Extended Stay America, Inc. 3Q 2000 Earnings Report Scheduled for Tuesday, October 24th

Press Release
October 18, 2000
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Extended Stay America, Inc. (NYSE:ESA) will release its third quarter 2000 financial earnings on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 before market hours.

To announce the earnings results, the company will host a live webcast at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The webcast can be accessed via the company's website at www.extstay.com in the Investor Relations section.

An online replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company's website immediately following the presentation and will remain on the site until the Company's next earnings announcement in January 2001.

Founded in 1995 by Mr. George D. Johnson, Jr., CEO, Extended Stay America, Inc. and H. Wayne Huizenga, Chairman of the Board, Extended Stay America, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AutoNation, Inc., Extended Stay America, Inc. develops, owns and operates three brands of extended-stay lodging hotels designed for business and personal travelers in need of affordable, high quality accommodations for a week or more.

Selected as a Best Practices Champion by Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and named one of America's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies by Fortune magazine for the second year in a row, Extended Stay America, Inc. currently owns and operates 383 extended stay lodging hotels in 38 states which includes 92 StudioPLUS Deluxe Studios, 252 Extended StayAmerica Efficiency Studios and 39 Crossland Economy Studios facilities.

For reservations, locations or additional information on Extended Stay America, Inc., please call 1-800-EXT-STAY or visit the Company's Web site at www.extstay.com.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For copies of recent press releases from Extended Stay America via fax, at no charge, call 888/395-STAY (7829). For company information, logo and photos via the Internet, visit http://www.extstay.com

In the World Wide Web address noted in this release, there is a double slash between http: and www.extstay.com. These symbols may not appear properly in some systems.

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Contact: 

     Extended Stay America, Inc., Fort Lauderdale
     Monique J. Damiano, 954/713-1624
     mdamiano@extstay.com
     News-On-Demand:  888/395-STAY (7829)