A stabbing at an Extended Stay America in Sacramento's Northgate neighborhood is a police blotter item for the local news. For anyone who's ever managed a property where "guest" and "resident" blur together, it's the security conversation you've been avoiding.
The first mainland U.S. property for Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy just replaced its opening GM after 12 months, and the real story isn't the personnel change. It's what a $275-$325 ADR apartment-hotel conversion from student housing tells us about where brands are heading... and what they're asking owners to figure out on the fly.
A groundbreaking in small-town Ohio isn't just a local news story... it's Marriott doubling down on secondary markets with extended-stay product while their own RevPAR forecast says the domestic outlook is cooling. So which is it?
