A new apartment-style, extended-stay hotel brand entered the Chattanooga market Monday with a new 59-unit facility in Ooltewah.
Known as stayAPT Suites, the Ooltewah inn is only the third such facility opened since the brand was introduced last year. But company developers are now planning or building another 20 locations across the country as part of an ambitious business plan to open more than 200 stayAPT suites within the next five years.
Mandeep Singh, the company’s chief operating officer who helped start the company after working with Extended Stay Hotels and other lodging companies, said stayAPT suites are designed to allow guests to enjoy a more home-like environment while traveling or on work assignments.
“We offer a residential-feeling suite with intentional spaces,” he said. “Our business model is targeted for longer-term stays, but you can book any length of stay from one night to one week to one month or longer.”
The suites average 500 square feet, or about 30% bigger than the typical hotel room, and include a sleeper sofa, a lounge chair, and a 55-inch television; a kitchen with a full-size stove, oven, dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator; and a separate bedroom with a walk-in closet, separate TV, and workspace, Singh said.