Must Embassy Suites By Hilton send notices of default and termination only to the franchisee's PLC?
Embassy_Suites_By_Hilton Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- 16.7.2 Notices of Default and Termination, or Threatened Litigation.
Any notice from you or from us declaring default of a provision of this Agreement, or potential or final termination of this Agreement, must be delivered in person, or by prepaid overnight courier delivery service, or by prepaid overnight United States mail, or by prepaid certified United States mail, return-receipt requested, if overnight delivery is not available to the notice address.
We will send notices under this Subsection only to your PLC.
You must send notices to us under this Subsection as follows: Hilton Franchise Holding LLC, Attention: General Counsel, 7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100, McLean, VA 22102.
Notice sent under this Subsection will be deemed effective on the earlier of: (a) receipt, or first refusal of delivery; (b) one (1) day after posting, if sent by overnight commercial delivery service or overnight United States Mail; or (c) three (3) days after placement in United States certified mail, return receipt requested.
- 16.7.3 Other Notices: If a Party wishes to send a notice to the other Party regarding any issue other than those issues specified in Subsection 16.7.2, the Party may send the notice by any method described in Subsection 16.7.2, or by email.
You may send notices under this Subsection to us to: Legal.Development@hilton.com or such other email address as we may periodically designate by notice to you.
You may periodically designate additional Persons to receive other types of notices from us by the methods we periodically specify.
We may send notices to you under this Subsection to the email address designated for your PLC, or to the email address for other persons you designate for these notices.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 97)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Embassy Suites By Hilton Franchise Disclosure Document, any notice from the franchisee or Embassy Suites By Hilton declaring default of a provision of the Franchise Agreement, or potential or final termination of the agreement, must be delivered in person, by prepaid overnight courier delivery service, by prepaid overnight United States mail, or by prepaid certified United States mail, return-receipt requested, if overnight delivery is not available to the notice address.
Embassy Suites By Hilton will send notices of default and termination only to the franchisee's Principal Legal Correspondent (PLC). The franchisee must designate a single person to be their duly authorized representative to issue and receive these notices. The notice address for the PLC cannot be a P.O. Box and cannot be the same as the Hotel address. The initial notice address for the PLC will be on the Addendum to the Franchise Agreement.
If a franchisee wants to change the person designated as their PLC, or the address or email for notice to their PLC, they may do so at any time by sending a notice to Embassy Suites By Hilton in accordance with Subsection 16.7.3 or as otherwise directed by Embassy Suites By Hilton. For issues other than default, termination, or threatened litigation, Embassy Suites By Hilton may send notices to the email address designated for the franchisee's PLC, or to the email address for other persons the franchisee designates for these notices.