Choice Hotels Ships Kitchens to Hotel Rooms

Happy hump day, folks! It’s a short week and a skinny newsletter kinda day today. 

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If you’re looking to catch up on the ensuing Choice-Wyndham takeover drama, I recommend you get the deets from Daily Lodging Report. But here we’re talking about its extended stay business. 

Did you know that Choice Hotels ships a kitchen in a box to transform your plain Jane hotel room into an extended stay unit? The company already has four extended stay brands — but its focus is sharp on two of them: WoodSpring and Everhome Suites. And it is ready to not take on, but rather collaborate, with private equity and institutional investors looking to enter this space. 

I spoke to Matt McElhare, senior vice president of extended stay and Ron Burgett, senior vice presi