For Immediate Release:

August 27, 2007
Dallas, Texas

Contact:

Alan Edmondson
Vice President Commercial Sales
214-969-5300
aedmondson@fnf.com

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company Acts as Title Insurer for $877 Million Transaction

DALLAS, TX -- Fidelity National Title Insurance Company’s Dallas National Title Services office acted as the title insurer for ING Clarion Partners, LLC, on behalf of three institutional clients in the acquisition of Apple Hospitality Two, Inc. for approximately $877 million. The acquisition included 63 upscale extended-stay hotels in 24 states. The properties operate under Hilton’s Homewood Suites brand and Marriott’s Residence Inn brand.

"Fidelity Dallas NTS is proud to have acted as the single point of contact for title and escrow closing services in this acquisition." said Alan Edmondson, Vice President Commercial Sales of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company’s Dallas office. "We are grateful to ING Clarion for entrusting us to provide title services and close this very complex transaction."

Fidelity NTSConnect, a Web-based technology system developed for the Dallas NTS office, enabled the parties to experience efficiencies in a streamlined closing process by allowing immediate access to all transaction-related information at any time from anywhere.

About Fidelity National Title
The Dallas NTS office is part of the Fidelity National Title Services Division, a select group of offices specifically designed to facilitate complex commercial real estate transactions nationwide. The NTS mission is to provide its clients with superior service and security through a single point of contact, regardless of the property location.

Dallas NTS clients include a wide variety of commercial developers, investors, REITs, attorneys, lenders and corporate real estate users. Combining over 250 years of title experience, our escrow, underwriting and sales professionals are dedicated to providing the industry’s most comprehensive range of services... including the smile.

About ING Clarion
Founded in 1982, ING Clarion and its affiliates manage more than $48 billion in assets in the private equity, public equity, and public debt sectors of the real estate markets. Headquartered in New York, the ING Clarion organization has nearly 600 employees located in major markets throughout the United States.

The firm is in the U.S. investment management arm of ING Real Estate, a global real estate company active in investment management, development and finance. With a total business portfolio of more than $120 billion and offices in 21 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Australia, ING Real Estate ranks among the world’s strongest real estate companies.

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 4700
Dallas, Texas 75202
214-969-5300

www.fidelityntsdallas.com