Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

12. Commitments and Contingencies

Management Agreements

Management agreements with the Company’s third-party hotel managers require the Company to pay between 1.75% and 3.0% of total revenue of the managed hotels to the third-party managers each month as a basic management fee. In addition to basic management fees, provided that certain operating thresholds are met, the Company may also be required to pay incentive management fees to certain of its third-party managers.

Total basic and incentive management fees incurred by the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were included in other property-level expenses on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations as follows (unaudited and in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Basic management fees	$	624	$	7,767	$	6,179	$	23,404
Incentive management fees		—		511		—		6,041
Total basic and incentive management fees	$	624	$	8,278	$	6,179	$	29,445

License and Franchise Agreements

The Company has entered into license and franchise agreements related to certain of its hotels. The license and franchise agreements require the Company to, among other things, pay monthly fees that are calculated based on specified percentages of certain revenues.

Total license and franchise fees incurred by the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were included in franchise costs on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations as follows (unaudited and in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Franchise assessments (1)	$	555	$	6,391	$	5,349	$	18,005
Franchise royalties (2)		108		2,215		988		6,019
Total franchise costs	$	663	$	8,606	$	6,337	$	24,024

(1) Includes advertising, reservation and frequent guest program assessments.

(2) Includes key money received from one of the Company’s franchisors, which the Company is amortizing over the term of the hotel’s franchise agreement.

Renovation and Construction Commitments

At September 30, 2020, the Company had various contracts outstanding with third parties in connection with the ongoing renovations of certain of its hotel properties. The remaining commitments under these contracts at September 30, 2020 totaled $17.4 million.

Concentration of Risk

The concentration of the Company’s hotels in California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois and Massachusetts exposes the Company’s business to economic and severe weather conditions, competition and real and personal property tax rates unique to these locales.

As of September 30, 2020, 13 of the 19 Hotels were geographically concentrated as follows (unaudited):

				Trailing 12-Month
		Percentage of		Total
	Number of Hotels	Total Rooms		Consolidated Revenue
California	5	32	%	35	%
Florida	2	10	%	12	%
Hawaii	1	5	%	13	%
Illinois	3	11	%	6	%
Massachusetts	2	15	%	14	%

Other

The Company incurred $11.3 million and $28.9 million of additional expenses as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak during the third quarter and first nine months of 2020, respectively, related to wages and benefits for furloughed or laid off hotel employees, which included severance of $6.8 million and $8.0 million accrued in the third quarter and first nine months of 2020, respectively.

The Company has provided customary unsecured indemnities to certain lenders, including in particular, environmental indemnities. The Company has performed due diligence on the potential environmental risks, including obtaining an independent environmental review from outside environmental consultants. These indemnities obligate the Company to reimburse the indemnified parties for damages related to certain environmental matters. There is no term or damage limitation on these indemnities; however, if an environmental matter arises, the Company could have recourse against other previous owners or a claim against its environmental insurance policies.

At September 30, 2020, the Company had $0.4 million of outstanding irrevocable letters of credit to guarantee the Company’s financial obligations related to workers’ compensation insurance programs from prior policy years. The beneficiaries of these letters of credit may draw upon these letters of credit in the event of a contractual default by the Company relating to each respective obligation. No draws have been made through September 30, 2020.

The Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits and legal proceedings, including routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, regarding the operation of its hotels, its managers and other Company matters. While it is not possible to ascertain the ultimate outcome of such matters, the Company believes that the aggregate identifiable amount of such liabilities, if any, in excess of amounts covered by insurance will not have a material adverse impact on its financial condition or results of operations. The outcome of claims, lawsuits and legal proceedings, including any potential COVID-19-related litigation, brought against the Company, however, is subject to significant uncertainties.