Melia Preedy is a Seattle-based attorney with 12 years' experience advising clients in the hospitality and travel industry.

Melia's work focuses on helping clients navigate the legal and operational challenges of running a modern hospitality business. From emerging regulatory and market issues to contracts involving owners, operators, vendors, subcontractors and regulators, she provides strategic guidance that helps organizations manage complexity and support business success.

Melia represents businesses and organizations across the hospitality industry in negotiating a wide range of contracts, including global and master sales agreements and hotel-level sales agreements; vendor, concession, catering and distribution contracts; corporate rate, gift card and loyalty program agreements; consulting, agency, media and influencer agreements; spa, retail, food and beverage and entertainment venue leases and licenses; filming, production and creative license agreements; resort, destination and mandatory fee compliance matters; procurement and vendor due diligence across goods and services.

Melia is a volunteer member of the Washington Hospitality Association's Advisory Network, where she provides legal insights to association members. Her passion for hospitality stems from family roots in the industry, including grandparents who founded and operated a winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley and great-grandparents who developed hotels in Seattle and Hawaii. She enjoys helping hospitality businesses thrive while bringing people together and introducing them to new cuisines, places and cultures.