g. For the purposes of this section:"Hotel" means a hotel, apartment hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, tourist home, club, or similar establishment where sleeping accommodations are supplied for pay to transient or permanent guests.
"Hotel operator" means any person, including a contractor, who owns, controls or operates a hotel.
"Hotel service" means work performed in connection with the operation of a hotel, including, but not limited to, letting of guest rooms, letting of meeting rooms, provision of food or beverage services, provision of banquet services, or provision of spa services.
"Room" means a room available or let out for use or occupancy in a hotel.
"Service disruption" means any of the following conditions where the condition substantially affects or is likely to substantially affect any guest's use of a room or utilization of a hotel service; provided that conditions described in paragraphs (2), (6) and (7) of this definition shall be presumed to substantially affect a guest's use of a room or utilization of a hotel service:
(1) construction work in or directly related to the hotel that creates excessive noise that is likely to substantially disturb a guest, other than construction that is intended to correct an emergency condition or other condition requiring immediate attention;(2) conditions of which the hotel operator is aware, indicating the presence in the hotel of any infestation by bed bugs, lice or other insects, rodents or other vermin capable of spreading disease or being carried, including on one's person, if the infestation has not been fully treated by a licensed exterminator within 24 hours of identifying it;(3) the unavailability, for a period of 24 hours or more, of any advertised hotel amenity, including, but not limited to, a pool, spa, shuttle service, internet access, or food and beverage service;(4) the unavailability, for a period of 24 hours or more, of any advertised room appliances or technology, including but not limited to, in-room refrigerators, or internet or Wi-Fi services;(5) the unavailability of any advertised or legally required accessibility feature, including, but not limited to, an elevator, wheelchair lift, ramp, or accessible bathroom in the room or in any common area of the hotel;(6) the unavailability for a period of 24 hours or more, of any utility, including, but not limited to, gas, water, or electricity when the unavailability affects only the location of the hotel; or(7) any strike, lockout or picketing activity, or other demonstration or event for a calendar day or more at or near the hotel."Third-party vendor" means a vendor with which a hotel operator has an arrangement for third-party room reservations, or any other entity that has reserved or entered into an agreement or booking for the use or occupancy of one or more rooms in a hotel in furtherance of the business of reselling the rooms to guests.