Coronavirus (COVID-19) Franchise News

Kelly’s Roast Beef, a Boston icon with seven decades of history, is looking to expand not only regionally in New England, but also establish a presence in South Florida.

Oxi Fresh announced that it has signed a new franchisee that will bring the brand’s unique eco-friendly carpet cleaning service to Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced plans for the first new-build Alila resort in the Americas, located in Encinitas, Calif., a quintessential beach town in San Diego’s North County Coastal region.

The Habit Burger Grill is proud to announce they are redirecting 100% of donations made through Uber Eats to their long-standing foundation partner No Kid Hungry.

Engel & Völkers today announced the record-breaking sale of 100 1st Avenue N., PH 4103, a penthouse unit in The One, St. Petersburg's newest residential high-rise building.

IHG®’s (InterContinental Hotels Group) avid™ hotels brand continues to grow throughout the Americas with multiple new hotels opened recently and more than 200 properties in the development pipeline.

Realty ONE Group International experienced tremendous growth during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and overall in the second quarter of 2020.

The thoughtful support, sharing of best practices and detailed action plans provided by Take 5 allowed its franchisees to thrive during the crisis.

Naranga® and the Pizza Factory® have recently announced an expanded partnership in which The Pizza Factory will use Naranga’s “ncompass” software solution.

Over 35 properties in the Ascend Hotel Collection have ranked among the top five hotels in their respective markets on Tripadvisor as of July 6, 2020.

Businesses across Canada are slightly more optimistic for the latter half of the year with 24% of decision-makers now saying their company will increase employees – up from 18% earlier in the year.

Conserva Irrigation, the only national outdoor irrigation company founded on the concept of water conservation, announced the company added 14 new territories to the system in the first half of 2020.

Despite all of the unfortunate news regarding COVID-19, some positive headlines managed to sweep the nation as animal shelters across the country were cleared out during the pandemic.

Winter the Dolphin's Beach Club is now a member of Choice Hotels International, Inc.'s (NYSE:CHH) Ascend Hotel Collection, a global portfolio of resort, boutique and historic hotels.

Valvoline Inc. (NYSE: VVV) provided a business update to give continued visibility into its performance during the COVID-19 crisis, including topline financial results for June 2020.

Wolfnights®, the hottest gourmet wrap concept in New York City, has hired industry veteran Stacey Kane as its new marketing consultant.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today the continued growth of the Thompson Hotels brand throughout the Southern United States with deals for two new properties.

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced it has launched a B2B product program focused on offering large organizations high-quality reusable, non-medical grade cloth face masks*.

Good Times Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIM), operator of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar and Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, today announced that year-over-year same store sales for its Good Times brand increased 11.9%.

Intelligent Office has officially resumed full-operations in its Toronto locations.

theCoderSchool – whose motto is “Learn to code. Change the world.” – is continuing its Las Vegas takeover.