Where in the Sonesta Simply Suites agreement can I find information about the franchise system website?
Sonesta_Simply_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We and our affiliates will maintain the Franchise System Website and may use Brand Promotion Fees to develop, maintain, and update the Franchise System Website. We periodically may update and modify the Franchise System Website. You acknowledge that we have final approval rights over all information on the Franchise System Website. We may implement and periodically modify Brand Standards relating to the Franchise System Website. We also may discontinue any Franchise System Website, create a separate Franchise System Website for any one of the, or any combination of the, Network Hotels, or consolidate such Franchise System Website with the website of any other brands we or our affiliates maintain, at any time, in our sole discretion.
If you are in default of any obligation under this Agreement or the Brand Standards, then we may, in addition to our other remedies, temporarily remove your Hotel information from the Franchise System Website until you fully cure the default. We will permanently remove your Hotel information from the Franchise System Website upon this Agreement's expiration or termination.
C. Online Presences. You may not register, own, maintain or use any Online Presences relating to the Brand Hotels, Network Hotels, or that includes the Network Marks, except as approved in advance by us. As a general rule, we do not permit franchisees to maintain vanity or other independent Online Presences for Brand Hotels. You may not list the details or contact information of your Hotel on any vanity or other independent websites or other Online Presence, including any OTAs, without our prior written approval. You must establish any Online Presence that we may require, and only establish any other Online Presence that we authorize. All use of Online Presences must be in accordance with the Brand Standards and our other guidelines, including the implementation and maintenance of and compliance with privacy policies, as applicable. Given the changing nature of this technology, we have the right to withhold our approval, and to withdraw any prior approval, and to modify our requirements, at our sole discretion. You acknowledge and agree that the restrictions on your use of the Marks will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 79–80)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Sonesta Simply Suites' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding the franchise system website are found in Item 22, specifically within the Franchise Agreement. This section outlines Sonesta Simply Suites' rights and responsibilities concerning the website.
The agreement states that Sonesta Simply Suites and its affiliates will maintain the Franchise System Website and may use Brand Promotion Fees to develop, maintain, and update it. Sonesta Simply Suites retains final approval rights over all information presented on the website and may periodically update or modify it. They can also implement and change Brand Standards related to the website.
Furthermore, Sonesta Simply Suites has the discretion to discontinue the Franchise System Website, create separate websites for individual or combined Network Hotels, or consolidate the website with other brands they or their affiliates maintain. If a franchisee defaults on their obligations, Sonesta Simply Suites may temporarily remove the franchisee's hotel information from the website until the default is resolved. Upon expiration or termination of the Franchise Agreement, the hotel's information will be permanently removed from the Franchise System Website. The agreement also restricts a franchisee's ability to create independent online presences related to the Brand Hotels or Network Hotels without prior approval from Sonesta Simply Suites.