Cookie policy

Hospitality Social Media Summit (HoSS)

Last updated: 02 March 2026

1. What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels and tags) are small files or code placed on your device when you visit a website. They help a site function, remember preferences, and support analytics and marketing depending on your choices.

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies on hospitalitysocialsummit.com and hoss.events to:

  • run the website securely and reliably;
  • remember your preferences (including cookie choices);
  • understand how visitors use our site (analytics);
  • measure marketing performance (advertising/attribution), where enabled.

3. Categories of cookies we use

Our cookie banner (Cookiebot) groups cookies into the following categories:

A) Necessary (always on)

These are required for the website and consent management to work.

Typical examples:

Name
CookieConsent
Provider
Cookiebot
Purpose
Stores your consent state on this domain
Duration
Up to your consent expiry setting (default 12 months)
support.cookiebot.com
Name
[your_session_cookie]
Provider
Our website / hosting
Purpose
Security / session management
Duration
Session
B) Preferences

These support preference features. If you enable Cross-domain Consent Sharing in Cookiebot, Cookiebot uses a “bulk setting” entry (shown as CookieConsentBulkSetting-#) to help apply consent across domains in the same Cookiebot Domain Group.

Typical example (when cross-domain sharing is enabled):
Name
CookieConsentBulkSetting-# (local storage)
Provider
Cookiebot
Purpose
Helps carry consent across domains (cross-domain consent sharing)
Duration
Up to your consent expiry setting
C) Statistics (analytics)

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) via Google Tag Manager to understand site usage (e.g., pages viewed, time on site, referral sources) and improve the site. GA4 commonly uses first-party cookies such as _ga and _ga_<container-id>.

Typical example (when cross-domain sharing is enabled):

Name
_ga
Provider
Google Analytics
Purpose
Distinguishes users
Duration
2 years
Name
_ga_<container-id>
Provider
Google Analytics
Purpose
Persists session state
Duration
2 years
D) Marketing

We use:

  • Meta Pixel (for advertising measurement/attribution and audience building)

  • LinkedIn Insight Tag (for conversion tracking/measurement and audience features)

Typical examples:

Name
_fbc
Provider
Meta
Purpose
Stores click ID for attribution (fbclid)
Duration
90 days
Name
_fbp
Provider
Meta
Purpose
Pixel identifier for measurement / attribution
Duration
Set by Meta (commonly months)
Name
bcookie, bscookie, lidc, AnalyticsSyncHistory, UserMatchHistory, li_fat_id, etc.
Provider
LinkedIn
Purpose
Measurement / ad features (varies by cookie)
Duration
See LinkedIn cookie table

4. Cookie declaration (full, automatically updated list)

Cookiebot can display a Cookie Declaration (an automatically updated list of cookies detected on your site). You can embed it on this page (or a separate page) using the Cookie Declaration script from Cookiebot (“Your scripts”).

5. Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our website, you will see a Cookiebot consent banner where you can accept, reject, or customise optional cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie settings link/trigger on the site (or by clearing cookies in your browser).

Browser controls are also available in Chrome/Safari/Firefox/Edge. Blocking some cookies may affect functionality.

6. Two domains

(hospitalitysocialsummit.com and hoss.events)

If Cross-domain Consent Sharing is enabled in Cookiebot for a domain group that includes both domains, your consent can apply across those domains (subject to browser restrictions and your chosen settings). Cookiebot explains how this works and what users will see in the banner.

7. Updates to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

8. Contact us

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, improve your browsing experience, and analyse site traffic. You can manage cookies through your browser settings and (where applicable) our cookie consent banner.
For full details, please see our Cookie Policy.

15. Contact us / Complaints

Questions? Contact:

Post:Profile West, 950 Great West Road, Suite E, Ground Floor, Brentford, United Kingdom, TW8 9ES

For more information on personal data processing, see our Privacy Policy.