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Dive Brief:
A new construction Echo Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham hotel opened in Richmond, Virginia, property developer and manager Sandpiper Hospitality announced. 
The hotel is the seventh to open under Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ Echo Suites brand, which launched in 2022. Richmond, Virginia-based Sandpiper Hospitality also manages the brand’s inaugural hotel, which opened in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in July. 
Wyndham has a robust pipeline of Echo Suites projects lined up amid strong demand for the extended stay product type, the hotel company detailed in a January release. Wyndham is growing in the competitive category alongside other hotel players, including Choice Hotels International.