Exhibit 99.1
ESH HOSPITALITY, INC. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF SIMON M. TURNER
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – March 27, 2020(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESH Hospitality, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAY) today announced that Simon M. Turner has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent director effective March 26, 2020. Mr. Turner is the Founder and Principal of Alpha Lodging Partners, formed in 2017 to make selective investments and to provide strategic, asset management and transactional advisory services to hospitality sector companies, boards and investors. He previously served as President, Global Development of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide from 2008 to 2016, where he was responsible for global development activities of ten brands, including management and franchise growth and real estate development and dispositions, and served as an executive member of management. Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. Turner, held a series of positions with Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc. He currently serves as a board member of Carey Watermark Investors 1, anon-traded REIT. He also serves on the Supervisory Board of Steigenberger AG, a European hotel company wholly owned by Huazhu Group Limited (NASDAQ). His prior board service has included serving as a director of ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., Fairmont Raffles Hotels International and Four Seasons Hotels, Inc.
ESH Hospitality’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Haase said, “We are delighted to welcome Simon Turner to our Board of Directors. The board conducted an exhaustive search for someone who would further strengthen our board’s breadth of talent and background, and we are delighted to have identified such an outstanding individual. Simon brings significant hospitality expertise to the Board including brand development, asset management, franchising, mergers and acquisitions and financing. We appreciate his willingness to serve as a director and look forward to benefitting from his judgment and counsel as he helps us further to drive shareholder value.”
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding our business performance, business strategies, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, capital expenditures, capital returns, distribution policy and othernon-historical statements. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results or performance to differ from those projected in the
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