HOSPITALITY SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS & RISK CONSULTANT
More than four decades of hospitality security and safety experience providing expert witness, litigation support, risk management, and security consulting services to law firms, insurers, hotel owners, operators, and management companies.
Plaintiff and defense matters | Nationwide consulting | Based in Phoenix, Arizona
HOSPITALITY SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS & RISK CONSULTANT
More than four decades of hospitality security and safety experience providing expert witness, litigation support, risk management, and security consulting services to law firms, insurers, hotel owners, operators, and management companies.
Plaintiff and defense matters | Nationwide consulting | Based in Phoenix, Arizona
SPECIALIZED HOSPITALITY SECURITY EXPERTISE
Global Hospitality Security Solutions provides independent hospitality security expertise to professionals responsible for evaluating incidents, litigation, risk, and hotel safety operations.
Our work is focused specifically on the hospitality industry and the unique security, operational, and risk-management issues associated with hotels, resorts, extended-stay properties, and other lodging environments.
- LAW FIRMS & LITIGATION: Hospitality security expert witness and litigation-support services involving negligent security, premises liability, violent crime, crime foreseeability, hotel operations, security policies and procedures, and incident response.
- HOTELS & OWNERSHIP GROUPS: Independent evaluation of hotel security programs, operations, staffing, policies, procedures, training, emergency preparedness, and potential areas of exposure.
- INSURANCE & RISK PROFESSIONALS: Hospitality-specific insight supporting claims evaluation, loss prevention, risk analysis, and litigation involving lodging properties.
At its core, GHSS specializes in providing expert consultation in hotel security risk management, tailored to meet the needs of hotels, ownership and management groups, attorneys, insurance firms, and businesses.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:
- Collaborating with legal teams and insurance firms to provide insights through pre-trial findings.
- Developing, reviewing, and enhancing safety and security policies and procedures.
- Conducting comprehensive hotel security risk assessments to support businesses in evaluating and improving their programs and processes and to identify areas of risk.
SALVATORE CACCAVALE
FOUR DECADES OF HOSPITALITY SECURITY EXPERIENCE
Salvatore “Sal” Caccavale is the Principal of Global Hospitality Security Solutions and a hospitality security, safety, and forensic-liability consultant with more than four decades of lodging-industry experience.
Sal began his hospitality security career with Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1983 and went on to hold security leadership positions at multiple Hilton-branded properties and within the broader Hilton organization.
Throughout his career, he has worked with hotel executives, ownership and management organizations, law-enforcement agencies, attorneys, insurers, and risk professionals on hospitality security and safety matters.
His industry recognition includes the Thomas G. Davis Loss Prevention Lifetime Award and Hilton’s Global Spirit of Pride Award. He has also received recognition from local, state, and federal law-enforcement organizations for his professional collaboration and assistance.
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