terms of service

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These terms contain important information about your rights, remedies and obligations, including limits on our liability and a section setting out which law governs a dispute and where it is heard. By using the platform you agree to be bound by them.

Some sections below describe features that are not switched on yet — on-platform payment, security deposits and paid subscription plans. Where that is the case the section says so, and it applies only from the date we enable that feature.

information about us

fashionweekvenues.com is owned and operated by Fashion Week Venues, Inc., a corporation registered in Delaware, United States (referred to here as "Fashion Week Venues", "we", "us" or "our"). Registered address: [registered agent address], Delaware, United States.

Fashion Week Venues is two things at once: an online marketplace that connects commercial spaces with short-term commercial projects, and an experiential agency that can produce a project inside one of those spaces. The spaces listed here are not owned or operated by us unless a listing says so. In the marketplace role we act as an intermediary that lets parties find each other, agree terms, and enter into their own agreement.

preface

The terms below govern your use of the services and any space-sharing agreement reached through them. Using or accessing the services or the content means you accept these terms and any other terms referenced in them.

You agree and understand that Fashion Week Venues is not a party to any licence, lease or similar space-sharing agreement entered into between members, unless we have separately contracted with you to deliver a scope of work. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim liability arising from or related to those transactions.

We have no control over the conduct of members and other users of the services and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, disclaim liability in that regard.

We may change these terms at any time at our discretion. Members should review this page from time to time to stay informed.

definitions

The following words carry these meanings throughout.

• Communication — an email, an in-platform message, or a text message.
• Content — text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, information or other material.
• Space — an area of privately owned or privately licensed property.
• Listing — a space published on the platform, together with its description, imagery, pricing indication and availability.
• Space Owner — a member who publishes a listing, or who owns or controls the right to licence a space.
• Occupant — a member who requests use of a listed space for a project.
• Booking Request — a request from an occupant to use a space on stated dates.
• Booking — a booking request that has been accepted, on the terms set out in the applicable space-sharing agreement.
• Space-Sharing Agreement — the licence, lease or similar agreement between a space owner and an occupant that governs their booking.
• Member — anyone with an account on the platform.
• Services — the site, the marketplace, the tools, the concierge and any related material we make available.

using our services

The services are for business use. You must be at least 18 and able to enter into a binding contract, and if you act for a company you confirm you are authorised to bind it. You are responsible for the accuracy of everything you submit.

Listings are introductions to spaces. Availability, pricing, dimensions, capacities and imagery are indicative and can change without notice. A listing page is not an offer to lease and does not form a contract.

conditions of use

In using the services you agree to the following.

• Provide accurate, current and complete information, and keep it up to date.
• Use the platform only for lawful commercial purposes connected to finding, offering or producing a project in a space.
• Do not impersonate a person or company, or misrepresent your relationship to one.
• Do not upload anything unlawful, defamatory, infringing, misleading, or containing malicious code.
• Do not interfere with the operation, security or integrity of the services.
• Do not use the services to send unsolicited commercial communications to other members.

accounts and passwords

One person per account. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for everything done under your account. Tell us promptly at bookings@fashionweekvenues.com if you believe your account has been used without your authorisation.

We can suspend or close an account used to misrepresent a company, to harvest listings, to circumvent the platform, or to abuse other members.

changes to the services

We update, add to and withdraw parts of the services as the product develops. We do not guarantee the services, or any part of them, will always be available or uninterrupted. Access may be suspended for maintenance, for security, or for reasons outside our control.

our intellectual property

The services, including the site, its design, its written material, its tools, its data compilations and the Fashion Week Venues brand, belong to us or to our licensors and are protected by intellectual property law. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the services for their intended purpose.

Nothing in these terms transfers ownership of anything to you. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

your content

Anything you submit stays yours. By submitting it you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt for display, and publish it as needed to operate the services and to run your project. Space owners grant that licence for listing imagery and descriptions, including for use in marketing the platform and in automatically generated listing media.

You confirm you hold the rights needed to grant that licence and that your content does not infringe anyone else's rights.

copyright complaints

If you believe material on the platform infringes your copyright, write to bookings@fashionweekvenues.com with a description of the work, the URL of the material, your contact details, and a statement that you hold the rights or act for the rights holder. We remove material that is shown to be infringing and can close the accounts of repeat infringers.

acceptable use

Use the platform to research, offer and book spaces. Do not use it as a data source.

• No scraping, crawling, bulk downloading, or automated extraction of listings, images, addresses or contact details.
• No republishing, reselling or redistributing listing content, photography, generated media or our written material.
• No attempt to bypass rate limits, image protections, authentication or access controls.
• No reverse-engineering our tools or using them to build a competing index.
• No contacting a listed space, a space owner or an occupant to complete off-platform a project that was sourced here.

third party links and partners

The services link to sites and services we do not control, and we introduce suppliers, producers and city authorities who are independent of us. Those links and introductions are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for third party content, acts or omissions unless we have contracted with you to deliver that scope ourselves.

booking through fashion week venues

Today, a project becomes real through a signed agreement between the parties covering scope, dates, price and liabilities. Inquiries, shortlists, proposals, generated outlines and concierge answers are working material to reach that agreement faster; they are not binding on either side.

From the date we enable on-platform booking, an occupant submits a booking request and a booking is formed when the space owner accepts it, on the terms of the applicable space-sharing agreement. Until acceptance, nothing is reserved.

space owners

If you publish a listing, you agree to the following.

• You own the space, or hold the right to licence it for the use described, and licensing it does not breach a lease, mortgage, insurance policy, condominium rule or local restriction.
• Your listing is accurate: dimensions, capacity, condition, access, permitted uses, fees and availability.
• You hold the insurance that a commercial space of that type and use requires, and you comply with applicable safety, planning and licensing rules.
• You respond to booking requests within a reasonable time and honour a booking once accepted.
• You will not use the platform to source a counterparty and then complete the transaction off-platform to avoid fees.
• You are responsible for any tax arising from what you earn.

occupants

If you request or occupy a space, you agree to the following.

• You use the space only for the purpose stated in your booking request and within its permitted uses.
• You obtain the permits, licences and insurance your activity requires, including any event, retail, alcohol, signage or noise permission.
• You leave the space in the condition you received it, ordinary wear excepted, and you report damage promptly.
• You comply with house rules, building rules, access hours and the instructions of the space owner.
• You will not approach a space owner to complete off-platform a project sourced here.
• You are responsible for your staff, contractors, suppliers and visitors while they are in the space.

fees, payments and payouts

This section applies from the date we enable on-platform payment. Until then, fees are agreed in writing on a project-by-project basis.

Once enabled: occupants pay the booking amount plus any service fee at the time of booking. We collect payment as a payment agent for the space owner and release the payout after the start of the occupancy period, less our commission and any amounts owed under the space-sharing agreement. Prices are shown in the stated currency and exclude tax unless the platform says otherwise. Card processing is handled by a third-party processor and we do not store full card details.

Chargebacks, failed payments and refunds are handled under the cancellation policy below.

cancellation by a space owner

A space owner who cancels a confirmed booking must tell the occupant and us as soon as possible. The occupant is refunded in full for amounts collected through the platform. Repeated cancellations may lead to the removal of a listing or the closure of an account, and we may recover reasonable costs we incur rehousing the project.

cancellation by an occupant

Cancellation terms are set out on the listing and confirmed in the space-sharing agreement. Where none are stated, the default applies: cancelling more than 30 days before the start date refunds the booking amount less the service fee; between 30 and 7 days refunds 50 per cent; within 7 days is non-refundable. Service fees are non-refundable in every case.

mutual cancellation

If both parties agree in writing to cancel, we apply the settlement they agree. Where they cannot agree, the policy above applies.

rescission in special circumstances

We may cancel a booking and issue a refund, in whole or in part, where the space becomes unusable or unsafe, where a party materially misrepresented the space or the intended use, where a party breaches these terms, where the booking appears fraudulent, or where an event outside either party's control makes the occupancy impossible. This right is ours to exercise and does not create an obligation to intervene in a dispute.

security deposits

This section applies from the date we enable deposits. Where a listing requires one, the deposit is held against damage, overstay, cleaning beyond ordinary use, and unpaid charges. A space owner claiming against a deposit must submit the claim with evidence within 14 days of the end of the occupancy period. The occupant may respond. The undisputed balance is released to the occupant. We do not act as an arbitrator of a disputed claim and the parties remain free to pursue each other under their agreement.

restricted uses

Unless the listing and the space owner expressly permit it in writing, a space may not be used for the following.

• Residential occupation, overnight stays or sleeping.
• Sale, storage or display of weapons, explosives, controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia.
• Adult entertainment or the production of adult material.
• Gambling, unlicensed money services, or the sale of counterfeit goods.
• Hazardous materials, open flame, pyrotechnics, or structural alteration.
• Activity requiring a licence the occupant does not hold, including alcohol service and amplified public performance.
• Political or religious campaigning presented as the space owner's own position.
• Anything that breaches building rules, planning permission, insurance conditions or local law.

default space licence terms

Where the parties do not supply their own agreement, the space-sharing agreement generated on the platform applies. In summary, it grants the occupant a revocable licence to occupy the space for the stated period and purpose only; it creates no tenancy or leasehold interest; it requires the occupant to hold public liability insurance at the level stated; it places responsibility for the occupant's property on the occupant; it allows the space owner reasonable access; it requires the space to be returned in its original condition; and it ends automatically at the end of the stated period.

The generated agreement is a starting point, not legal advice. Both parties should take their own advice before signing, and either can replace it with their own contract.

subscriptions and listing plans

This section applies from the date we offer paid plans. Where a plan includes a free trial, the trial converts to a paid subscription at the end of the trial period unless cancelled before then. Subscriptions renew automatically for successive periods at the then-current price until cancelled. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period and paid fees are not refunded for a part period. We give notice before a price change takes effect.

tools and AI output

Budget, ROI, timeline, permit and locator tools produce estimates from public and internal data. The concierge produces answers from our own inventory and general knowledge. Both are indicative and can be wrong. Do not treat them as legal, financial, tax or licensing advice, and verify anything you plan to build a decision on.

disclaimers

The services and the content are provided as-is and as-available. To the extent the law allows, we exclude all warranties, conditions and representations, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, satisfactory quality and non-infringement.

We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or currency of listing data, tool output, generated media, or third party information, nor that the services will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free. We do not endorse any member and we do not verify every statement a member makes about a space.

limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, for lost profit, revenue, data or goodwill, or for loss arising from reliance on indicative listing data or tool output.

Our total aggregate liability arising out of or related to the services is limited to the greater of the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or 100 euro.

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless against claims, losses, liabilities and reasonable costs arising from your use of the services, your content, your breach of these terms, your breach of a space-sharing agreement, or your violation of a law or a third party's rights.

termination

You may stop using the services and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if you breach these terms, if we are required to by law, or if continuing to provide the services to you would expose us or other members to risk.

On termination your licence to use the services ends and listings you published may be removed. Bookings already confirmed, obligations already accrued, and the sections on content licence, intellectual property, disclaimers, liability, indemnity and governing law survive.

compliance with law

You are responsible for complying with the laws that apply to you, including sanctions, export control, anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering, tax and data protection rules. You confirm you are not located in, or acting for anyone located in, a sanctioned territory, and that you are not on a restricted party list.

general

The usual mechanics, set out plainly.

• Severability — if a clause is held unenforceable, the rest stays in force.
• Assignment — you may not assign these terms without our consent; we may assign them as part of a reorganisation or sale of the business.
• Several liability — where several people accept these terms together, each is individually responsible for compliance.
• Notices — we contact you at the email on your account; you contact us at bookings@fashionweekvenues.com.
• No third party beneficiaries — these terms create rights only between you and us.
• Entire agreement — these terms, with any signed project agreement, are the whole agreement between us on this subject.
• No waiver — not enforcing a right on one occasion does not waive it.
• Languages — the English version prevails if a translation differs.

governing law

These terms are governed by French law, and the courts of Paris have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or related to them, unless a signed project agreement says otherwise. There is no arbitration requirement and no class action waiver.

changes to these terms

When these terms change materially we update the date at the top of the page. Continuing to use the services after a change means the updated version applies to you. If you do not accept a change, stop using the services and close your account.

contact and feedback

Questions about these terms, notices, and copyright complaints: bookings@fashionweekvenues.com, or +33 1 84 60 00 00.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome. If you send them, we may use them to improve the services without obligation or payment to you.