Common use of Group Services Clause in Contracts

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the Hotel); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels or other properties managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the HotelHotels); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G 8.2(g) hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or other properties managed by Manager or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels or other properties receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs, and taking into account any rebate, give-up or participation in any reciprocal business arrangement with Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) sales, marketing, advertising and advertising, promotion, public relations, distribution strategy & revenue management; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development development, performance management and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering engineering, capital management and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the Hotel); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereofoperations; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the HotelHotels); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Hotel Master Management Agreement Ashford TRS Corporation File No. 145765 Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the Hotel); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereofoperations; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the HotelHotels); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Hotel Master Management Agreement Ashford TRS Corporation File No. 145765 Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx mxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”"GROUP SERVICES") which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, Hotel Master Management Agreement Ashford TRS Corporation management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s 's or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ ' relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the HotelHotels); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section SECTION 8.02G hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s 's or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ ' hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s 's individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s 's (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’') hotels receiving the same services, shall be incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx mark up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but xxt including salary and employee benefit costs and costs of equipment used in performing such services and overhead costs) of Group Services for the benefit of all of Manager’s 's hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services.

Group Services. Manager may cause to be furnished to the Premises certain services (“Group Services”) which are furnished generally on a central or regional basis to other hotels managed by Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity and which benefit each hotel managed by Manager including, by way of example and not by way of limitation, (i) marketing, advertising and promotion; (ii) centralized accounting payroll processing, ADP management, management and administration of accounts payable, accounts receivable and cash management accounting and MIS support services; (iii) the preparation and maintenance of the general ledger and journal entries, internal audit, budgeting and financial statement preparation, (iv) recruiting, training, career development and relocation in accordance with Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ relocation plan; (v) employee benefits administration; (vi) engineering and risk management; (vii) information technology; (viii) legal support (such as license and permit coordination, filing and completion, standardized contracts, negotiation and preparation, and similar legal services benefiting the HotelHotels); (ix) purchasing arising out of ordinary hotel operations not otherwise contemplated in Section 8.02G hereof; (x) internal audit services; (xi) reservation systems; and (xii) such other additional services as are or may be, from time to time, furnished for the benefit of Manager’s or any Manager Affiliate Entities’ hotels or in substitution for services now performed at Manager’s individual hotels which may be more efficiently performed on a group basis. Group Services shall include Manager’s costs relating to the establishment of an office(s) and the placement of Manager’s personnel at international locations as may be reasonably required to oversee the performance of its services and duties hereunder for international assets. International office expenses, overhead, international personnel costs and benefits, travel and other costs directly related to Manager’s personnel (other than property level personnel who are employed at a Hotel and whose Employee Costs and Expenses constitute Deductions) who oversee the operations of international assets shall be allocated pro-rata to international Hotels based on room count and/or revenues in a fair and equitable manner reasonably determined by Manager. Manager shall assure that the costs and expenses incurred in providing Group Services to the Premises shall have been allocated to the Premises on a pro-rata basis consistent with the method of allocation to all of Manager’s (and any Manager Affiliate Entities’) hotels receiving the same servicesservices and shall be as set forth in the Annual Operating Budget, shall be disclosed in and incurred at a cost consistent with the Annual Operating Budget and shall constitute Deductions. For Fiscal Year 2011 Group Services shall be limited to (i) accounting fee, (ii) brand revenue manager fee, (iii) I.S. support fee, and (iv) legal/H.R. department support services fee as shown on Schedule 6.03. All Group Services provided by Manager shall be at the actual costs (without xxxx up for fee or profit to Manager or any Manager Affiliate Entity, but including and may include salary and employee benefit costs and costs cost of equipment cell phones and Blackberries used in performing such services and overhead costs) of ). Group Services shall be at the actual costs as those provided for the benefit of all of Manager’s hotels receiving the same services, and shall be of a quality comparable to which Manager could obtain from other providers for similar services. Group Services shall be audited on an annual basis by a certified public accounting firm to verify that: (a) all Group Services are allocated on a basis that are no less favorable than those allocated to other hotels managed by Manager, (b) to be certified by Manager as opposed to the accounting firm, the amounts allocated are consistent with normal and customary market charges, and (c) there is no xxxx-up, fee or profit included in the amounts charged. Manager shall cause the accounting firm to provide Lessee on or before 90 days following the end of each Fiscal Year a detailed schedule of Group Service allocations such as will enable Lessee to confirm clauses (a) and (c) above.