Hilton Garden Inn vs America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Hilton Garden Inn vs America's Best Inns & Suites including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise
Investment $13,045,500 - $27,123,500$109,250 - $5,836,500
Franchise Fee $75,000$15,000
Royalty Fee 5.5%17.50 -$22.50/room/mo.
Advertising Fee 4%-
Year Founded 19961970
Year Franchised 19961982
Term Of Agreement 22 years-
Term Of Agreement 22 years-
Renewal Fee Same as initial fee50% of then-current fran. fee


Business Experience Requirements
 
Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise
Experience
  • Industry experience
  • General business experience
    		• -

    Financing Options
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise
      In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
    Franchise Fees No/YesNo/No
    Start-up Costs No/YesNo/No
    Equipment No/YesNo/No
    Inventory No/YesNo/No
    Receivables No/YesNo/No
    Payroll No/YesNo/No

    Training & Support
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise
    Training On-The-Job Training Classroom Training -
    Support Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet PlatformNewsletter, Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives
    Marketing Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/appCo-op advertising, Ad slicks, National media, Regional advertising
    Operations

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 35 - 50

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.

    Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 6 - 12

    Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed.

    Expansion Plans
     
    Hilton Garden Inn Franchise
    America's Best Inns & Suites Franchise
    US Expansion Yes-
    Canada Expansion NoNo
    International Expansion YesNo

    Company Overviews

    About Hilton Garden Inn

    Hilton Garden Inn is an upscale mid-priced, focused-service hotel concept. Through extensive research, Hilton has designed a hotel product that delivers just what guests need, and eliminates what they've said they don't use. Hilton Garden Inn, targeted toward the individual business traveler and the weekend leisure segment, is designed to provide the finest quality of essential services and amenities and eliminates the costly trappings of large-scale properties. It's a hotel that's value-engineered from the ground up and dedicated to guest comfort. When you develop a Hilton Garden Inn hotel, 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, worldwide sales organization and award-winning Hilton HHonors guest loyalty to the Hilton Garden Inn brand, as more and more hotels open throughout North America.
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    About America's Best Inns & Suites

    America's Best Inns & Suites is a high quality mid-level limited service hotel brand with locations throughout the United States. With 102 hotels open and 5 under development as of September 1, 2004, America's Best Inns & Suites continues to expand around the country. America's Best Inns & Suites is primarily a conversion brand for existing hotel owners looking for a better way to do business. America's Best Inns & Suites offers a solution to independent hotel owners looking for a franchise brand or for current franchise hotel owners looking to reposition their property in the market place. Multi-unit operators disenchanted with the direction of their current brand should also consider America's Best Inns & Suites, subject to the requirements of their existing franchise agreement. US Franchise Systems, franchisor for the brand, is a recognized leader in the hotel industry, with 3 growing hotel brands and a reputation for treating our franchisees fairly. Noted for our strong relationships with and support for our franchisees, US Franchise Systems was founded on the principle that franchisees are our partners and they are in business for themselves, not by themselves.