Extended Stay America (STAY) names Bruce Haase CEO, effective immediately

Extended Stay America, Inc., the largest owner/operator of company-branded hotels in North America, owns and operates 682 hotels in the U.S. and Canada comprising approximately 76,000 rooms and employs approximately 10,000 employees in its hotel properties and headquarters.

Extended Stay America names Bruce Haase CEO, effective immediately

Haase succeeds Jonathan Halkyard, who will continue to advise the company through February 25, 2020.

Haase has served as a director of ESH Hospitality since 2018. He has more than 20 years of lodging experience with particular expertise in the extended stay hotel segment.

The company also announced today the appointment of Kelly Poling as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, and Randy Fox, as Executive Vice President, Property Operations.