HotelChatter - Tag: ExtendedStayHotels

Extended Stay Chain Files For Bankruptcy, But That Won't Affect You

Jenna — 2009-06-15T13:52:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/extstayhotels2.jpg" class="top"> Today in hotel industry bummer news: <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ExtendedStayHotels">Extended Stay Hotels</a> they of the<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/16/13526/4113/hotels/The_New_Extended_Stay_Hotels_Ad_is_a_Gas"> really funny</a> and sometimes <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/6/111928/4063/hotels/How_Many_Licks_Does_It_Take_To_Get_to_the_Bottom_of_an_Extended_Stay_Hotel_Toilet_">creepy-gross </a>commercials has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/16hotel.html?ref=business">filed for Chapter 11</a> bankruptcy protection. There are over 650 Extended Stay properties in North America, but even though the bankruptcy has been splashed across headlines all morning, the company (operated by HVM) promises the proceedings will have no impact on operations of the hotel chain and its brands, including Extended Stay America, Extended Stay Deluxe, Homestead Studio Suites Hotels, StudioPLUS Deluxe Studios and Crossland Economy Studios. So it's all good from the guest side: <a href="http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-15-2009/0005044051&EDATE=">reps say</a> "all hotels are open and welcoming guests as usual," and there are no plans

The New Extended Stay Hotels Ad is a Gas

Jenna — 2008-09-16T13:52:52-05:00

Good lord. The Extended Stay brand is at it again.

Remember the chick-licking-everything-in-the-room video that was supposed to imply that an Extended Stay guestroom is exceptionally clean?

Behold their newest foray into gross-out advertising: the one minute and three second fart joke that is the latest Extended Stay Hotels commercial.

The words "hotbox" and "dutch oven" come to mind, but do you know what doesn't come to mind? Comfort, now that we can clearly visualize the chick in white PJ's who slept in this bed before us farting straight into the pillow we're resting our pretty faces on. Vom.

How Many Licks Does It Take To Get to the Bottom of an Extended Stay Hotel Toilet?

Jenna — 2008-08-06T11:30:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/thpDxoQAw6w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/thpDxoQAw6w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Oh, ew. Also: oh, AWESOME. Extended Stay Hotels has apparently produced the all-out creepfest masterpiece above, which manages to simultaneously achieve the titles of the greatest and most foul hotel commercial we've ever <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/funny_pages_20/2008/08/extended-stay-r.html">come across</a>. So many questions! First: WTF? Second: creepy, right? And third: the thought of licking a hotel room remote is roughly on par with the thought of licking a toilet seat. Oh wait, she did that too. Like we said, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/5/164333/1551/hotels/Snapshot_May_We_Remind_You_Again_to_Tip_Your_Housekeeper_">tip your housekeeper</a> just in case hot girls licking every surface in a hotel room becomes a trend. Also, something interesting was pointed out by one of the <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/04/alleged-extended-sta.html#comment-252260">BoingBoing