G6 Hospitality signed a five-hotel, new-construction development agreement with Kautilya Group for its Studio 6 Plus extended-stay brand. The company announced the agreement on September 17. The commitment opens with two new-construction Studio 6 Plus hotels in the Hartford, Connecticut market.
Both Hartford properties sit in planning and development. G6 targets the start of construction in the first quarter of 2027. The company will name the remaining three locations as plans advance.
What the two hotels add to Hartford's room count
Each hotel is planned with 118 guestrooms, so the first phase of the agreement adds 236 rooms to the market. The prototype is a four-storey, interior-corridor design with king rooms, double queens and suites. Guestrooms carry full kitchens, and the lobby is built for a short arrival.
HVS reported on February 19, 2026 that Hartford had lost 1,300 hotel rooms since 2019. The same report states that the decline in room supply has limited the convention centre's ability to attract large-scale events, with major events moved to Providence.
The brand's published room range is 60 to 150 keys per property.
The rate range a daytime window prices against
G6 launched Studio 6 Plus on April 29, 2026. The launch release projects average daily rates of $75 to $90 in most markets, RevPAR targets of $60 to $70, and premium rates in higher-demand markets.
The launch release publishes no daytime or hourly programme. Price a daytime window in a Hartford Studio 6 Plus room against the brand's published daily range, the window length and the market's own 2026 occupancy.
The operating model behind the room
Digital check-in handles routine transactions. A staff role G6 calls the Ambassador takes guest contact. The April release described a three-click automated check-in system. The company states that the design targets easier maintenance, a longer asset lifecycle and cleaning protocols that cut labour time and cost.
G6 charges franchisees on business the brand generates directly. Reservations that arrive through third-party OTA channels carry no brand fee.
Gary Patel, chairman and chief executive of Kautilya Group, named transparency and owner profitability among the reasons the fee structure carried weight in the decision.
The pipeline behind the deal
G6 puts the Studio 6 Plus development pipeline at 25 properties. The company signed an agreement with Natson Hotel Group in May 2026 for 18 Studio 6 Plus properties. The Kautilya agreement adds five.
G6 introduced the brand at its annual franchisee convention in Cancún, Mexico, before more than 1,500 franchisees and partners. The convention ran in April 2026.
What the announcements do not carry
No Studio 6 Plus hotel is open. The Connecticut properties are pre-construction, so the room counts and the rate targets are plans. G6 and Kautilya published no opening date, no rate for a specific Hartford hotel and no development cost.
Kautilya's own site describes a single hotel in Virginia at the start of the group's account and two decades of operation in the Northeast. The site also carries a news item on an East Hartford property that could reopen under a Marriott banner.