A Luxury American Hotel Extended Stay America

Extended StayAmerica is an American hotel company. It was founded in 1995 in South Carolina as an extended-stay hotel, catering to businesspeople.

The first Extended StayAmerica hotels opened in 1995 by a number of founders including management from Blockbuster Video and AutoNation. In 1996, Extended Stay America acquired StudioPLUS, further continuing its growth. During this time, the company also acquired Crossland Economy Studios. The company also added various brands offering different levels of service, like Extended Stay Deluxe and StudioPLUS. By August 2001, the company was added to S&P 400.

Blackstone took Extended Stay America private in May 2004 to form a new company, Extended Stay Hotels. It paid close to $2 billion in cash as well as over $1 billion in debt. At the time, Extended Stay America had 425 hotels, but Blackstone added about 255 properties from other acquisitions including Homestead Village, which it agreed to buy for $600 million two months after the Sept. 11, 2001.

Extended Stay America Providence-West Warwick is designed specifically for people who need more than just a room while away from home. In addition to the comfortable recliner and large work desk, the oversized studio suites feature a kitchen that allows you to prepare meals at your convenience. As a guest of Extended Stay America, you receive complementary movie channels, free local phone calls, voice-mail, and a two-line phone with a computer dataport. Guests also have access to a 24-hour, coin-oper.

Central Transdanubia a romantic region in Hungary

This romantic region lying to the west of Budapest and north of Lake Balaton has a range of different terrains . Numerous settlements rich in heritage sites and cultural history stretch back to the time of the foundation of the Hungarian state. The region's intellectual centres are Veszprém and Pápa.

The characteristic features of the various areas within the region include viniculture on the Balaton Uplands (Balaton-felvidék), hunting and wood processing in the Bakony Hills, and land cultivation and trade in the areas that stretch toward the Little Plain (Kisalföld).

In the 18th century, royal and aristocratic castles were built one after the other in the excellent hunting areas of the Vértes and the Bakony Hills. These castles were later regularly the scenes of battles and subsequently constituted a chain of border fortresses.

The region contains a 50 kilometre or so long section of the River Danube to the south of Ercsi. Most settlements in the area lie along route 6. The loess wall in sections of the Danube river bank is a habitat for primary vegetation. Abundant in natural beauty, this landscape offers many opportunities for tourism, as well as water sports (kayak, canoe, rowing and angling) and leisure time activities.

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Lake Tisza popular amongst those who like to relax in the quiet of nature as amongst water sports enthusiastsa

Lake Tisza is as popular amongst those who like to relax in the quiet of nature as amongst water sports enthusiasts. The bird reserve of the lake is a protected natural asset.

Lake Tisza is located at the meeting point of several landscapes and four counties (Jász -Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Hajdú-Bihar).

Alongside those spots suitable for fishing, bathing and water sports, there are quiet villages and settlements rich in heritage. It is an excellent starting point for trips toward the Jászaság, Greater Cumania, the Hortobágy, the South Borsod Plain (Dél-borsodi-síkság) and the Heves Plain (Hevesi-síkság). Lake Tisza has a surface of 127 square metres; it is 27 kilometres long and the total surface of the islands of the lake is 43 square kilometres. The average depth of the water is 1.3 metres and the maximum depth is 17 metres.

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Arboretum, Alcsutdoboz park with its partly manmade water system a sparkling lake in Hungary

Located on the south side of the settlement, the arboretum forms a nature and bird conservation reserve together with the Csaplár Forest.

In this park with its partly manmade water system a sparkling lake among giant trees greets the visitor.

Approximately 540 species of ligneous plants live here including copper beaches (Fagus sylvatica purpurea), Canadian poplars (Populus deltoides), Japanese pagoda trees (Sophora japonica), honey locusts (Gleditsia triacanthos), black walnuts (Juglans nigra), and various maples. The collection of lime trees, oaks and chestnut species are also valuable. Among the different species of pines there is a whole forest of Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). The North American bald cypresses (Taxodium distichum) are spectacular. The giant thuja growing 24 trunks from one stem, the weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica 'pendula') and the Turkish filbert (Corylus colurna) with its seven trunks are all unique.

Weeping willows, elms, common ashes and European hornbeams also add their own colour to the scenery the silence of which is broken only by birdsong. Among the wild flowers there are six species of snowdrop here. A short walk in a southern direction along the lime tree avenue takes the visitor from the park to Csaplár Forest. The largest tree of the forest is a Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani) planted here in 1830. This botanical rarity is 29 metres tall with a 4-metre girth.

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Lake Balaton are Hungary's most popular holiday area

The Balaton and its surroundings are Hungary's most popular holiday area. Rest and recreation on the shore, historic and cultural heritage, folk traditions, bicycle and water tours, rare natural treasures, gastronomic specialities and spectacular programmes - all of these things are offered by and around the 'Hungarian sea'.

Lake Balaton in western Hungary is the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe. It is the second most important tourist destination in Hungary. 2.5 million tourists visited the lake in 1994. Hungary's other tourist attractions include spas, excellent facilities for activity holidays, and cultural attractions such as the villages of the Great Hungarian Plain and the art treasures found in Budapest. Hungary has more than 400 camping grounds. There are more than 2,500 km of dedicated bicycle lanes in the country. Fishing is popular in Hungary and almost half of the country's 130,000 hectares of rivers and lakes are used by anglers. The country has excellent opportunities for birdwatching, and horse riding and hunting are also popular.

Buda Castle is the historical castle complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, Hungary

The Buda castle is one of the most famous and most visited sights of Budapest , It is a Unesco World Heritage location, offering many interesting attractions, museums, evocative streets, squares, restaurants and shops.

The Royal Palace is one of the symbols of the country. It has seen many battles and wars since the 13 th century. In its buildings there are three museums and it also gives home to the Széchenyi Library. The nearby, beautifully renovated Sándor Palace is the residence and workplace of the Head of the State. The 700-year-old Matthias Church is the jewel of the Hungarian capital. The Fisherman’s Bastion is not only a special and characteristic building but also an excellent point from where the view of the city is spectacular; visitors from all over the world are attracted to it.

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