Michael Melenchuk and his family recently faced a difficult business decison. The family business, Hearthstone Properties, was the owner/operator of four hotels located in Atlantic Canada that are part of a franchise network of a major global brand. The franchise contract was coming up for renewal on one of the properties in Nova Scotia. The issue facing the family was whether to renew or not to renew. Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.