This site is owned by THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. , d/b/a THE NEXT STEP EVENTS – the global travel company. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS requires that all the visitors to our site on the World Wide Web (the “Site”) adhere to the following rules and regulations. By accessing the Site you indicate your acknowledgment and acceptance of these terms and conditions.

1. LAWS AND REGULATIONS
User access to and use of the Site is subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws and regulations.

2. COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARKS
The trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed on the Site are the property of THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. and other parties. Users are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose including, but not limited to use as meta-tags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web without the written permission of THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. or such third party which may own the Marks. All information and content including any software programs available on or through the Site (“Content”) is protected by copyright. Users are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content available on or through the Site for commercial or public purposes.

3. HYPERLINKING
This site may provide links to other sites by allowing the user to leave the site to access third-party material or by bringing the third-party material into this site via hyperlinks and framing technology. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. has no discretion to alter, update, or control the content on a linked site. The fact that THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. has approved a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers.

4. NO WARRANTIES
All content, products, and services on the site, or obtained from a website to which the site is linked (“linked site”) are provided to you “as is” without warranty of any kind either express or implied including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, security or accuracy. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. Does not endorse and is not responsible for (a) the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, statement, or advice made through the site by any party other than THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. , (b) any content provided on linked sites or (c) the capabilities or reliability of any product or service obtained from a linked site. Under no circumstances will THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. be liable for any loss or damage caused by a user’s reliance on information obtained through the site or linked sites, or user’s reliance on any product or service obtained from a linked site. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any opinion, advice or other content available through the site, or obtained from a linked site. Please seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific opinion, advice, product, service, or other content.

5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR SERVICES ARRANGED THROUGH THE SITE
You agree that THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. is a mere agent for the providers of services available through the Site, including but not limited to travel services. Any and all claims regarding any failure or breach with respect to the services offered through the site are limited to claims against any and all service providers. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. hereby disclaims any liability, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, including without limitation liability for any direct, punitive, special consequential, incidental or indirect damages, in connection with the goods or services provided by any carrier or other supplier through the Site, including without limitation liability for any act, error, omission, injury, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may be incurred through the fault, negligent or otherwise, of such carrier or supplier and you hereby exonerate THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. from any liability with respect to the same.

6. LINKED INTERNET SITES
THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Site and the framing of any Content available through the Site. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames and specifically disclaims any responsibility for the Content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user’s own risk. User should be aware that Linked Sites may contain rules and regulations, privacy provisions, confidentiality provisions, transmission of personal data provisions, and other provisions that differ from the provisions provided on the Site. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. is not responsible for such provisions, and expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such provisions.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR USE OF THE SITE AND LINKED SITE
The information, software, products, and descriptions of services published or posted on the Site or Linked Site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors, and THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. specifically disclaims any liability for such in accuracies or errors. You agree that THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. , its affiliates and any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents will not be liable, whether in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, including without limitation liability for any direct, punitive, special consequential, incidental or indirect damages (including without limitation lost profits, cost of procuring substitute service or lost opportunity) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or Linked Site, or with the delay or inability to use the Site or Linked Sites, even if THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. is made aware of the possibility of such damages. This limitation on liability includes, but is not limited to, the transmission of any viruses which may infect a user’s equipment, failure of mechanical or electronic equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems (e.g., you cannot access your internet service provider), unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, strikes or other labor problems or any force majeure. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. cannot and does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to the web site.

8. PRESS RELEASES
All press releases and other materials presented or released to the financial community that are contained on the Site were, to the best of THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. ’s knowledge, timely and accurate when issued. However, the passage of time can render information stale, and you should not rely on the continued accuracy of any such material beyond the date of issuance. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. has no responsibility to update any information contained in any such material. All viewers should carefully check the dates of issuance of the material contained in the Site.

9. POSTINGS
THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. is under no obligation to review any messages, information or content (“Postings”) posted on the Site by users and assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above, THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site and may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings that contain:

• Any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.
• Messages posted by users impersonating others.
• Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
• Messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information.
• Multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same point.
• Chain letters of any kind.

10. ACCESS TO PASSWORD PROTECTED/SECURE AREAS
Access to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.

11. JURISDICTION/GOVERNING LAW
Users of this Site agree to submit to the laws of the State of Maryland, USA and applicable federal law without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

12. SOCIAL MEDIA
Despite efforts to keep information provided by THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. through social media timely and accurate, users should be aware that the information available through social media may not be timely, accurate, or complete. No communication to THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. through this social media shall be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any purpose.

THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. disclaims any responsibility or liability for positions taken by individuals or entities in their individual cases for any misstatement, misunderstanding and losses, directly or indirectly, on the part of the users.
THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. disclaims liability for ads, videos, promoted content or comments accessible from any external web page. The responsibility of external content or comments rests with the organizations or individuals providing them. Any inclusion of external content or comments on external social media web sites does not imply endorsement by THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. reserves the right and may choose to reprint comments/materials placed on the social media web sites to other media.

The provisions under section 9 “Postings” apply to social media sites as well.

13. CHANGES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS
THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. reserves the right to revise these Rules and Regulations at any time and users are deemed to be apprised of and bound by any changes to these Rules and Regulations.

14. VIOLATIONS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
THE NEXT STEP EVENTS, Inc. reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these Rules and Regulations, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Site.