As we discussed in an article published on April 11, 2023, influential hotel owners are seeking to use the legislative process to address the perceived imbalance of power between a hotel franchisor and franchisee.

Led by the largest hotel owners association in the United States, these hotel franchisees are advocating in favor of a bill currently pending in New Jersey that seeks to codify certain protections for hotel franchisees and, in effect, reconfigure the relationship between hotel owners and franchisors.