InterContinental Hotels Group

Our nine hotel brands include some of the best-known and most popular in the world. We’ve built up a portfolio that covers everything from luxurious upscale hotels in the world’s major cities and resorts to reliable family-oriented hotels that offer great service and value.

This diverse portfolio means that we have the flexibility to respond to most types of hotel development opportunity. What’s more, our hotel owners can choose the hotel brand that will work for them and maximise the potential of a particular site. And whether our guests are travelling for business or leisure, for a honeymoon or a family holiday, we’ll have a hotel that’s right for them.

InterContinental Hotel Group logo

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is our most prestigious hotel brand, located in major cities in over 60 countries worldwide, offering business and leisure travellers the highest level of service and facilities.

57,034 rooms, 169 hotels, 49 hotels in the pipeline

Crowne Plaza logo

A dynamic hotel brand located in nearly 60 countries around the world. Truly international, Crowne Plaza offers premium accommodation, designed for the discerning business and leisure traveller who appreciates simplified elegance.

107,784 rooms, 390 hotels, 99 hotels in the pipeline

Hotel Indigo logo

A new innovative brand designed for the style-conscious traveller looking for the individual approach and facilities of a boutique hotel. Our hotels are located in urban, mid-town and suburban areas, close to businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues.

5,770 rooms, 51 hotels, 49 hotels in the pipeline

Holiday Inn logo

Holiday Inn offers today’s business and leisure travellers dependability, friendly service, modern facilities and excellent value. You’ll find them throughout the world – in small towns and major cities, along quiet roadways and near bustling airports.

228,626 rooms, 1,239 hotels, 240 hotels in the pipeline

Express by Holiday Inn logo

A fresh, clean, uncomplicated hotel choice offering comfort, convenience and good value. Holiday Inn Express (or Express by Holiday Inn) is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in its segment.

207,265 rooms, 2,206 hotels, 454 hotels in the pipeline

Staybridge Suites logo

The Staybridge Suites® brand offer an all-suites hotel brand for upscale, extended stay guests looking for a residential style hotel for business, relocation or leisure that offer a sense community and home-like surroundings.

20,695 rooms, 189 hotels, 73 hotels in the pipeline

Candlewood Suites logo

The Candlewood Suites® brand offers a clean, uncomplicated extended stay hotel choice offering of convenience and good value all while allowing guests to unpack and settle in on their own schedule.

28,922 rooms, 302 hotels, 76 hotels in the pipeline

EVEN™ Hotels logo

EVEN™ Hotels is the first hotel brand designed for business and leisure travellers who maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and are looking for a complete wellness experience at a mainstream price point.

1 hotel in the pipeline

HUALUXE™ Hotels and Resorts logo

An upscale hotel brand that is designed specially for Chinese travellers.

16 hotels in the pipeline

 

The Goddard School

Recently named “#1 Franchise Preschool Chain in the United States” by Entrepreneur Magazine for the twelfth consecutive year, and is  listed in the top 200 for Worldwide Sales by Franchise Times, Goddard Systems, Inc. is expanding The Goddard School® network throughout the country.   With a successful system in place and dedicated franchisees, Goddard has achieved its initial goal as the acknowledged leader in franchised childcare. The company now has its sights on the next level – recognition as the premier childcare provider in the United States.

  • Goddard School Franchise Units: 385+
  • Goddard School Franchise Fee: $135,000
  • Minimum Investment Required: $701,400 – $721,400 total
  • Minimum Cash Injection: $150,000
  • GSI Headquarters: 1016 West Ninth Avenue • Suite 210 • King of Prussia, PA 19406

Robeks

At Robeks, we support active and healthy lifestyles by creating and serving premium blended-to-order smoothies, freshly-squeezed juices, and healthy snacks that are highly nutritious and delicious.

Our stores are easier to operate and manage compared to other concepts, which allows owners to easily open multiple units. Our loyal customer base enjoys Robeks products throughout their day, multiple times each week, and they love our innovative products. Robeks stores are open in 15 states and DC, and we are opening more throughout the U.S. We´ve opened stores in Tokyo and agreements are now in place for Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Hong Kong, Macao, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia

Firehouse Subs

Firehouse Subs® is a fast casual restaurant chain with a passion for Hearty and Flavorful Food, Heartfelt Service and Public Safety.

Founded by former firefighters and brothers Chris Sorensen and Robin Sorensen, Firehouse Subs is a brand built on decades of fire and police service, the highest quality meats and cheeses piled higher, steaming hot subs, and its commitment to saving lives through the creation of Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.

The founders are the real deal, the food is their creation, and the company is built upon a family of franchise operators who share their same passion for serving others. Firehouse Subs consistently ranks No. 1 among fast casual brands in the categories of food quality, taste, and flavor.

Ice House America

Today’s packaged ice industry is a $4 billion business. And Ice House America is reshaping that business…

Our freestanding, 24-hour, on-demand, fresh ice vending machines are concentrated in the Southeast US. But we are not stopping there as our new franchisees are finding growth opportunities in the Southwest, Midwest and Northeast. Together, we will continue to expand the ice vending industry and ensure that Ice House America stays at the top.

Ice House America. Two Brands. We have two consumer-facing brands: Twice the Ice and IceBorn. Depending upon where you want to establish your own ice vending business, Ice House America provides these two business models to support your goals.

Papa Murphy’s

Great quality. Great value. Great customer service.

Papa Murphy’s was built on these core values from day one and they continue to distinguish Papa Murphy’s today. These values aren’t revolutionary, but when they’re done consistently they allow our guests to leave our stores with the best pizza and experience possible – it’s the reason we’ve been named the #1 Rated Pizza Chain* again and again.

The concept of Take ‘N’ Bake pizza started with Papa Murphy’s in 1981. Since then, Papa Murphy’s has established itself as the largest Take ‘N’ Bake pizza company in the world – and is now the fifth-largest pizza company in the United States with over 1,350 stores in 38 states. Papa Murphy’s corporate headquarters are located in Vancouver, Washington.

Papa Murphy’s has the best people in the pizza business. There’s no doubt about it. We are passionate, energetic and proud to offer high-quality pizzas that are unlike any other at a value that’s second to none.

Speed Dating for Local Lenders? FranchiseTimes.com

At Boston event, local lenders get a peek at franchise concepts.

“Sometimes banking is stuck in the ‘70s and ‘80s,” said banker Morgan Johns with Conestoga Bank in Pennsylvania. “You have to look outside the box.”  Which is precisely why he attended BoeFly’s Franchise Lending Spotlight Conference, held April 3 in suburban Boston.

Read the full article at FranchiseTimes.com

Checkers Meets Boston Lenders in Advance of Expansion

Retro-style fast food chain Checkers, known for its double drive-thrus, plans to bring its brand of fast food to the the Greater Boston area in 2014.

To prepare for the company’s entrance into the market, Durham is in Boston this week speaking with potential lending partners for franchisees. Durham said Checkers hopes to work with experienced multi-unit franchise owners who are looking to add a burger concept to their portfolio. It generally takes 12 months from when the franchise agreement is signed to open a new location.

Read the full article on Boston.com

New Franchise Lending Initiative Launches

The National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) will launch a Northeast franchise lending initiative Wednesday at the first Franchise Lending Spotlight Conference in Waltham, M.A.    Read about new NADCO initiative

Coleman Report Interview – FLSC Boston

Bob Coleman, publisher of the ColemanReport.com, interviews Mike Rozman about the Franchise Lending Spotlight Conference held in Waltham Ma on April 3rd, 2013. You can watch the full interview here.