groupes intégrés

08:57 Jun 14, 2020 

Hello
I think this confirms that legal persons is the right way to go.

On single owner, which is another credible suggestion, the definition is

"A sole proprietorship, also known as the sole trader, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise that is owned and run by one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity." [end]

I don't think we can assume that there is only ONE owner in each case, especially since we have "family business" where we have to assume that there is more than one family member.

But I'm not trying to force my suggestion upon you so let's see what other translators have to say.

Regards

08:42 Jun 14, 2020 

Here are examples of each type that are in the table:
1) groupes intégrés :
Siblu
European Camping Group
Vacanceselect
Capfun
Sandaya

2) chaînes d’indépendants:
Sunelia
Yelloh! Village

21:39 Jun 13, 2020 

Les groupes intégrés = chains OR single-owner campground groups

Les chaînes d’indépendants = membership organizations OR referral associations OR cooperative organizations

21:32 Jun 13, 2020 

I found some more interesting info in the link https://bit.ly/2XYKARR where it says:

"FRANCHISE CONSIDERATIONS

Best Western (Best Western Hotel Development )

My first choice would be Best Western. It performs well in most places, the fees are much lower (it's a membership organization, not a franchise, so there are no royalties) ... "

In the book Hospitality & Tourism: An Introduction to the Industry there is interesting information on this page: https://bit.ly/3foN5CG
The following page under the heading "Referral Profile" provides even more details.

According to the abovementioned book, it seems we may be talking about referral associations. They are very similar to franchises, but individual hotel owners can maintain their own individuality. Best Western International is an example of such a referral association.

On the other hand, the link https://bit.ly/3fg4tJU differentiates between co-ops and franchises. If the independent campground owners each have a say in how the cooperative corporation ("structure centrale") works, then it could be a co-op instead. (However, I can't be sure of this without more context.)

20:06 Jun 13, 2020 

I think Daryo is in fact correct, and in hotel industry lingo the distinction seems to be between chaînes intégrées ("chains"), chaînes volontaires ("alliances" or "syndicates"?) and indépendants (independently-owned).

https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016...
https://www.gouache.fr/lexique-chaine-volontaire-gouache-avo...
http://www.placedesreseaux.com/Dossiers/comprendre-reseaux/c...
https://www.mada-hotels-consultant.com/quelle-est-la-differe...

So nothing to do with franchises. You learn something new every day.

20:01 Jun 13, 2020 

I've found some examples of chaînes d'indépendants in books referring to retail chain stores, which confuses matters.

The other issue is that the source text refers to "notoriété de la marque, canaux de distribution, etc.", which make it sound like a franchise situation. The question is: whose notoriété de marque? That of the individual campground owner or that of the chaîne overall (which would be more like a franchise)?

According to the definition in the ST, it could be like a cooperative or even a membership in the sense that individual campground owners join a 'club' of sorts to receive certain benefits (operational and marketing assistance) without being unified under a single brand. It's kind of like what we have here on ProZ: we're also all individual business owners using ProZ as an operational and marketing support platform.

These are independent campground owners that all make use of a central support system, so perhaps we could say something like:

"Associated independent campground owners"

or

"Supported independent campground owners"

or

"Allied independent campground owners"

15:42 Jun 13, 2020 

As much as I would love to just reword this as per @Wolf Draeger's suggestion, I can't in this case because these two types of campsites, the groupes intégrés and chaînes d’indépendants (which are both types of networks) are then presented in a table where they are compared with independent campsites that are not part of any network. So the term used in this sentence will have to go in the table.

13:26 Jun 13, 2020 

When I was looking at this question, single entity did cross my mind but the definitions I found do not support this
"A single entity is an operating unit for which financial information is reported. A single entity may be a separate legal entity, a subsidiary, department, or any other designation – as long as information is collected specifically for it, and decisions are made based on that information"
So I made a late suggestion (legal person) as whatever the groups are, they seem to have a recognized legal status to act as one. (family business, fund etc.)

11:35 Jun 13, 2020 

Seems to be the term used if it's not a franchise... As Wolf has suggested, I think rewording it would make the most sense

00:36 Jun 12, 2020 

are more a kind of "coopératives" as each member is an independent business, and they have in common only some functions, usually marketing /group buying etc.

That IS NOT a system of "franchising" where ONE company owns and sells its whole business model to other business that become basically a "replica" of the business selling the franchise.

more

https://www.lesechos.fr/1996/05/chaines-volontaires-24-du-pa...

https://www.senat.fr/questions/base/1995/qSEQ950410657.html

21:52 Jun 11, 2020 

So it's his answer if he wants it :-)

21:16 Jun 11, 2020 

Those are great suggestions. You should put the answers down so that they could be selected.

20:55 Jun 11, 2020 

"Single-owner/owned" as opposed to franchises; intégrés is a bit of a red herring, I think (and groupe is often best left out in EN).

18:46 Jun 11, 2020 

You could just leave out "intégrés" and say "groups owned by a single entity, such as a family or investment fund."