What is the document called that prospective Embassy Suites franchisees must complete to operate a System Hotel?
Embassy_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- All prospective franchisees must complete an Application to operate a System Hotel. The current form Application is attached as Exhibit F. When you submit the Application to us for processing, you must pay an initial fee ("Franchise Application Fee"). Once we approve your Application, the Franchise Application Fee is non-refundable except as described in this Item 5. You must provide all the information we ask for in your Application. If we approve your Application before you supply all of the information, our approval will be conditioned on receiving the rest of the information within the time we specify. If you fail to provide the rest of the information within the specified time, we may terminate our offer. If we approve your Application subject to certain requirements, we may terminate our offer if you fail to meet those requirements. If we terminate our offer, we will not refund the Franchise Application Fee. If you withdraw your Application before we approve it, or if we deny your Application, we will refund the Franchise Application Fee, without interest, less a $7,500 processing fee, which may be waived or reduced at our discretion. If your Application is for a Change of Ownership and the Change of Ownership does not occur, we will refund your Franchise Application Fee, without interest and less a $7,500 processing fee. We have occasionally agreed to give full or partial refunds or to credit the non-refundable Franchise Application Fee toward the Franchise Application Fee of another application for the Brand if submitted and approved within 6 months or less but we are not obligated to do so. If you increase the proposed number of rooms/suites after your Franchise Application is approved and before the opening of your Hotel under the Brand, you must obtain our approval and pay any additional Franchise Application Fee owed as
Source: Item 5 — INITIAL FEES (FDD pages 22–27)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Embassy Suites' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all prospective franchisees must complete an "Application to operate a System Hotel." The current form of this application is included as Exhibit F to the FDD.
To begin the process, prospective franchisees must submit this application along with the initial Franchise Application Fee. Once Embassy Suites approves the application, the Franchise Application Fee is generally non-refundable, although there are some exceptions.
Embassy Suites requires that the application be completed with all requested information. If the application is approved before all information is supplied, the approval is conditional on receiving the remaining information within a specified timeframe. Failure to provide the information in time may result in termination of the offer and forfeiture of the Franchise Application Fee. Similarly, if the application is approved subject to certain requirements, failure to meet those requirements may also lead to termination of the offer and loss of the fee.