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 | Homewood Suites by HiltonDistinctly Homewood |
Business Type
FranchiseTotal Investment
$10,600,000 to $15,600,000Number of Units
140In Business Since
1988* For Current Info See:
Franchise Disclosure Document
Overview
Investing in Homewood Suites by Hilton®
gives you the opportunity to capture your own piece of one of the
fastest-growing segments in the hotel industry. When you develop with
us, you get the upscale position in the extended-stay market backed by
the power of the Hilton name.
When you develop a Homewood®,you’re not just developing a hotel, but a relationship with the entire Hilton Family of Hotels. Advantages like our friendly corporate staff, central reservations system and award-winning Hilton HHonors® guest reward program make this a brand you’ll want to stay with for a long time.
When you develop a Homewood®,you’re not just developing a hotel, but a relationship with the entire Hilton Family of Hotels. Advantages like our friendly corporate staff, central reservations system and award-winning Hilton HHonors® guest reward program make this a brand you’ll want to stay with for a long time.
Products & Services
Homewood Suites by Hilton is an upscale, yet
casual, all-suite, residential-style hotel brand that caters to
travelers seeking the perfect second home when traveling for business
or pleasure.Every Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel offers these services that customers come to expect:
- Warm, friendly service that’s personalized to meet guests’ needs
- Quality and consistency from location to location
- Hilton HHonors®, our award-winning guest reward program
- Spacious one- to two-bedroom suites and deluxe studio suites
- Fully equipped kitchen with refrigerator, utensils and place settings
- Dining table and separate work area with phone, dataports and complimentary high-speed Internet access
- Dressing area with large vanity
- Remote-controlled television, VCR and/or on-demand movies, and one premium cable channel
- Central “Lodge” area with a comfortable living room, fireplace and soft seating
- Daily complimentary Suite Start™ hot breakfast
- Weekday Welcome Home® Reception with complimentary light meal and beverages
- On-site exercise and laundry facilities, sports court and swimming pool
- Executive business center
- Limited meeting space
- 24-hour Suite Shop® convenience store
- Complimentary grocery shopping service (guests pay for groceries)
- Complimentary weekday USA Today delivered to every suite
Training & Support
Design and Construction
Our development assistance includes helping you identify and select a site, offering design consulting, putting you in touch with architects and contractors, and assisting with your construction progress. This careful, comprehensive assistance contributes to our reputation for quality.
Franchise Web Site
homewoodfranchise.com provides a wealth of information on Homewood Suites by Hilton and all of our franchise brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels. You’ll find recent news, prototype drawings, computer-assisted drawings that allow viewing of Homewood Suites by Hilton designs in three-dimensional format, design specifications, Suppliers’ Corner listings, key contacts for development and design & construction, online franchise license application, summary of franchise fees, costs and other requirements, photo galleries and much more. You can also submit our online form to request more information. This site is a powerful tool for our owners to stay in tune with Homewood Suites by Hilton franchising.
Brand Performance
Our Brand Performance team is a unique consultative field team focused on brand performance. Their primary goal is to help your hotel achieve optimum performance through activities such as sales training, revenue maximization, inventory management, and product and service evaluations. They review key business statistics regarding your hotel with you and your hotel managers, offer advice on front desk systems, suggest training solutions, and offer suggestions about issues impacting your hotel. They work to ensure Homewood Suites by Hilton quality standards are being met, help develop action plans using the Continuous Improvement Process, prepare for quality assurance evaluations, discuss marketing and sales progress, motivate sales staff and provide status reports.
Quality Assurance
Every Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel is expected to meet our high standards for quality and service, as outlined in our comprehensive standards manuals. To help you protect your asset, and the value of the brand in which you’ve invested, specialists evaluate each hotel at least twice annually with the focus of maintaining brand integrity. Consultation on your capital replacement program is also provided by this team to ensure your property maintains a positive perception in the eyes of our guests.
Leading-Edge Technology with Reduced Costs
Superior technology has always been an important point of differentiation in Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise properties. In addition to an Internet-based centralized reservations system, Hilton is committed to technology in other areas, including online purchasing and more. OnQ™, our required business software and hardware system, includes our proprietary hotel operations management system, our proprietary revenue management system, and links reservations, travel intermediaries and front desk systems together to create robust tracking, reporting and functionality. We consider this technology a highly important pillar in the value proposition of a Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise property.
Business Reports
We also offer support to help improve the way you manage your business. Available electronically, our monthly reports help you recognize trends to assist you in evaluating how well you stack up to the competition. Our revenue maximization reports contain historical data, trends and booking patterns of your hotel to help optimize your revenue potential. With feedback on occupancy, rate, market share, and other vital information for your hotel, we may help you anticipate problems, take advantage of opportunities, and develop proactive marketing and sales strategies to optimize value.
Training
Prior to the hotel opening, we provide comprehensive training for owners and general managers to familiarize them with our vision. We stress the importance of direct sales to your hotel’s performance, and help establish the skills and knowledge needed to lead your team to success. We also offer workshops, interactive CD-ROMs and videos on topics such as sales, supervisory skills and product quality programs.
Our development assistance includes helping you identify and select a site, offering design consulting, putting you in touch with architects and contractors, and assisting with your construction progress. This careful, comprehensive assistance contributes to our reputation for quality.
Franchise Web Site
homewoodfranchise.com provides a wealth of information on Homewood Suites by Hilton and all of our franchise brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels. You’ll find recent news, prototype drawings, computer-assisted drawings that allow viewing of Homewood Suites by Hilton designs in three-dimensional format, design specifications, Suppliers’ Corner listings, key contacts for development and design & construction, online franchise license application, summary of franchise fees, costs and other requirements, photo galleries and much more. You can also submit our online form to request more information. This site is a powerful tool for our owners to stay in tune with Homewood Suites by Hilton franchising.
Brand Performance
Our Brand Performance team is a unique consultative field team focused on brand performance. Their primary goal is to help your hotel achieve optimum performance through activities such as sales training, revenue maximization, inventory management, and product and service evaluations. They review key business statistics regarding your hotel with you and your hotel managers, offer advice on front desk systems, suggest training solutions, and offer suggestions about issues impacting your hotel. They work to ensure Homewood Suites by Hilton quality standards are being met, help develop action plans using the Continuous Improvement Process, prepare for quality assurance evaluations, discuss marketing and sales progress, motivate sales staff and provide status reports.
Quality Assurance
Every Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel is expected to meet our high standards for quality and service, as outlined in our comprehensive standards manuals. To help you protect your asset, and the value of the brand in which you’ve invested, specialists evaluate each hotel at least twice annually with the focus of maintaining brand integrity. Consultation on your capital replacement program is also provided by this team to ensure your property maintains a positive perception in the eyes of our guests.
Leading-Edge Technology with Reduced Costs
Superior technology has always been an important point of differentiation in Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise properties. In addition to an Internet-based centralized reservations system, Hilton is committed to technology in other areas, including online purchasing and more. OnQ™, our required business software and hardware system, includes our proprietary hotel operations management system, our proprietary revenue management system, and links reservations, travel intermediaries and front desk systems together to create robust tracking, reporting and functionality. We consider this technology a highly important pillar in the value proposition of a Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise property.
Business Reports
We also offer support to help improve the way you manage your business. Available electronically, our monthly reports help you recognize trends to assist you in evaluating how well you stack up to the competition. Our revenue maximization reports contain historical data, trends and booking patterns of your hotel to help optimize your revenue potential. With feedback on occupancy, rate, market share, and other vital information for your hotel, we may help you anticipate problems, take advantage of opportunities, and develop proactive marketing and sales strategies to optimize value.
Training
Prior to the hotel opening, we provide comprehensive training for owners and general managers to familiarize them with our vision. We stress the importance of direct sales to your hotel’s performance, and help establish the skills and knowledge needed to lead your team to success. We also offer workshops, interactive CD-ROMs and videos on topics such as sales, supervisory skills and product quality programs.
Why Homewood Suites by Hilton?
When you join the Hilton Family of Hotels as an
owner, you become an important member of the Hilton team. Our way of
showing our owners how much we value their loyalty and the confidence
they’ve placed in our brands is by offering them a special package of
owner services and benefits, including:
- Hilton HHonors Gold VIP membership status in our award-winning guest reward program.
- Owner Travel Program which offers discount hotel rates for leisure travel at all owned, managed or franchised properties within the Hilton Family of Hotels (excluding Hilton International properties).
- Franchise Development Awards Program that will allow our owners to be considered for special recognition based on new project/development efforts within the Hilton Family of Hotels.
Are You a Good Fit for Homewood Suites by Hilton?
Our brand is built on a foundation of
satisfaction from design to delivery for our owners as well as our
guests. Homewood Suites by Hilton has a strong track record of
performance, and a number of owners who have been with our brand from
the beginning. Just as we try to build relationships with our guests,
we also strive to build long-lasting relationships with our owners.
Working together over time toward one common goal – to maximize your
investment – helps us both reach our objectives.When you submit your license application for a Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise, you pay us an initial fee based upon the number of guest suites in your prospective hotel. The initial fee is $60,000 for the first 150 guest suites, with a minimum fee of $60,000 plus $450 for each additional guest suite.
