For Even Hotels, what happens if modernization, renovation, and upgrading do not meet the Standards and specifications?
Even_Hotels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
sh, equip, decorate and supply the Hotel subject to Holiday's approval of your plans. You must equip the Hotel with products which meet the Standards and specifications, including those described in the License and the Standards (see also Item 11). All modernization, renovation and upgrading of your Hotel must also meet the Standards and specifications. Holiday issues specifications by brand of product and in many instances by brand "or equivalent," by physical characteristics and by other methods, depending on the product or service involved. Holiday can make changes to the Standards. These changes will become binding on you as if originally set forth in the Standards. Holiday will provide you with explanation of any change, in writing, at least 30 days before it goes into effect.
Holiday estimates that the Standards and specifications will apply to 90% to 95% of your purchases and leases. If you purchase or lease any equipment or supplies not previously approved by Holiday, you are required to submit a written request for Holiday's approval. Holiday reserves the right to require removal of any non-approved product installed at the Hotel. While Holiday has no obligation to respond within a certain time frame, it expects to do so within 45 to 60 days from receipt of your request. Holiday may require certain information, tests and inspections, at no expense to Holiday, as a condition of approval.
Holiday requires you to hire qualified, licensed, professional advisors with hotel experience in the form of a project team, which must consist of an interior designer with upscale or boutique hotel brand experience and may consist of, depending on complexity and scope of the work, an architect, engineer, art consultant, lighting consultant, or other related specialist when building or renovating an IHG hotel. If you cannot find such licensed professional help, contact your Openings Regional Director. All architects and interior designers must be approved by Holiday prior to the project commencing. Any design work submitted by unqualified individuals hired by you will be rejected and your Hotel can be subject to Plan default, resulting in an assessment of fees under the terms of your License. The fee for such Plan default will be up to $5,000.
Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 59–68)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Even Hotels' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all modernization, renovation, and upgrading of your hotel must meet the brand's standards and specifications. These standards are subject to change, and Even Hotels will provide written notice of any changes at least 30 days before they take effect.
If you purchase or lease any equipment or supplies not previously approved by Even Hotels, you must submit a written request for approval. Even Hotels reserves the right to require the removal of any non-approved product installed at the hotel. While there's no guaranteed response time, Even Hotels expects to respond within 45 to 60 days of receiving your request. They may also require information, tests, and inspections at your expense as a condition of approval.
Furthermore, when building or renovating an IHG hotel, Even Hotels requires you to hire qualified, licensed, professional advisors with hotel experience, forming a project team that includes an interior designer with upscale or boutique hotel brand experience. Depending on the complexity, the team may also need an architect, engineer, art consultant, lighting consultant, or other specialists. All architects and interior designers must be approved by Even Hotels before the project starts. If you hire unqualified individuals, any design work they submit will be rejected, and your hotel may face a Plan default, resulting in fees up to $5,000. Even Hotels may also require you to remove any non-approved product installed in your hotel that has not been explicitly approved in writing by IHG Plan Review before installation.