diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/venue_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/venue_controller.rb
index 15156217..4c8696d6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/venue_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/venue_controller.rb
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ class Admin::VenueController < ApplicationController
 
   def update
     @venue = @conference.venue
-    venue_params = params[:venue]
-    @venue.name = venue_params[:name]
-    @venue.address= venue_params[:address]
-    @venue.website = venue_params[:website]
-    @venue.description = venue_params[:description]
-    @venue.save
-    redirect_to(admin_conference_venue_info_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :notice => 'Venue was successfully updated.')
+    if @venue.update_attributes!(params[:venue])
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_venue_info_path(conference_id: @conference.short_title),
+                  notice: 'Venue was successfully updated.')
+    else
+      redirect_to(admin_conference_venue_info_path(conference_id: @conference.short_title),
+                  notice: 'Venue Updation Failed!')
+    end
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/app/models/venue.rb b/app/models/venue.rb
index e0251f7c..272c9897 100644
--- a/app/models/venue.rb
+++ b/app/models/venue.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base
+  attr_accessible :name, :description, :address, :website
   has_many :conferences
   before_create :generate_guid