption or malfunction of the service.

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ARTICLE 6 – FORCE MAJEURE

 Hôtel Mont-Blanc cannot be held liable, or be deemed to have breached these terms and conditions, for any delay or failure to perform where the cause is related to a force majeure event as defined by the case law of the French courts, including interruption, suspension, reduction, or disruption of electricity or other utilities, or any interruption of telecommunications networks. However, the user acknowledges that the suppliers of the equipment, software, and telecommunications infrastructure used in these areas do not in any way offer an absolute guarantee that the service will function properly. As a user of technologies or infrastructure developed and supplied by third parties, Hôtel Mont-Blanc cannot guarantee that its service will be completely uninterrupted and free of delays, particularly in the event of a “bug” or product updates. In addition, Hôtel Mont-Blanc reserves the right to modify the content of the website www.hotelmontblanc.com at its sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice. Hôtel Mont-Blanc reserves the right to make the Site or the services temporarily unavailable for maintenance or updates.  

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ARTICLE 7 – INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY

In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, the automated processing of personal data carried out via the website www.hotelmontblanc.com has been reported to the French data protection authority (CNIL). In accordance with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, users may at any time access the personal information concerning them held by Hôtel Mont-Blanc and request that it be modified or deleted. Under Articles 36, 39, and 40 of the Data Protection Act, the user may request that any information concerning them that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, or out of date—or whose collection, use, disclosure, or storage is prohibited—be corrected, completed, clarified, updated, or deleted. Upon closure of the account, and for evidentiary purposes, data concerning the user may be retained and archived confidentially by Hôtel Mont-Blanc, in accordance with applicable laws.

In order to improve the quality of its service and better meet its users’ expectations, Hôtel Mont-Blanc may collect personal data about users, in particular through the use of cookies. By continuing to browse the website www.hotelmontblanc.com, users give their consent. Users may also opt out. As required by law, this consent is valid for a maximum of 13 months.

As of May 25, 2018, Hôtel Mont-Blanc is no longer required to register the website www.hotelmontblanc.com with the CNIL. However, personal data is collected through the website www.hotelmontblanc.com in order to create a database containing such data. In accordance with the law, our databases are therefore registered with the CNIL.

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ARTICLE 8 – COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Hôtel Mont-Blanc is legally obligated to cooperate with authorities seeking to verify the content or identity of users of the service, and complies with this obligation. Users of the service acknowledge that Hôtel Mont-Blanc may be released from professional confidentiality under the conditions set forth in Article 6 of the Law of June 21, 2004, and consent to this.  Hôtel Mont-Blanc is not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information it stores, nor to seek out facts or circumstances indicating illegal activities. However, Hôtel Mont-Blanc is required to inform the competent public authorities of any manifestly illegal activities or information of which it becomes aware in the course of its business. Hôtel Mont-Blanc is required to maintain and retain data enabling the identification of anyone who has contributed to the creation of content on its services.  

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ARTICLE 9 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND JURISDICTION

Any complaint regarding the website or the services of the Hôtel Mont-Blanc must be submitted by certified mail with return receipt requested to the following address: Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet – 144 chemin du Petit Darbon – 74120 Megève, France. The name of the hotel in question must be specified.

If no response is received within 60 days of the complaint, or if a negative response prevents an amicable resolution of the dispute, the customer may refer the matter to the Travel and Tourism Mediator, whose contact information is as follows:

By mail: MCP Médiation, 12 Square Desnouettes, 75015 PARIS, France

By email: contact@mcpmediation.org

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ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENTS AND JURISDICTION

These General Terms of Use are governed by French law and the French language; in the event of any discrepancy, the French version shall prevail. Users of the website www.hotelmontblanc.com agree that any dispute or complaint relating to the operation of this service shall be resolved before a court within the jurisdiction of Hôtel Mont-Blanc. These General Terms of Use may be amended by Hôtel Mont-Blanc at any time, particularly in the event of technical, legal, or case law developments, or when new services are introduced. The user must review these General Terms of Use regularly and agrees to immediately cease using the service if they do not agree with them; the user is required to accept these General Terms of Use without reservation. Use of the service implies the user’s acceptance of all the provisions set forth in these General Terms of Use and of any amendments that Hôtel Mont-Blanc may make to them. In the event of disputes or complaints from the user, Hôtel Mont-Blanc, or a third party regarding the use of the service, only the version of these General Terms of Use available on the website www.hotelmontblanc.com shall be binding between the parties, regardless of the date of the disputed events. In the absence of an amicable resolution, any dispute that may arise between the parties concerning the formation, performance, interpretation, or termination of the Contract shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tribunal de Grande Instance within whose jurisdiction Hôtel Mont-Blanc’s registered office is located, including in the case of summary proceedings, motions, or multiple defendants.