Spacious apartment-style suites will include fully-equipped kitchens, LED TVs, work areas and free Wi-Fi. Guests will also have use of a fitness room, business centre, laundry room and The Pantry, the brand's own convenience store Staybridge Suites Hotels also offer a complimentary full breakfast buffet and a social evening reception three days a week. Extended-stay growth IHG chief development officer, Europe Robin Shepherd said the opening was part of the company's plans to increase the number of extended-stay hotels in the UK. There are currently three Staybridge Suites properties in operation - Liverpool, Newcastle and London Stratford City - with another due to open in Birmingham later this year. "We're seeing increasing demand for extended stay properties in a market driven by corporate business," said Shepherd.