What is the 'F&B Operations Plan' for a Caption By Hyatt Hotel, as referenced in the FDD?
Caption_By_Hyatt Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Promptly after preparing the plans for your Hotel's construction or remodeling, you must prepare and deliver to us for our approval a plan for conducting and administering the F&B Operations at the Hotel (the "F&B Operations Plan"). The F&B Operations Plan will contain the identity of any proposed restaurant operator or other operator of some or all F&B Operations at the Hotel (other than you or your approved management company) (each an "F&B Operator") and the restaurant concept(s) that you plan to incorporate as part of or adjacent to the Hotel. You must make the modifications to the F&B Operations Plan that we reasonably specify and ensure that the Hotel and its F&B Operations operate according to the approved F&B Operations Plan. You may not make any material changes to the F&B Operations Plan (including any changes to the proposed restaurant concept(s) and/or F&B Operator(s)) without our prior written approval. Before the Hotel begins operating under the Proprietary Marks, you must require each F&B Operator to sign the documents we reasonably specify to protect our (and our affiliates') intellectual property and other rights. At our option, you must submit to us for our prior approval any proposed lease or other agreement between you (or your affiliate or management company) and the F&B Operator under which the F&B Operator will conduct F&B Operations, in which case you may not sign (or
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 40–45)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Caption By Hyatt's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the 'F&B Operations Plan' is a plan for conducting and administering food and beverage operations at the hotel. Franchisees must prepare and deliver this plan to Caption By Hyatt for approval promptly after preparing the construction or remodeling plans for their hotel.
The F&B Operations Plan must include the identity of any proposed restaurant operator or other operator of some or all F&B Operations at the hotel (other than the franchisee or their approved management company), referred to as an 'F&B Operator.' The plan should also detail the restaurant concept(s) that the franchisee intends to incorporate as part of or adjacent to the hotel. Franchisees must make any modifications to the F&B Operations Plan that Caption By Hyatt reasonably specifies and ensure that the hotel and its F&B Operations operate according to the approved plan.
Franchisees cannot make any material changes to the F&B Operations Plan, including changes to the proposed restaurant concept(s) and/or F&B Operator(s), without Caption By Hyatt's prior written approval. Before the hotel begins operating under the Proprietary Marks, franchisees must require each F&B Operator to sign documents that Caption By Hyatt reasonably specifies to protect their intellectual property and other rights. At Caption By Hyatt's option, franchisees must submit any proposed lease or other agreement between them (or their affiliate or management company) and the F&B Operator for prior approval, and they may not sign any lease or other agreement that Caption By Hyatt has not approved.