Extended Stay

Extended Stay Hotels (ESH) is a privately owned hotel brand that operates in the extended stay hotel market. The company is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina although its parent company, The Lightstone Group, is headquartered on Park Avenue in New York City.

Extended Stay Hotels and its brands currently own and operate over 680 hotels with approximately 76,000 rooms across the United States and Canada.

According to the company's website as of August 19, 2009, its brands included the following:[1]

* Extended StayAmerica – 363 hotels
* Homestead Studio Suites – 132 hotels
* Extended Stay Deluxe – 109 hotels
* StudioPLUS – 46 hotels
* Crossland – 34 hotels

The company was formed in 2004 when the Blackstone Group, owners of Homestead Studio Suites Hotels, bought Extended Stay America.

Extended Stay Hotels, its brands, and its management company, Homestead Village Management (HVM, LLC) were purchased from The Blackstone Group by The Lightstone Group in 2007 for approximately US$8 Billion.

Why Extended Stay Hotels?

ExtendedStayHotels.com gives you the choice of budget studios for business travel, relocation, temporary housing or vacations as well as suites for daily, weekly and monthly rentals. Free yourself from the confines of your average hotel room. Every suite has a kitchen so you can cook and eat on your own schedule. Spend more time relaxing and less money on your next trip for business or leisure.

When should you consider long-term studio suite accommodations?

* Working on an extended project away from home
* Going away on a budget vacation and still prefer to have a kitchen and access to laundry
* Remodeling or buying a home
* Relocating to a new job
* Visiting relatives


What can you look forward to at Extended Stay HotelsSM ?

* All suites come with a fully-equipped kitchen, appliances and linens
* Unlimited local phone use, a computer data port and personalized voice mail
* Housekeeping and guest laundry facilities
* Select properties offer exercise centers and pools.
* Wi-Fi high speed Internet access available in every room - chain wide.