What is the Brand Non-Compliance Fee in relation to the Embassy Suites quality assurance program?
Embassy_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
cover the cost of operating the hotel in accordance with the Standards or the Manual.
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- Our quality assurance program currently includes the Plans and Designs Late Fee, Brand Non-Compliance Fees, PIP/Renovation Failure Fee, the Stay Score Failure Fee, and Service Quality Improvement Program Fees shown here. These represent an evolution of our quality assurance program elements (in which fees were previously referred to as Quality Assurance Evaluation and Re-Evaluation Fees as applicable). More than one fee may apply in a particular circumstance. The PIP/Renovation Failure and Service Quality Improvement Program fees apply
in addition to any other quality assurance fees that may apply. If any quality assurance evaluation, re-evaluation, or Special is conducted on-site, you must also provide complimentary lodgings for our representative during the evaluation.
Source: Item 6 — OTHER FEES (FDD pages 27–41)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Embassy Suites's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Brand Non-Compliance Fees are part of the brand's quality assurance program. The quality assurance program includes fees such as the Plans and Designs Late Fee, Brand Non-Compliance Fees, PIP/Renovation Failure Fee, the Stay Score Failure Fee, and Service Quality Improvement Program Fees.
These fees represent an evolution of Embassy Suites's quality assurance program elements, which were previously referred to as Quality Assurance Evaluation and Re-Evaluation Fees, as applicable. The document specifies that more than one fee may apply in a particular circumstance.
In addition to any other quality assurance fees that may apply, the PIP/Renovation Failure and Service Quality Improvement Program fees also apply. If any quality assurance evaluation, re-evaluation, or Special is conducted on-site, the franchisee must provide complimentary lodgings for the Embassy Suites representative during the evaluation.