franchise owners
Guest Loyalty Programs Provide, But They Cost
Robert Mandelbaum, Christine Bang | September 5, 2023
By Robert Mandelbaum and Christine Bang Over the years, the fees hotel owners pay to franchise companies have typically grown at a pace greater than the rise in hotel rooms revenue. Most franchise-related fees are charged as a percent of rooms revenue, and therefore, by assessing the relative changes in rooms revenue and franchise fees we can make some assumptions. In 2021, acknowledging the financial stress hotel owners faced during the pandemic, the franchise companies were sympathetic and provided some reprieve. While rooms revenue increased by 55.4% in 2021, total franchise-related fees rose by just 45.9%. Equilibrium returned in ...
Choice Hotels Introduces ‘Your Key to Profit’ Resource to Benefit Franchise Owners
Choice Hotels® | September 13, 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 13, 2022 -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH),--one of the world's largest lodging franchisors, is building on its longstanding commitment to increasing owner profitability with a free resource for its hotel owners: Your Key to Profit. Launching in the fourth quarter of 2022, the new platform will centralize all Choice's proprietary profitability tools in an on-demand, mobile-friendly system to better enable success for owners' hotels. "Choice Hotels' award-winning tools, capabilities, and expert advice from revenue management consultants enable franchise owners to quickly execute the right pricing str...
