Janet Green was unsure of opening a Crowne Plaza Hotel as a franchise in Aurora,IL,because,in the past year,the town has grown immensely and she was afraid that competing franchisees would build hotels close to hers and that would saturate the market in a few years and reduce her business. However,the Crowne Plaza Corporation has assured her that no additional competing hotels will built within 20 miles of her location. This guarantee by a franchisor is known as

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The guarantee given by Crowne Plaza Corporation to Janet Green that no additional competing hotels will be built within 20 miles of her location is an example of territorial protection. This is a common practice in franchising where the franchisor provides exclusive rights to a certain area or territory to the franchisee to prevent competition from other franchisees within that area.

Janet Green Was Unsure of Opening a Crowne Plaza Hotel