Can Sonesta Simply Suites consolidate the Franchise System Website with the website of other brands?
Sonesta_Simply_Suites Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We maintain a website for the Brand Hotels and certain other Network Brands to advertise, market, and promote Brand Hotels and other applicable Network Hotels, the products and services that they offer and sell, or the franchise opportunity (the "Franchise System Website"). We will have sole discretion and control over the Franchise System Website (including design, contents, and continuation). In connection with the Franchise System Website, we may require you to: (i) provide us the information and materials we request to develop, update, and modify the Franchise System Website with reference to your Hotel information; and (ii) notify us whenever any information on the Franchise System Website is not accurate with respect to your Hotel. We will own all intellectual property and other rights in the Franchise System Website, including your webpage, and all information they contain (including the domain name or URL for your webpage, the log of "hits" by visitors, and any personal or business data that visitors supply). We also may discontinue the Franchise System Website, create a separate Franchise System Website for any one of the, or any combination of the, Network Brands, or consolidate the Franchise System Website with the website of any other brands we or our affiliates maintain, at any time.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 48–60)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Sonesta Simply Suites's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the brand maintains a website to advertise and promote its hotels and franchise opportunities. Sonesta Simply Suites retains complete control over this website, including its design and content.
Sonesta Simply Suites has the right to discontinue the website, create separate websites for any combination of its network brands, or consolidate the Franchise System Website with the websites of other brands maintained by Sonesta Simply Suites or its affiliates. This gives Sonesta Simply Suites significant flexibility in managing its online presence and marketing strategies.
For a prospective franchisee, this means that the appearance and function of the Sonesta Simply Suites website could change at any time. While Sonesta Simply Suites is responsible for the overall website, franchisees may be required to provide information and materials to keep the site updated with accurate information about their specific hotel. Franchisees must also promptly notify Sonesta Simply Suites of any inaccuracies related to their hotel's information on the website.