The chief executive officer of Trump Hotels said the company plans to eventually triple the number of its luxury properties throughout the U.S., Bloomberg reported Wednesday.



“There are 26 major metropolitan areas in the U.S., and we’re in five,” Trump Hotels CEO Eric Danziger said on Tuesday, as reported by Bloomberg.



“I don’t see any reason that we couldn’t be in all of them eventually,” he added.

The Trump Organization's hotel business is mainly made up of branding and management contracts. Earlier this week, documents posted online showed a change in management of Trump’s companies, but not a change in ownership.

At Monday's White House press briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer said President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE had “resigned from the company, as he said he would, before he took office." His adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, will run the business while he is in office.

Danziger said plans to move into Hong Kong and other international markets will be on hold, according to Yahoo, adding that the company will have a "domestic emphasis for the next four or eight years."

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According to the Bloomberg report, Danziger said that the first of the group's lower-priced properties is set to open this year, while the company plans to open luxury sites in Dallas, Seattle, Denver and San Francisco.



The comments were made after a panel discussion at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, Bloomberg noted.

Trump has been under fire from critics who have urged him to divest his business in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.



Trump's business plan that announced the president's move to pass the control of the Trump Organization to his children was also met with skepticism among Democrats, who argue that it does not go far enough to fully comply with the law.