What should Even Hotels do if they cannot find qualified, licensed, professional help?
Even_Hotels Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
y 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 Lic
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, franchisees are required to hire qualified, licensed, professional advisors with hotel experience, forming a project team. This team must include an interior designer with upscale or boutique hotel brand experience. Depending on the complexity and scope of the work, the team may also need an architect, engineer, art consultant, lighting consultant, or other related specialist when building or renovating an IHG hotel.
If an Even Hotels franchisee cannot find such licensed professional help, they should contact their Openings Regional Director. All architects and interior designers must be approved by Holiday prior to the project commencing.
It's important to note that any design work submitted by unqualified individuals hired by the franchisee will be rejected. This could subject the hotel to a Plan default, potentially resulting in an assessment of fees up to $5,000 under the terms of the License. Furthermore, Even Hotels may require the franchisee to remove any non-approved product installed in the Hotel that has not been explicitly approved in writing by IHG Plan Review before installation.