What is the GDS fee remark for Best Western?
Best_Western Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
. Hotels shall provide to Booking.com Last Room Availability ("LRA") access to Hotel inventory in the Best Western LYNX system and through the Best Western connection with Booking.com.
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- Hotels' connections to Booking.com shall be facilitated through the brand's connection (a transaction fee will apply).
- A Hotel's publicly available rates and rate plans provided to Booking.com shall be equal to the Hotel's publicly available rates and rate plans made available through any Hotel, Best Western, or third-party booking or distribution channel, and shall be subject to contractual consequences for a violation (e.g., honoring the lower publicly available rate). This limitation does not apply to Best Western Rewards® rates, qualified rates through a partner membership program (e.g., AAA/CAA, AARP, etc.), or corporate negotiated rates.
Chain and Consortia Marketing Program
Approved November 27, 2013 – The Chain and Consortia Marketing Program is amended such that each Property shall pay to Best Western a cost recovery fee for each net room night reservation received under the Chain and Consortia Marketing Program (the "Fee"). For fiscal year 2014, the Fee shall be $2.25 per net room night. The Board of Directors (the "Board") shall establish the Fee for each subsequent fiscal year based on a pass-through cost analysis. The Board-established Fee shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the previous fiscal year's Best Western reservations systems brand average daily rate. All other terms and conditions of the Chain and Consortia Marketing Program remain unchanged.
Approved December 2006 – All North American Properties shall participate in the Best Western Chain and Consortia Marketing Program, administered in accordance with the Chain and Consortia Marketing Program Terms and Conditions, and Compliance Rules.
NOTE: The Program Terms and Conditions set forth in the Ballot's Proposal are as follows:
Chain & Consortia Marketing Program Terms and Conditions:
- No Chain & Consortia Partner will be eligible to participate in the Program unless it has generated at least $1 million dollars in net reservations value for the Properties during the prev
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 108–413)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
Based on the 2025 Best Western Franchise Disclosure Document, the Chain and Consortia Marketing Program includes fees associated with reservations made through these channels. For fiscal year 2014, Best Western properties paid $2.25 per net room night reservation received under this program. The Best Western Board of Directors establishes this fee for each subsequent fiscal year based on a pass-through cost analysis, with the fee not exceeding three percent of the previous fiscal year's Best Western reservation systems brand average daily rate.
North American Best Western properties are required to participate in the Chain and Consortia Marketing Program. For American Express and Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Best Western properties paid $1.00 for each net room night reservation received, starting January 1, 2007. This fee replaced any prior participation fees paid by the properties or Best Western for these specific programs. For other Chain & Consortia Partners, properties pay a maximum fee of $1.00 for each net room night reservation received, although this fee may be lower for certain partners.
This program requires that Chain & Consortia Partners generate at least $1 million in net reservations value for Best Western properties during the previous year to be eligible for participation. This value is calculated based on the reservations value of net bookings received through the Best Western LYNX central reservation system. As a prospective franchisee, it's important to understand how these fees are calculated and how they might impact your property's profitability, especially considering the volume of reservations generated through these marketing channels.