Fight back: 1) Get video of everything 2) Try to get video of their in room search 3) Get names of the security people and upper management 4) Share facts on line 5) The find the legal entity's ownership. Find out who. Publish 6) Put videos online 7) Warn all hotels and conference companies of this vendor. 8) Look for intel links. It may cost them far more in security and lost of future revenue for any revenue they gain this week. This is likely not done for more revenue. Look for other reasons it is being done 9) Publish all. Have fun with it.