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Do the Radisson Franchisees Agree?

Carlson Hotels Worldwide recently unveiled their five-year program to separate the Radisson brand into two distinct products: Radisson Blu, which will fit into the upper-upscale segment, and Radisson Green, which will fit into the upscale segment.

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La Quinta’s Backward Step

Recently La Quinta created a Brand Council to represent its franchisees and their concerns. This Council replaced the Franchise Advisory Council (FAC), which had consisted of seven franchisees and three executives from the La Quinta franchise department.

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Noteworthy Independent Hotel Chains

Tom Magnuson, founder and CEO of Spokane-based Magnuson Hotels says, “Magnuson Hotels was established as a low-cost alternative to the franchise model, which can be very expensive….

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Choice Hotels Ascend Collection

Choice advertises, “When you become a member of the Ascend Collection, you’re tapping into a worldwide reservation system that delivered more than $2 billion in gross room revenue in 2008.

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Rebranding and Rescaling: Effects on Hotel Performance

A new study, featured in the August 2009 edition of the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly*, examines the effect of market realities which often force hotel owners to rebrand their hotels or to change their property from one market scale to another.

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Who's Side Is The FTC On?

As reported by columnist Janet Sparks in Franchise Times, October 2009, “The Federal Trade Commission’s 2009 annual report clearly states, 'combating fraud, deception and unfair practices in the marketplace is one of the FTC’s highest priorities’….But in the FTC 2009 report, there is no mention of 'franchising' under its consumer protection section

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Ten Reasons Franchisees Should Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009

In urging support for the pending Arbitration Fairness Act, on June 22, 2009 I wrote an article entitled “Make Mandatory Arbitration Illegal:”

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The Changing Face of North America

A quiet revolution in ethnicity has been taking place in the United States and Canada. If current demographic trends hold, the U.S. and Canada are changing to become more diverse racially and ethnically, and retailers will have to respond accordingly.

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Franchisors Show Flexibility to Franchisees in Hard Times

Can you believe that some hotel franchisors whose agreements are usually extraordinarily one-sided, are exhibiting an unheard-of flexibility in negotiating with their franchisees?

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How Hoteliers Could Turn Gray Into Gold

The senior citizen population is on the brink of an explosion in the United States and in the world. In June 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau released data that highlights the staggering news that the senior citizen population seems to be headed to a 40 percent increase during the next five years.