Legal Notices

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

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Legal Notices

Owner: SE Hôtel Mont-Blanc

Share capital: €158,000

Intra-EU VAT Number: FR52479344590

Commercial Register (RCS): Bonneville 479 344 590

Concept: Influence Society

Editor-in-Chief: Marie Sibuet

Webmaster: Influence Society

Hosting: 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 each of the elements—including trademarks, logos, and domain names—on the website www.hotelmontblanc.com are protected by applicable intellectual property laws and are owned by the company or used with authorization. No element of the www.hotelmontblanc.com website may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, altered, transmitted, or distributed in any manner, on any medium, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorization of the organization, except for strictly journalistic use and in compliance with intellectual property rights and any other property rights mentioned. Any total or partial reproduction of the website by any means without the express authorization of the hotel is prohibited and would constitute an infringement punishable under Articles L.335-2 et seq. of the French Intellectual Property Code. The hotel reserves the right to take legal action against any infringement of its intellectual property rights. Copies are permitted only for private use, for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes. Each authorized copy of all or part of the Website’s content must bear the following notice: “COPYRIGHT Hôtel Mont-Blanc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.” Any authorized use of the elements comprising or appearing on the Website must be made without alteration, modification, or distortion of any kind.

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ARTICLE 2 – GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICE

Through its website www.hotelmontblanc.com, the Hôtel Mont-Blanc allows anyone who wishes to do so to browse the site and subscribe to the newsletter. Users of this site acknowledge that they have the necessary skills and resources—including technical ones—to access the site, and that they have verified that their computer system is free of viruses and fully functional. The user agrees to have verified that the configuration of their equipment will not cause any damage to the service provided by the Hôtel Mont-Blanc.

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ARTICLE 3 – VISITOR OBLIGATIONS

The visitor agrees to access the website www.hotelmontblanc.com and all pages hosted on it exclusively using a browser that supports JavaScript and accepts cookies. The visitor agrees not to take any action against the Hôtel Mont-Blanc arising from failure to comply with this browsing requirement. Visitors to the website www.hotelmontblanc.com or to any page that uses this website’s services acknowledge that they possess the necessary skills and resources to access the various websites accessible through it. Visitors shall have verified that the computer configuration of the Internet connection used is free of viruses and is fully functional. The Hôtel Mont-Blanc shall in no event be held liable for any malfunction of the visitor’s Internet connection. Anyone who leaves comments or publishes content as an author must comply with these general terms of use. Please note that the visitor is solely responsible for the content they publish on the Internet; under no circumstances shall the Hôtel Mont-Blanc be held liable for content published by a visitor. By using the service, the visitor agrees not to engage in any acts that violate French law or, where applicable, the laws of the country from which they are connecting, or that undermine French public order or the rights of third parties.

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ARTICLE 4 – VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF USE

Users are encouraged to report any violation of these General Terms and Conditions of Use to the Hôtel Mont-Blanc using the contact form, which can be accessed from any page by clicking on the envelope-shaped link in the persistent bar.

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ARTICLE 5 – LIABILITY OF THE HÔTEL MONT-BLANC

The Hôtel Mont-Blanc is bound by an obligation of means under these General Terms and Conditions of Use and shall in no event be held liable for any losses, harm, or consequential damages of any kind arising 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

The Hôtel Mont-Blanc shall not be held liable, nor shall it be deemed to be in breach of these terms and conditions, for any delay or failure to perform arising from a force majeure event as defined by French case law, including any interruption, suspension, reduction, or disruption of electricity or other utilities, or any interruption of telecommunications networks. The user acknowledges, however, that the suppliers of the equipment, software, and telecommunications infrastructure used in these areas do not in any way offer an absolute guarantee of the proper functioning of the service. As a user of technologies or infrastructure developed and provided by third parties, the Hôtel Mont-Blanc cannot guarantee that its service will be entirely uninterrupted and free of delays, particularly in the event of “bugs” or product updates. The Hôtel Mont-Blanc also reserves the right to modify the content of the website www.hotelmontblanc.com at its sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice. The Hôtel Mont-Blanc reserves the right to make the Website or services temporarily unavailable for maintenance or updates.

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ARTICLE 7 – INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY

In accordance with the French "Informatique et Libertés" Act of January 6, 1978, the automated processing of personal data carried out through 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, you may at any time access your personal information held by the Hôtel Mont-Blanc and request that it be corrected or deleted. Pursuant to Articles 36, 39, and 40 of the “Informatique et Libertés” Act, you may request that information concerning you that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, or out of date—or whose collection, use, disclosure, or retention is prohibited—be corrected, supplemented, clarified, updated, or deleted. Upon account closure, and for evidentiary purposes, user data may be retained and archived confidentially by the Hôtel Mont-Blanc, in accordance with applicable laws.

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

As of May 25, 2018, the 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 for the purpose of creating 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

The Hôtel Mont-Blanc is required by law to cooperate with authorities seeking to verify the content or identity of users of the service, and it complies with this obligation. Users of the service acknowledge that the Hôtel Mont-Blanc may be released from its duty of professional confidentiality under the conditions set forth in Article 6 of the law of June 21, 2004, and they consent to this. The Hôtel Mont-Blanc is not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information it stores, nor to investigate facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity. However, the Hôtel Mont-Blanc is required to inform the competent public authorities of any manifestly unlawful activity or information of which it becomes aware in the course of its business. The Hôtel Mont-Blanc is required to retain and preserve data that allows for 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 services of the Hôtel Mont-Blanc must be submitted by certified letter with return receipt requested to the following address: Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet – 144 chemin du Petit Darbon – 74120 Megève, France. Please specify the name of the hotel in question.

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 contact the Tourism and Travel Ombudsman, 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 www.hotelmontblanc.com website agree that any dispute or claim relating to the operation of this service shall be resolved before a court within the jurisdiction of the Hôtel Mont-Blanc. These General Terms of Use may be modified by the Hôtel Mont-Blanc at any time, particularly in the event of technical, legal, or jurisprudential developments, or upon the introduction of new services. The user must review these General Terms of Use regularly and agrees to immediately cease using the service if they do not approve of them, as they are required to accept them without reservation. Use of the service implies the user’s acceptance of all provisions of these General Terms of Use and any amendments made by the Hôtel Mont-Blanc. In the event of disputes or complaints by the user, Hôtel Mont-Blanc, or third parties 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 on 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 regarding the formation, performance, interpretation, or termination of the Contract shall fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in whose jurisdiction the registered office of Hôtel Mont-Blanc is located, including in cases of summary proceedings, multiple claims, or multiple defendants.