George Sell
George is the editor of Serviced Apartment News, and has more than a decade's experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.
George is the editor of Serviced Apartment News, and has more than a decade's experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.
US: Marriott has opened a Residence Inn and a Springhill Suites in California, adding 212 units to its extended stay portfolio in the state.
UK: The Best Western Plus London Croydon Aparthotel in Thornton Heath has been accommodating coronavirus patients to ease pressure on a nearby hospital.
UK: Real estate investment firm Cain International has agreed to a £74 million development loan with Canary Wharf Group and edyn to finance the development of a 279-key Locke aparthotel in London.
Qatar: Ascott has entered into an agreement with Al Majed Hotel Management for the Somerset Al Mansoura Doha, set to open in Qatar’s capital in Q4 2021.
Singapore: Ascott Residence Trust (ART) has obtained a S$50 million five-year green loan from DBS Bank, making ART the first hospitality trust in Singapore to secure a green loan.
UK: room2 has completed the sale and leaseback of its flagship Southampton property, to a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), the UK’s largest active asset manager.
UAE: The Aparthotel Adagio Dubai Deira features 189 furnished units, ranging from studios to two-bedroom apartments.
UK: The Grade II Listed former Unicorn Hotel in Preston is to be retained to front a 126-unit aparthotel development.
Singapore: Ascott has signed more than 14,200 units across 71 properties globally for 2020, exceeding its 2019 total and recording four consecutive years of record growth.
UK: Cheval Collection is adding 30 serviced apartments in London's South Kensington to its portfolio from Spring this year.
UK: A new aparthotel in Bristol’s Clifton neighbourhood is offering a contactless guest experience and expects to be two-thirds full for the first quarter of this year.
Rahim Amidi, co-founder of US brand TENTEN, talks to SAN about providing all-inclusive properties that cater to new ways of living and working.
UK: Developer Duncan Birch, who had secured planning consent for an aparthotel project in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, is scrapping the proposals in favour of an office building with rooftop bar.
UK: Developer Conygar has submitted detailed plans for a dual-branded Staybridge Suites and Hotel Indigo property at Nottingham’s Island Quarter development.
UK: Q Apartments has announced the addition of design-led apartments developed in partnership with Irish design studio House + Garden.
UK: Hospitality tech company Jurny has announced its expansion into the European serviced apartment and aparthotel market with its first location in London.
Ireland: An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a seven-storey coliving complex with 378 beds and communal facilities.
UK: Dream Luxury Serviced Apartments has partnered with BioGrad Laboratories to be the first serviced apartment company in the UK to launch a Covid-19 testing facility.
US: Choice Hotels International has awarded franchise agreements to Gulf Coast Hotel Management to convert 15 properties to the MainStay Suites brand.
US: National Corporate Housing has announced the acquisition of the assets of V-Suites, a corporate housing entity with apartment inventory primarily in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Minnesota.
US: HCB (2020) LLC, which was formerly known as BridgeStreet, owed nearly $90 million, before it filed for US bankruptcy late last year.
Singapore: Real estate management services group LHN is planning to launch a mixed-use development on Singapore's Keppel Road next month.
UK: Citystay UK has brought together its collection of brands under the Citystay Group.
UK: A 330-bed Bath student development could become the latest PBSA building to convert some of its rooms to an aparthotel.
UK: UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has been awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list.
China: Fraser Residence Chengdu has opened its doors, in the city’s Forte Financial Island Complex.
Ireland: The Maudlins House Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare, has been granted planning consent for a multi-floor extension.
UK: Sonder has signed its first Glasgow property and plans to further grow its presence in Scotland.
UK: The iQ Bankside student accommodation in Ewer Street could operate half of its units as an aparthotel in the first half of 2021.
France: Aparthotels Adagio has revealed its new design concept for all future aparthotels worldwide.
UK: Signature Living's Bling Bling building in Liverpool has been sold to JSM Group, owner of the Prestige Stay aparthotel brand.
UAE: Address Beach Resort is set to open its doors today, and will feature 217 guest rooms, 443 serviced apartments and 478 unfinished residential apartments.
RESIDE Worldwide has expanded its global account and supply chain support footprint with appointments in both the EMEA and APAC regions.
UK: Supercity Aparthotels founder and chairman Roger Walters spoke to SAN about how a recent £10 million investment in the company will help it to double its portfolio by 2025.
UK: A listed former bank building in Warrington town centre is to be converted into an aparthotel.
UK: Supercity Aparthotels has secured £10 million equity to grow its portfolio of serviced apartment hotels.
UAE: Marriott's Element Hotels brand has opened a 269-key property in Dubai's Al Jaddaf neighbourhood.
US: An 87-key Candlewood Suites in Duluth has been granted approval.
Malaysia: Ivory Properties Group Bhd has agreed to acquire the Copthorne Orchid Hotel & Resort Penang for RM75 million in cash.
UK: Sentiment in the serviced apartment sector has improved considerably since June 2020, according to the latest survey by Savills and ASAP.
Romania: Developer SDC Imobiliare, along with overseas investment funds, have launched what they claim to be the biggest real estate project in Romania, a €700 million mixed-use project named Transilvania Smart City.
UK: Plans for an aparthotel and BTR apartments in Cambridge have been put forward for public consultation.
Mexico: Marriott has opened the first Residence Inn brand in Mexico, in Merida.
UK: PBSA developer and operator Study Inn Group has opened a 288-room, £37 million property on Nottingham's Talbot Street.
US: Coliving operator QUARTERS has opened a new property in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, its fourth location in the city.
Ireland: edyn Group will expand its lifestyle aparthotel brand Locke outside of the UK for the first time in December with the opening of Zanzibar Locke in Dublin.
National Corporate Housing CEO Tom Atchison talks to SAN about the recently completed acquisition of BridgeStreet's EMEA and APAC agency business, future deals and positioning the company for the future.
US: Operator Remington Hotels has opened the Residence Inn Steamboat Springs in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
UK: Crosstree Real Estate has made its first move into the student accommodation sector with the £55 million purchase of an asset in north-east London.
Australia: Quest Ballarat Station, the company's second property in the city, has opened its doors.
Thailand: Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel launched a one-million-baht package for a one-year stay to attract business clients.
US: San Francisco-based coliving company Starcity has agreed to acquire Ollie, a New York-based competitor.
UK: Week2Week Serviced Apartments has appointed Julie Inglis as corporate sales executive, to grow its corporate lettings business in the north-east of England.
UK: Developer Southern Grove has launched two new brands, for the coliving and BTR sectors respectively.
UK: Roots In The Sky, a redevelopment of the former Blackfriars Crown Court, has been given planning consent.
US: National Corporate Housing has acquired BridgeStreet’s agency business in the EMEA and APAC regions.
UK: Sarah Rayment and Mark Shaw of BDO have been appointed joint administrators of BridgeStreet Accommodations London Limited, which has ceased trading, leaving guests urgently seeking alternative accommodation.
US: Service Properties Trust (SVC) has completed the transition of branding and management for 99 hotels to subsidiaries of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation.
France: Accor has signed two European properties under its Movenpick Living extended stay brand, and launched a new Apartments & Villas website.
UK: Coliving brand The Collective has received a resolution to grant planning permission for a 300-room scheme in Walthamstow, north-east London.
UK: Serviced apartment agent SilverDoor has appointment Martin Klima to its board of directors as chief customer officer
UK: The 14-key Kingsland Locke will open in London's Dalston neighbourhood, in January 2021.
Ireland: Demolition work has started on the €200 million Project Opera development in Limerick Opera Site.
UK: Phoenix House in Broad Street, Worcester, has been converted into a 17-key aparthotel across four floors.
UK: Housemates, a new ‘hotel-like’ booking system allows operators to manage multiple booking at scale on one SaaS platform.
US: Radisson Hotel Group plans to more than double its EMEA serviced apartment portfolio within the next five years.
UK: Coworking business TownSq has marked its third anniversary with an acquisition, senior appointments, and a number of multi-million-pound contracts.
US: Oakwood has appointed Ryan Ahrens as vice president, sales – North America.
SAN editor George Sell looks at some of the key trends that will shape the global serviced apartment and aparthotel sector in 2020.
US: The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has launched a global campaign to promote the business travel sector.
UK: Maslow Capital and M&G Investments have announced a funding agreement that will provide loans to UK real estate developers.
US: First Hospitality has opened the 122-key Residence Inn by Marriott Columbus Airport.
India: Olive by Embassy, the coliving and student housing brand by the Embassy Group, has launched Olive Residences, its asset light management business.
UK: Cheval Collection and Cycas Hospitality have both been listed in The Caterer’s 30 Best Places to Work in Hospitality for 2020.
UK: Developer Fernbrook has acquired a 44-unit aparthotel project from Fiera Real Estate (FRE UK).
Singapore: MetroResidences today announced the launch of Residential Rentals - a new category of property inventory for long-term leases in Singapore and Japan.
Simon McGrath, CEO of Accor Pacific, tells SAN about the company's The Sebel serviced apartment brand.
US: Extended Stay America has sold an extended stay hotel in Milpitas, California, for $65 million.
Singapore: Oakwood has launched The Unlimited Collection, a new brand which it says allows for a curation of independent properties that retain their unique positioning yet leverage Oakwood’s hospitality management expertise and distribution network.
UK: Native is taking over management of Kintore House in Edinburgh's New Town, which currently trades under BridgeStreet's Mode brand.
UK: Student accommodation provider Unite Students has acquired an 800-bed development site in London's Paddington neighbourhood.
US: Sandpiper Hospitality has signed a third party management contract with Liberty Investment Properties, Inc. for WoodSpring Suites Charlotte – University Research Park.
Ireland: Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will today issue a de facto ban on new coliving developments.
US: Extended Stay America has added seven properties to its portfolio through conversions, bringing the total number of hotels in its system to 647.
UK: Serviced Apartment News will be hosting a webinar on December 1st, looking at trends which will affect the serviced apartment and extended stay sectors over the next 12 months.
UK: Labtech has appointed Rosalind Chan as marketing director for its flexible workspace brand LABS and serviced apartment arm STAY.
US: My Place Hotels of America has opened properties in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Vancouver, Washington State.
UK: Staycity is to operate the Middlesex Street Aparthotel in east London, under its Wilde brand.
UK: BTR developer Moda Living has partnered with Samsung to rollout technology across its £2.5 billion portfolio, installing up to 60,000 appliances.
UK: CityStay Group has launched InnClusive, a rental platform targeting clients who "fall in the gap between short lets and assured shorthold tenancies".
Ireland: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) is to take a stake in Staycity as a part of €70 million refinancing package.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has partnered with the Sony Foundation to launch You Can Stay - an initiative aimed to support young Australians aged 15 to 25 who are diagnosed with cancer.
UK: Legal & General is launching a build-to-rent arm which will focus on the development of large suburban single family rental developments.
UK: Bristol serviced apartment company appoints Your Apartment has named MRP Group’s Max Thorne as senior independent director.
UK: CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments (CAP) has appointed Sabrina Carparelli to its senior business development and sales support team - with immediate effect.
Denmark: Danish coliving operator LifeX has announced a new funding round of €6 million.
Global: Four Seasons has launched an extended stay offer in response to the rise in remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic.
UK: Topping out has been celebrated at 3 St Peter’s Square, a £50 million building in Manchester which will include a Wilde by Staycity and a Motel One.
UK: Serviced apartments have overtaken hotels to become the most attractive hospitality asset class to European investors for 2021, driven by positive demand fundamentals and leaner costs, according to a report from Deloitte.
US: The extended stay hotel sector has reported a bigger growth in occupancy than the hotel sector as a whole, with economy extended stay occupancy for Q3 2020 down just 0.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
UK: Edinburgh-based Fountain Court Apartments is switching its operations from serviced apartments to long-term residential lettings.
US: RESIDE Worldwide has partnered with Virdee to provide touches check-in technology at two if its managed buildings.
US: My Place Hotels of America has welcomed its 59th property, My Place Hotel-Midland, TX.
US: Synergy Global Housing has launched an automated sanitisation tracking web-based platform developed to streamline the tracking and measurement of its supplier health and safety protocols.
UK: Belfast-based provider Dream Luxury Serviced Apartments has added 120 units in Manchester to its portfolio, creating 40 jobs.
US: The first property under IHG's Atwell Suites brand will open in Miami next summer.
US: The Siegel Group, a real estate investment and management company, has acquired the former HomeTowne Studios Baton Rouge extended-stay hotel.
UK: SilverDoor has appointed global corporate travel management specialist Pauline Houston as Vice president of business development.
US: A proposed Park Inn Residences property in Port Charlotte, Florida, will be Radisson's first extended stay property in the US if approved.
Australia: The Waterloo Metro Quarter project in Sydney will feature apartments, student accommodation and office space.
US: Hyatt is expanding its launched Work From Hyatt extended-stay programme to nearly 90 hotels across North America and the Caribbean.
US: As Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden looks a strong favourite to win the race for the White House, industry experts have assessed what a Biden presidency could mean for the extended stay and wider travel industries.
UK: The demolition of a car park to make way for a Wilde by Staycity aparthotel in Cambridge has been delayed by the withdrawal from the project of contractor Sir Robert McAlpine.
US: Local developer Satya is building a dual-branded hotel project near Houston's Texas Medical Center.
UK: SITU has partnered with guest acquisition platform Siteminder and hospitality tech provider STAAH.
UK: Audley Group has appointed former easyHotel chief financial officer Gary Burton as its CFO.
UK: CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments (CAP) has been awarded Women Owned certified status and launched its brand partner management programme ‘At CAP, you’re welcome’.
Japan: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Suites Yokohama, the company's 12th property in the country.
UK: Oakwood has appointed Maria Ashton as vice president, development - Europe.
US: Tharaldson Hospitality Management (THM) has opened a 104-key Homewood Suites extended stay hotel in Livermore, California.
Global: Research from Aviva Investors shows that global institutional investors plan to increase their allocation to real assets, and particularly real estate assets.
UK: Moda Living and Apache have appointed Richard Smith as managing director of Moda Life Management, the operational arm of the JV’s £2.5 billion BTR portfolio.
Austria: Ascott has signed a management contract with SIGNA Real Estate and ARE Austrian Real Estate for its first property in Austria.
Netherlands: Corporate Housing Factory has launched its new website, corporatehousingfactory.com, which serves as a booking engine and guide for its six properties in the Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Eindhoven.
UK: Brickflow, the first online search engine for UK real estate development finance has been launched by property finance professional Ian Humphreys and software developer Robert Lange.
Chris Graham, managing director of Graham Associates and author of Branded Residences: An Overview, tells SAN about this evolving asset class.
UK: Brookfield has raised £1 billion (€1.14 billion) for its latest property fund, which will buy assets across Europe’s biggest markets.
UK: BTR and PBSA developer Watkin Jones has appointed Jeremy Fletcher as CEO of its property management business Fresh Property group.
Australia: The Sebel will open its latest serviced apartment property, in the Victorian town of Yarrawonga, next month, with two further properties to follow in 2021.
Vietnam: The average rent for serviced apartments in Ho Chi Minh City has fallen to a five-year low, according to data from Savills.
UK: Approval has been granted to add a rooftop extension to a Nottingham building to add an extra seven serviced apartments.
Awareness of serviced apartments and aparthotels has come on so far over the last 10 years from all quarters - consumer, investor and developer - that it's easy to become complacent and take it for granted that everyone knows exactly what the industry does and how it works.
I find it astonishing that the planners at Elmbridge council in Surrey have turned down an application for a for a senior living development in Walton-on-Thames on the grounds that elderly people do not bring “vitality” to town centres.
The perception of coliving is becoming something of an issue for those who are advocating the model as not only an alternative form of temporary accommodation but also an innovative way to help address the housing shortage in the UK and beyond.
UK: Student accommodation developer Unite has appointed Richard Huntingford as chairman.
Ireland: Plans for an aparthotel in Dublin's Phibsborough neighbourhood have been successfully opposed by local residents who claimed such a development was unsuitable for the area.
UK: Senior living developer Birchgrove has acquired Banstead Place in Surrey.
UK: A 132-key aparthotel on Belfast's Bedford Street will bringing hundreds of jobs to the area according to the scheme's architect.
UK: Clarendon Apartments has appointed Savills to sell 140 Minories, a 14-key serviced apartment freehold property in the City of London.
UK: The Stay Company, which owns four properties in Derby, has opened its first Nottingham property in West Bridgford.
US: Starwood Capital is accessing the commercial mortgage-backed securities market to refinance debt on a portfolio of 58 extended-stay hotels, as well as the construction costs of several recently built hotel properties.
UK: A serviced apartment project at the Coopers Building on Liverpool’s Church Street has been given the green light by planners.
Germany: Serviced apartment brand SMARTments business is collaborating with open software platform apaleo.
UK: The Scottish government is being lobbied to give serviced apartments and aparthotels exemption from its new licensing plans for short-term lets.
UK: CAP Worldwide has signed a strategic partnership with the Business Travel Association (BTA).
UK: Developer Viewranks Estates has been granted planning permission to build a £60 million coliiving schemeon the site of two retail units in Kingston, south-west London.
US: WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has invested $30 million in Alfred Club Inc., a startup that provides apartment buildings with services including concierge staff and software.
UAE: IHG has opened Staybridge Suites Dubai Al-Maktoum Dubai Airport, the brand’s first property in the emirate.
UK: A plan to convert the former Victoria Hospital for Sick Children on Hull’s Park Street has been given conditional approval.
UK: Bristol serviced apartment provider Your Apartment is set to open Merchants House, a converted former student accommodation building in December.
UK: Planning officers from Elmbridge Borough Council have recommended that a planning application for a senior living development in Walton-on-Thames be refused on the grounds that elderly people do not bring “vitality” to town centres.
China: Ascott has signed more than 2,100 new units across 12 properties in China in the last three months.
UK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, has hosted the first in a series of limited capacity business networking events.
UK: Supercity Aparthotels has opened Q Square in Brighton, its second property outside London.
Australia: CEM Group of Companies, one of the largest franchises of Quest Apartment Hotels properties has ceased trading, resulting in the closure of at least three properties.
US: Aimbridge Hospitality has added 16 Extended Stay America properties to its portfolio, and now manages 36 properties for the brand, with more in the pipeline.
UK: Serviced apartment agency SITU has launched SITU Live: Global Network, which allows serviced accommodation operators worldwide to connect their inventory, availability and pricing to SITU.
US: Red Lion Hotels has relaunched its GuestHouse International brand as GuestHouse Extended Stay, an upper-economy flag suitable for conversions.
UAE: Grand Heights Hotel Apartments has officially opened in Dubai’s Barsha Heights district.
US: Kasa Living has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital.
Belgium: The European Commission has approved a €15.8 million Belgian scheme to support hotels and aparthotels in the Brussels-Capital Region.
US: Nuveen Real Estate will invest up to $400 million through Sparrow, a newly launched vertically-integrated single-family home rental platform.
UK: STAY from LABS Collective has announced a partnership with serviced apartment and corporate housing provider Synergy Global Housing.
US: A 127-key Hyatt House extended stay hotel has opened in Louisville, Kentucky.
US: San Francisco-based coliving platform HubHaus has ceased trading, citing a lack of funds.
Singapore: Ascott has completed its migration to a cloud-based PMS from RMS Cloud.
UK: SITU has appointed Seth Hanson as senior supplier account manager.
US: Following a similar situation with IHG in August, Service Properties Trust (also known as SVC) has severed its management agreements with Marriott International across 122 properties.
UK: Aparthotel brand Roomzzz has launched Perkzzz, its loyalty and rewards scheme.
Natalia Schrey, chief commercial officer at Finnish operator Noli Studios, talks to SAN about customer-centricity and becoming a regional thought leader.
US: The Pavilion Grand Hotel in Sarasota Springs is being rebranded as the Pavilion Grand Executive Apartments.
US: My Place Hotels of America has opened its 58th extended stay property, and its first in Ohio, in the town of Marion.
Ravi Sharma, CEO and co-founder of coliving operator Respublica talks to SAN about rolling out the brand and how the pandemic has made us demand more from our homes.
South Africa: Flyt Property Investment has launched the WINK Aparthotels brand.
US: Economy extended-stay hotels reported a 1.9 per cent increase in demand in August 2020.
Singapore: Ascott has launched its Discover ASR mobile app for members of its loyalty programme, Ascott Star Rewards (ASR).
UK: International Hospitality Media (IHM), the publisher of SAN, has announced it will be postponing the inaugural Urban Living Festival until July next year, and is launching a series of Urban Living Lite online and offline events following a recent announcement from UK prime minister Boris Johnson.
UK: DTZ Investors' London coliving fund COLIV has forward funded a £70 million scheme in south-west London.
UK: Quintain has rebranded its Tipi BTR arm as Quintain Living and hired Danielle Bayless as COO to head the division.
UK: The future of a proposed 126-key aparthotel on Leeds’ George Street is in doubt as talk take place between the city council and developer Town Centre Securities.
UK: SITU has appointed Katie Thomas as senior global product manager.
KSA: Accor has signed a management agreement for the first the Swissôtel Living in Saudi Arabia.
Ireland: Plans for the site of the Embankment pub on Dublin's Blessington Road include three aparthotel buildings and a 129-room hotel.
France: Cycas has opened a dual branded Hyatt House and Hyatt Place property in Paris, the first of 10 openings planned for the next six months.
Australia: The leasehold for Quest Ballarat has been put up for sale, with an asking price of AUD$2,580,000.
UK: Major coliving schemes by Vita and Downing have been given the green light by Manchester's planning committee.
UK: About Partners - Luxury Brands Collection (APBLC) has been appointed as a global sales partner to represent Oakwood’s global property portfolio of serviced apartments.
UK: CitySpace, an operator offering workspace with accommodation and dining options, has opened its second London property, in Bermondsey.
Switzerland: Limestone Capital has launched a fund to capitalise on opportunities in the European real estate and hospitality sectors.
UK: Developer Espalier Property Ventures has submitted plans for a 142-key, five-storey aparthotel on Clapham Road in Kennington, south London.
UAE: Jumeirah Group has opened its landmark serviced residence, Jumeirah Living Marina Gate, at Dubai Marina.
US: London-based asset manager M&G investments has teamed up with Elandis, a Florida-based subsidiary of the Libra Group to launch a multifamily platform.
US: My Place Hotels of America has added its 57th extended stay hotel, in the Charlotte suburb of Huntersville.
US: Apartment rental and coliving company Common has raised $50 million in series D funding to expand its residential management division.
US: TownePlace Suites by Marriott has opened its latest extended stay hotel, in Columbus, Ohio.
Australia: A serviced apartment complex will be developed on Melbourne’s Punt Road after developers switched away from a planned residential apartment block and applied for a hotel permit.
US: Duluth-based Detroit Lender LLC is seeking a rezoning of a property in Oakwood to enable it to develop a five-storey, 87-key Candlewood Suites.
US: CSC Coliving has acquired the International House Philadelphia dormitory and culture centre tower in University City.
UK: Sigma Capital has launched a £1 billion-plus JV with Swedish investment manager EQT Real Estate to development BTR units in and around London.
UK: Inspired Villages, Legal & General’s senior living arm, has acquired a 10-acre site in Hampshire to build a £100 million retirement community.
UK: Plans to convert a former Staffordshire Moorlands mill and antiques shop into 21 coliving units have been approved.
Netherlands: Yays has opened a 53-key aparthotel on Koninginnegracht in The Hague.
UK: Developer and operator Walker & Williams has submitted plans for a 52-key luxury aparthotel overlooking Chester racecourse.
UK: Quay Apartments will open Clipper Quay in Salford, its fifth location, on October 1st.
Singapore: LHN Limited, through its subsidiary Coliwoo Balestier, is set to acquire a property in the Balestier neighbourhood for S$18.1 million, which it intends to operate as a coliving space.
Italy: Coliving operator DoveVivo, which has a portfolio of 8,000 rooms across 11 Italian cities, has completed a €15 million capital increase.
UK: AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has completed the acquisition of Dolphin Square in London from vendor Westbrook Partners.
Netherlands: APG and Aware Super will fund the growth of Amsterdam-based aparthotel operator City ID to the tune of €500 million over the next four years.
US: The 87-key Element Spring Valley has opened its doors for business in Rockland County, New York.
UK: From 1 October, The Register Club will reopen as part of Cheval Collection, located on the fourth floor of Cheval The Edinburgh Grand.
US: Extended stay management specialist Sandpiper Hospitality has seen high occupancy levels across its 42 hotels and is on the verge of announcing several new signings.
UK: PMS provider RMS Cloud has appointed Zen Valli as senior vice president of sales & marketing for the UK and EU.
UK: Curlew Capital has made four hires to its UK Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) team.
US: SplitSpot, a Boston-based coliving platform has acquired substantial assets from PlaceMe.
UK: Quest Apartment Hotels says it remains focused on its European expansion plans despite the Covid pandemic, with backing from majority shareholder Ascott.
US: Extended Stay America has appointed David Clarkson as chief financial officer.
Egypt: Khaled El Sayyad, the founder of Egyptian serviced apartment operator Prime Hospitality, has been featured in an article on "young innovators working to change the region".
US: The first stayAPT Suites extended stay hotel will open in early October, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ireland: Developer Bartra Capital is seeking a meeting with housing minister Darragh O’Brien as he undertakes a review on coliving schemes.
UK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, held its first face-to-face event since March in London yesterday.
UK: Belfast-based serviced apartment provider, Dream Apartments has unveiled a corporate rebrand and plans to expand into a further 10 European cities by 2022.
UK: Ascott has opened Citadines Islington London, the newest addition to its aparthotel portfolio in Europe.
UK: Dominic Sherry has joined Flying Butler Apartments in the newly created role of CEO.
Australia: Quest is set to open a 71-room aparthotel in the Woolooware Bay Town Centre development.
SAN spoke to a hotel owner, an operator and a branding expert to get their perspectives on what the future might hold for hospitality brand launches.
UK: Corporate accommodation agency SITU hired Yolanda Blomjous to a newly created role.
Singapore: Ascott Limited has added a raft of enhancements to its Ascott Star Rewards (ASR) programme, including a points exchange initiative with CapitaStar, Singapore’s leading lifestyle and shopping rewards programme.
UAE: The five-star SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences, which will open in Q4 2020, will feature 321 serviced apartments.
US: The 123-key Residence Inn by Marriott Manchester Downtown has opened in Manchester, New Hampshire.
UK: Plans for a £1.8 million renovation of the former post office in Warrington's Palmyra Square have received planning consent.
MEA: Ascott says it is seeing increased interest in serviced apartments as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
US: Dwellworks has launched its Dwellworks Living brand, to offer "distinctive service and solutions for the global corporate housing marketplace, ensuring customers feel".
UK: Former Regus CEO John Spencer has been appointed chief executive at flexible workspace provider BizSpace
Qatar: Accor is set to open the Middle East’s first Swissôtel combined hotel, serviced apartment and branded residential project.
Ireland: Real estate investment advisor and asset manager Stoneweg has acquired seven vacant buildings on Cork Street, Dublin 8 in an off-market transaction.
UK: BizSpace, the UK’s largest provider of regional flexible workspace, has reported increasing demand from companies looking to base their staff in outside major city-centre locations.
Australia: The 96-key Adina Apartment Hotel Brisbane Anzac Square has completed a million-dollar makeover.
US: A 164-key, six-storey Element hotel is set to open in Atlanta's Buckhead neighbourhood.
UK: Manchester city council has refused planning for two city centre coliving schemes but both are likely to return to committee next month.
US: Apple Hospitality REIT has announced the opening and acquisition of the 105-key Hyatt House and 154-key Hyatt Place in Tempe, Arizona.
US: Starwood Capital's extended stay brand InTown Suites has unveiled its redesigned suites.
UK: VELO Fund, a global consortium of global investors, has announced plans to enter the UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector.
Pakistan: Radisson Hotel Group has signed a contract for the Radisson Blu Serviced Apartments, Islamabad.
US: 103 IHG properties in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico are to be reflagged under the Sonesta brand.
US: Sage Hospitality Group and its partners topped out at the Catbird, an extended stay hotel development in Denver’s River North Art District (RiNo).
India: Real estate entrepreneurs Swapnali Bhosale Kadam and Abhishek Kumar have launched COVIE, described as “a new age co-living startup” with 3,000+ beds in Pune, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
UK: Flying Butler Apartments has added The Apartments portfolio of 33 luxury units in Chelsea and Marylebone Village.
UK: Urban Creation, a property developer based in Bristol, is set to transform some of its serviced and student apartments into remote working spaces.
US: Hotel development and management company NexGen Hotels will break ground on its first Home2 Suites by Hilton this April.
UK: A third block of student accommodation in Cardiff has applied for a change of use to serviced apartments.
UK: SevenCapital has bought the 186-bedroom Royal Angus hotel in Birmingham's St Chads Queensway for an undisclosed fee, and will convert it in to an aparthotel.
UK: Arbuthnot Latham Commercial has provided a commercial loan of £2.2 million for Homesave UK Limited, helping the company to transition its business model from aparthotels to residential lettings.
UK: Roomzzz has completed a multi-million-pound redevelopment and extension of its six-storey aparthotel in Clavering Place, Newcastle.
US: Sandpiper Lodging Trust (SLT) has acquired two Candlewood Suites hotels located in North Charleston and Bluffton, South Carolina.
Malaysia: Developer Eastern & Oriental Berhad (E&O) will cease operations of the 200-key E&O Residences Kuala Lumpur (EOR KL) next month.
US: Mountain Shore Properties (MSP), a South Carolina-based developer, is planning to open a new Hyatt House hotel in Tallahassee's Railroad Square Art District.
UK: Serviced apartment and coliving management system res:harmonics has appointed Steven Dow as its chief commercial officer.
US: Coliving developer and operator Starcity is partnering with Greystar to offer the company its experience platform.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has announced a further round off appointments at properties across Europe.
Canada: Brookfield Asset Management raised a record US$23 billion during the second quarter and expects to accelerate the pace of investments after the disruption caused by Covid-19.
US: SoftBank is injecting a further $1.1 billion into WeWork as it battles declining membership amid the pandemic.
US: Marriott is offering guests extended stays and the necessary facilities to work from their hotel rooms in the Caribbean.
US: Extended stay developer and operator WaterWalk has acquired a 4.5 acre development site in Phoenix’s Deer Valley neighbourhood for $2.14 million.
UK: Kilmona Property has withdrawn plans for a £23 million aparthotel near Boucher Road in Belfast after it was recommended for rejection by the council.
UK: Proposals to build a serviced apartment building in Cardiff have been recommended for approval by the local council.
Singapore: Oakwood has partnered with Country Garden Commercial and Culture Tourism Group to codevelop a new brand, Oakwood Beluxs.
Singapore: Ascott has launched its Work in Residence initiative at participating properties worldwide, transforming selected apartments into work suites.
In the wake of the Covid crisis and its devastating impact on the nation's high streets, many UK landlords in the retail and restaurant spaces have moved from offering fixed leases to turnover-based rents, in order to allow struggling tenants to continue trading. Could the hospitality sector follow suit?
US: Service Properties Trust has delayed the sale of 39 extended stay properties managed and branded under its sister company Sonesta.
US: The Marriott TownePlace Suites Albuquerque Old Town has opened its doors, close to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Ireland: Sinn Féin, the largest opposition party in the Irish parliament, has published a bill that aims to ban coliving developments across the Republic.
Canada: The Griffintown Hotel, which offers 114 apartments for short-, medium- and long-term stays, has opened its doors.
• Getting the tone of your brand messaging right during tumultuous times is not an easy thing to do, but it has to be said, some of the recent attempts I have seen relating to the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter campaign have been nothing short of awful.
UK: Savills group chief executive Mark Ridley has warned that British cities are “behind the curve” when compared to European and Asian counterparts.
UK: edyn Group will open Bermonds Locke, its third property in the UK capital, next month.
US: A 95-key Home2 Suites by Hilton Brands extended stay hotel has opened in Battle Creek, Michigan.
UK: The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) has named Evelyn Haran, chief operating officer at PREM Group,as its incoming chair
UK: The Cheval Collection has revealed the findings of a survey of frequent international travellers.
US: Extended Stay America has joined the STAY Counted campaign, an initiative to encourage voter registration and participation in the November US presidential election
UK: Supercity Aparthotels is offering free two night stays for NHS staff this summer.
US: Starwood Property Trust CEO Barry Sternlicht says the company's chain of extended stay hotels has been running at 85 per cent average occupancy rates during the coronavirus crisis.
Japan: Frasers Hospitality has opened the 224-unit Fraser Suites Akasaka in Tokyo.
UK: A planning decision on a four-tower coliving development in Manchester city centre has been deferred for a site visit.
Cambodia: Phnom Penh serviced apartment rates declined in Q2 2020, due to the pandemic and new hotel supply, according to CBRE Cambodia.
Australia: The Crown Group has appointed Ari Foo as director of sales for its Skye Suites serviced apartment portfolio.
UK: Research from Knight Frank says the UK’s senior living sector is expected to grow 10 per cent over the next five years.
Thailand: Avani Hotels & Resorts says it is on track to open more than ten new properties, including two serviced apartment projects.
US: A 111-key Residence Inn is the last element of the transformation from an office park to hotel park at Hamilton Court in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Switzerland: Following the opening of Vision Apartments Lucerne in January 2020, the property has been purchased by the Swiss Central City Real Estate Fund for CHF 18.2 million (£14.99 million).
Australia: Research from Savills has identified Perth as an ideal location for coliving developments.
UAE: The Dubai Land Department (DLD) is launching a fractional title deed concept in a bid to attract small investors to the hotel apartment segment.
US: Apartment provider Jurny has announced its expansion in the US, as well as the addition of units in London and Tel Aviv.
UK: Home Counties serviced apartment provider House of Fisher is launching its new website this week.
UK: Chinese developer ABP is to install up to 2,000 individual “cube” offices at its Royal Albert Dock scheme in London.
UK: Maven Capital Partners has bought a site in Edinburgh for the development of a 120-bed student accommodation project.
Singapore: Ascott has signed six lyf properties in Australia, China and the Philippines.
US: The 90-key Homewood Suites by Hilton in New Braunfels, Texas, is now managed by A-1 Hospitality Group.
Vietnam: IHG has signed an InterContinental resort and residences in Halong Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province.
Singapore: Ascott Residence Trust has entered into two conditional agreements to divest Ascott Guangzhou and Citadines Didot Montparnasse Paris.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has reached rental agreements with the “overwhelming majority” of its landlords.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has signed a lease agreement with ECHO Partners to operate its first Radisson-branded property, the Radisson Hotel & Suites Amsterdam South.
US: The 118-suite Residence Inn by Marriott hotel in Franklin, Tennessee is open for business.
New Zealand: Quest Apartment Hotels is to open a property in Palmerston North on New Zealand's North Island next month.
Denmark: Nuveen Real Estate's €2 billion European Cities fund has made a €100 million forward commitment to acquire a student accommodation development in Copenhagen.
UK: Investec Structured Finance has provided a 30-month senior loan for the acquisition and restoration of Shakespeare Business Centre in Brixton, south London
Jordan: Specialist mixed-use operator Kerten Hospitality has opened the Cloud7 Residence Ayla Aqaba.
UK: The top floors of an 11-storey student accommodation block in Belfast is set to open as an aparthotel.
UK: Serviced accommodation provider The Stay Company has appointed Beth Ponsford as guest services executive.
UK: GMG Real Estate is offering a forward funding opportunity on a fully consented hotel, office and residential development in Farringdon with a GDV of £93.5 million.
UK: Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that conferences and exhibitions will be permitted to go ahead from 1 October 2020.
Ireland: Dublin City Council has taken judicial review proceedings for a second time against An Bord Pleanála’s approval of plans for a 13-storey apartment building in Dublin’s north docklands.
UK: edyn has appointed Steven Haag as managing director of its SACO extended stay accommodation business.
Singapore: International Service Apartments (ISA) has launched the Workabode concept, designed foe guests who need workspace in their apartments.
Robert Godwin, managing director of Lamington Group and room2, talks to SAN about his plans to enter the budget hotel space by taking over Travelodge properties across the UK.
UK: Workspace Group has reported a significant increase in customer demand, receiving 765 enquiries in June compared with 272 in April.
Australia: A western Sydney property currently leased to coliving provider Hmlet is up for sale with a guide price of $10 million.
UK: The Imperial Warehouses building on Davies Street in Liverpool, is being sold after its owner Mantra Homes was placed into receivership in January.
UK: The landlords of up to 40 Travelodge hotels are planning to replace the flag with Lamington Group's room2 brand, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
UK: Initial plans for an aparthotel and rooftop restaurant on the site of a former car park have been put before Harrow Council.
India: Hyderabad-based Sensation Group and Gurugram-based Woke Life Co-living have formed Sensation Woke Hospitality.
UK: Serviced apartment agency SilverDoor has integrated with virtual payment platform Conferma Pay.
The first in a fortnightly series of ENGAGE webinars for travel buyers and suppliers of accommodation to corporate travellers was hosted today, by Mark Harris of the Travel Intelligence Network.
India: Bengaluru-based coliving startup Zolostays has raised US$56 million in Series C funding round led by Investcorp, Nexus Ventures Partners, Mirae Assets, Trifecta Capital and others.
US: A Residence Inn by Marriott in Queens, designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, is close to completing construction.
UK: The UK Coworking Assembly has launched the campaign #SaveOurLocalCoworking, to secure economic relief for independent coworking operators.
Australia: Developer Doma Group is planning a four-building development on a Canberra site purchased for $12.5 million from the ACT Government.
Singapore: Frasers Hospitality is reopening its worldwide property portfolio with a series of new measures designed to ensure the health, safety and well-being of guests and staff.
US: Common has partnered with City Pads to open a 223-bed coliving apartment building in Chicago's Little Italy that aims to provide affordable and quality housing to Illinois Medical District workers.
UK: COLIV, an independent fund managed by DTZ Investors, now has £170 million of capital to invest, following a recently confirmed commitment from Merseyside Pension Fund, the Liverpool-based local authority pension fund.
Canada: The 144-key Element Toronto Airport Hotel has opened for business.
Singapore: Oakwood has launched Clean360, a global program that "details the brand’s commitment to meeting the health and safety challenges of COVID-19".
UK: Former Native chief operating officer Alexandra Brunner has joined coworking operator Clockwise as it prepares for expansion.
UK: Asset manager Schroders has has bought control of Hong Kong real estate investment manager Pamfleet, which has serviced apartments and hotels in its portfolio, for an undisclosed sum.
Germany: A joint venture between Fraport Casa Commercial GmbH and developer GBI is planning a mixed-use property directly at Frankfurt Airport in the Gateway Gardens quarter.
US: The Siegel Group Nevada has acquired two former Budgetel extended stay hotels in Birmingham, Alabama for conversion to its Siegel Select brand.
US: Nuveen Real Estate has contracted coliving company Common to manage a 575-unit portfolio of multifamily assets.
UK: Cheval Collection is adding the Abbey Strand Apartments at Holyrood into its portfolio.
UK: International Hospitality Media (IHM) is launching a series of webinars in the run up to the third ENGAGE corporate travel buyer forum.
UK: Staycity's fourth property in Manchester, a 21-story tower in the city’s Deansgate area, has been granted planning consent.
In the latest Urban Living webinar, IHM CEO Piers Brown hosted a discussion on how the world of work is converging with a new age of hospitality.
UK: AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets is in advanced talks to buy the one million square Dolphin Square apartment block in London for around £850 million.
Germany: Reiner Nittka, CEO of Germany's largest hotel real estate developer GBI AG, says serviced apartments "are coping much better" with the crisis than hotels.
US: Dwell Optimal, a company offering apartments to corporate clients will launch in late summer, in the New York City metropolitan area.
UK: Restrictions on overseas travel will be relaxed from July 6, ministers have said.
US: Apartment rental company Sonder has raised US$170 million in a Series E round, which was led by Fidelity Funds, Westcap and Inovia Capital.
Thailand: A report from property consultants JLL shows that serviced apartments in Thailand have fared better than their hotel counterparts during the pandemic.
UK: Three of the UK’s largest retirement housebuilders have called on Boris Johnson to set a target for the delivery of homes for the over-65s.
China: Hilton has signed a management license agreement with Country Garden to introduce and develop the Home2 Suites by Hilton brand in China.
India: Bengaluru-based home rental startup NestAway’s coliving subsidiary The Hello World has acquired coliving provider StayAbode for an undisclosed sum.
UK: Plans for a development of student accommodation at Newcastle's Quayside have been given the green light.
US: Wellness-focused coworking brand The Assemblage has ceased operations at all three of its Manhattan locations.
Germany: Serviced apartment booking portal Acomodeo has partnered with leading international travel management company ATG
France: Ivanhoé Cambridge and Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors alongside Greystar Real Estate Partners have launched a new venture focused on funding purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and young professional accommodation in the Greater Paris Region.
UK: Locke, Eden's lifestyle aparthotel brand, has announced its European openings, with properties in Germany, Ireland, Denmark and Portugal.
US: My Place Hotels of America has named former EVP Matthew Campbell as chief operating officer/chief legal officer and former associate general counsel Adam Altman as the company’s general counsel.
UK: WeWork has made a second round of bobcats n the UK as it continues its restructuring.
UK: Developer Ask Real Estate's plans for a 22-storey aparthotel on Manchester's Deansgate will be decided this week.
UK: A listed former bank building in Warrington town centre is set to be turned into an aparthotel.
US: Choice Hotels' extended stay portfolio has achieved industry leading occupancy during March, April and May, with WoodSpring Suites achieving more than 70 per cent.
UK: Prime minister Boris Johnson is reportedly set to announce hotels and bed and breakfasts can reopen on July 4 along with pubs, restaurants and hairdressers.
Ireland: A High Court dispute over a planned seven-storey aparthotel development in James’s Street, Dublin has been resolved through mediation.
UK: L&G's retirement living provider Guild Living has announced a £130 million scheme in Uxbridge, west London.
Singapore: The Ascott Limited has secured contracts for 25 new properties with more 5,400 units across 19 cities in the first five months of the year.
UK: The Studios24 has secured funding of £6.4 million for a coliving development in Wolverhampton.
UK: Belfast-based Dream Apartments has launched Dream Worldwide, a booking service designed to give corporate travellers "a home from home global experience without the hassle".
UK: New research from Savills shows that serviced apartments' resilience during the Covid-19 crisis in Europe is "shining a light on the sector".
UK: Senior living operator Riverstone has appointed Penny Hughes as chair in preparation for a £3 billion expansion in London.
Spain: PMS and channel manager Zeevou has appointed Emilio Alonso as chief partneriser.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has launched On the Road Again, a campaign aimed to inspire Australians to make the most of their domestic travel liberties.
Singapore: Coworking operator Hmlet has launched a collection of 'heritage properties', adding 80 furnished rooms in Tiong Bahru and 12 in Emerald Hill.
US: A Home2 Suites by Hilton extended stay hotel has opened in downtown Williston, Vermont.
US: RESIDE Worldwide says it is dedicated to helping flatten the COVID-19 curve.
Egypt: A raft of international brands are planning to expand in the Egyptian branded residential sector, joining the likes of Four Seasons, Safir, Hilton and InterContinental.
Awareness of mental health issues, and the sheer number of people they affect, has risen tremendously over the last few years.
It's sad to have to report on the ultimate demise of Stay Alfred, even though the news was not unexpected.
As the financial impact of the pandemic on the hospitality and travel sectors becomes more apparent, there has been talk in a number of countries about the nationalisation of certain companies which have been propped up with huge amounts of government support.
US: Extended Stay America has appointed Mark Williams as managing director, franchise development.
US: WeWork is looking to wind down its WeLive coliving project, according to media reports.
UK: Serviced apartment agency SilverDoor Apartments has integrated its Orbi technology with leading expense management system SAP Concur.
Ireland: Staycity is set to reopen properties with a comprehensive set of health and safety protocols designed to minimise the risk of Covid-19 and deliver high standards of hygiene to both staff and guests.
UK: Brundell Property Group has been given the green light for Brighton’s first purpose-built coliving development after two years of negotiations with the local authority.
India: WeWork India is set to raise US$100 million from WeWork Global to invest in the sustainable growth of its business.
UK: Serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has stayed open through the Covid-19 crisis and says it is standing by to support East Midlands businesses bring their employees back to work safely.
UK: Workspace Group has seen a 47 per cent drop in pre-tax profits in its due to uncertainty around Brexit and the general election.
UK: Construction company Graham has secured a £60 million contract to build a mixed-use scheme in Egham, Surrey.
UK: Smartlock Europe's Remotelock brand is the latest company to sign up to exhibit at Urban Living Festival 2020 in London this November.
Spain: AXA IM - Real Assets has completed the forward purchase of a 919-unit affordable housing for rent portfolio in Madrid region of Spain for €150 million.
UK: PMS and channel manager Zeevou has appointed David Jenner as digital strategy manager.
US: My Place Hotels has launched Trend Hotels & Suites, a collection of upper midscale and upscale select service and extended stay hotels.
UK: Aparthotel operator Native may be forced to lay off more than 60 staff at its Manchester property if a dispute with HMRC over furlough payments can not be resolved
US: G6 Hospitality, owner, operator and franchisor of the Studio 6 extended stay brand has announced the opening of a new-build Studio 6 in Katy, Texas.
SAN editor George Sell talks to leading serviced apartment agents about the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and its potential influence in shaping the sector's future.
US: The latest figures from The Highland Group show that the economy extended stay hotels reported average RevPAR of $29.78 in April, around double that of the luxury sector.
UK: Hostel operator Safestay has reported turnover of £18.4 million for 2019, and adjusted EBITDA of £6.1 million.
US: My Place Hotels of America has made its 27th state debut with the opening of a property in King George, Virginia.
UK: London serviced apartment operator Cuckooz has closed its doors due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
UK: Brookfield has paid £264 million for a seven per cent stake in British Land, making it the biggest single shareholder.
UAE: The Myriad Dubai, the emirate's first integrated purpose-built student housing community is nearing completion ahead of new academic year
US: Corporate housing provider Furnished Quarters is set to introduce electrostatic sprayers as the company evolves its cleaning practices in light of COVID-19.
France: Aparthotels Adagio is set to double the size of its portfolio by 2023 and reopen 90 per cent of its existing properties by the end of June.
US: Flexible office startup Industrious has appointed real estate veteran Mary Hogan Preusse to its board of directors and has been interviewing investment banks ahead of a potential IPO.
UK: Quay Apartments, which operates 14 units in Clarence House in Newport, has been named Best Serviced Apartment in South Wales and Cardiff for 2020 in the Prestige Hotel Awards.
US: Coworking franchisor Office Evolution has appointed Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak as chief marketing and development officer.
UK: LHG (London Hotel Group) has won planning permission to expand its aparthotel scheme on Tooting High Street to 373 keys across six floors
US: Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) has been awarded a management contract for the 104-room Residence Inn by Marriott Waco/South in Texas.
UK: Two student accommodation developments, in Edinburgh and Leicester, have been sold for a combined £22.2 million.
UK: The senior living sector is set to see an increased investor focus despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has appointed five regional experts across France and Germany in recent weeks to further accelerate its European growth.
US: PMS and channel manager Zeevou has appointed Andrew Reynolds as partner engagement manager.
India: Stanza Living will invest Rs 400 crore (around US$50 million) over the next two years on expansion.
UK: Plans for a £6 million aparthotel, shops and restaurant complex in Clacton town centre have been dismissed by a planning inspector.
UK: The owner of a prominent Cardiff building has applied to extend a temporary permission allowing it to be used for serviced apartments as well as student accommodation.
UK: Forecasts from Savills predict that European real estate investment activity is set to fall by 50 per cent before rebounding sharply within the next year.
Back in early March I wrote an article for our sister publication Boutique Hotel News about a trending buzzword in real estate circles – the “hotelisation” of real estate. Now a new trend is manifesting itself.
UK: London serviced apartment operator The Residence has added The Residence Tower Hill to its portfolio.
Global: With the International Hotel Investment Forum postponed until 2021, organiser Questex has launched In Sync, a two-day online event.
Spain: San Francisco-based coliving firm Starcity has formed a JV with Barcelona Homes to "build housing for the urban renter in Spain".
UK: Plans for a £23 million aparthotel have been recommended for refusal by officials in Belfast City Council due to a lack of wastewater treatment infrastructure.
UK: Plans to transform a disused Chester pub into serviced apartments have been given planning consent by the local authority.
UK: BTR and student housing developer Watkins Jones says most of its UK construction sites are now operating at 75 per cent of normal capacity, following the restarting of work after the coronavirus lockdown.
India: Ascott's pipeline of new property openings in India will be slowed due to the impact of Covid-19, according to regional GM Vincent Miccolis.
US: Extended Stay America has launched the STAY Confident initiative to focus on "the health, safety, and comfort of its guests".
US: Thor Equities has signed up workspace manager Industrious as a partner to operate its 36,000-square-foot coworking space in Midtown Manhattan.
Netherlands: Dutch real estate firm Orange Capital has acquired 173 student and residential apartments from a KKR and Round Hill Capital partnership.
Singapore: Oakwood will concentrate solely on growing and managing its hospitality portfolio, exiting its agency business.
UK: House of Fisher has submitted plans for a 39-key aparthotel in Farnborough town centre, Hampshire.
UK: Synergy Global Housing has appointed Claire Barrie as VP of sales, EMEA, based in London.
UK: Cheval Collection is offering two weeks on a complimentary basis for any guest looking to book a 90 day stay or longer at its London properties.
UK: National Corporate Housing has hired former Oakwood AVP Richard Whittaker as VP of global supplier management.
UK: The UK government will continue to pay the wages of workers furloughed due to coronavirus until October, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has partnered with Housing All Australians (HAA) and the Salvation Army to provide temporary accommodation for Australians who are at risk of homelessness as a result of the pandemic.
UK: Legal & General’s retirement housing company Guild Living has submitted a planning application for a 193-unit site in Walton-on-Thames.
Sometimes a brand launch comes at you from leftfield, and a concept that you would never have considered comes to life before your eyes.
In extraordinary times, it's always fascinating to see where the smart money goes.
It's not often that a press release from an industry body contains the word "dire" but the GBTA has been very candid when announcing the results of its latest flash poll of members.
Germany: Booking portal Acomodeo has published its Serviced Apartment Price Radar 2019, highlighting price differences in the world’s major business destinations when booking a serviced apartment compared to a hotel room in 2019.
UK: Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced a phased approach to easing Coronavirus lockdown restrictions, which could see some hospitality businesses open in July if certain targets are met.
US: Magnuson Hotels has launched an extended stay brand, with its first properties in Texas and Ohio.
US: Aparthotel operator Domio has unveiled its Domio Difference cleaning program.
US: Furnished apartment provider Zeus Living has raised about $15 million in equity and debt.
US: Extended Stay America has opened its latest property, in Colonial Heights, Virginia.
US: German coliving firm Quarters is being sued over the $8 million lease on a property in Brooklyn by the building's owner.
UK: The 126-room Aparthotel Adagio Liverpool City Centre could be expanded to occupy two more floors, under proposals from the property’s owner.
US: Airbnb is laying off nearly 1,900 of its 7,500 employees as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
Denmark: NREP, the owner of the Noli Studios serviced apartment brand, has welcomed Novo Holdings as a minority shareholder.
Australia: Frasers Property Management has a selection of serviced apartments to its national portfolio of residential properties for rent.
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been felt keenly across the hospitality sector, but nowhere more so than at Airbnb. SAN editor George Sell looks at how it has been affected and the potential implications for the serviced apartment sector.
UK: Criton is offering its guest engagement platform free of charge to serviced apartments until 2021.
US: Extended Stay America has opened a 120-key hotel in Bluffton, South Carolina.
UK/US: Coliving developer and operator The Collective says short-term stays have been severely impacted by the lockdown but its long-stay business is proving resilient.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels will open its first property on the Gold Coast, Quest Robina, on Monday May 4.
Singapore: Ascott’s loyalty programme Ascott Star Rewards (ASR) is offering its members “more value and flexibility” as it marks it first year.
UK: Developer Southern Grove has revealed details of its first autonomous aparthotel, where guests are able to book online, receive a code and access their stay without human interaction.
Sam Nazarian, founder and CEO of sbe talks to SAN about launching the Hyde Living aparthotel brand in Europe, and what the Coronavirus pandemic has taught him.
Egypt: Emaar Misr has awarded Hassan Allam Construction and Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) joint venture contracts to build the new Address Hotel and Village A Resorts Complex in the Marassi North Coast compound.
Europe: Apartment rental platform for business Homelike has reported a significant boost in medium and long-term bookings over the last two weeks.
Singapore: City Development Limited (CDL) has entered into agreements to acquire a 51 per cent stake in Sincere property Group for RMB4.39 billion.
UK: Local property entrepreneur Mickey Brannigan has launched 15 new one- and two-bedroom apartments at the recently completed Ulsterville complex in Belfast City Centre.
US: Apartment rental company Frontdesk has secured $6.8 million in a Series A round in a combination of debt and equity.
US: Starcity, a San Francisco-based coliving company, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round.
US: Expedia Group has named Peter Kern and Eric Hart as its new CEO and CFO.
UK: Union Living, the coliving arm of developer Vita Group, has lodged an application for a 390-unit on Water Street in Manchester.
UK: The Collective has been granted planing consent for its latest London project, a 112,000 square foot scheme in Battersea.
SAN publisher International Hospitality Media has appointed Prabhtej Jaswal as event producer for the Urban Living Festival 2020, which takes place on November 25 and 26 in London.
UK: Manchester-based HS Property Group has bought an aparthotel and restaurant asset on Liverpool's Castle Street from RSL Property Management.
Singapore: Ascott is providing homes for healthcare workers, returning nationals, guests who are affected by border closures or city lockdowns, migrant workers and others who have been stranded due to COVID-19.
UK: Lamington Group, the operator of room2 Hometels and Lamington Apartments, has partnered with homeless charity SPEAR to support rough sleepers.
Thailand: Minor Hotels has appointed a regional director for Africa and plans to launch its oaks extended stay brand on the continent.
UK: British bedmaker Hypnos has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its commitment to sustainable and ethical manufacturing.
UK: The Shankly Hotel, a 59-key aparthotel on Liverpool's Victoria Street, has been placed in administration.
UK: Flexible workspace provider Workspace is offering tenants a 50 per cent rent reduction during the coronavirus lockdown period.
UK: Developer Watkin Jones Group has revealed plans for build to rent homes, student accommodation and commercial space.
Germany: Accor has announced plans for Europe's first Hyde Living aparthotel, at Munich Airport's LabCampus.
UK: Michael Gove, the UK's minister for the cabinet office has said that hospitality businesses will be "among the last" to exit the country's current restrictions.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Lina Abdullah, Serviced Apartment Awards Rising Star winner and regional general manager, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand at Oakwood.
UK: Global real estate investment firm Hines has appointed Alexandra Gumuchian to its student housing team.
UK: Apache Capital Partners and Harrison Street’s UK multifamily housing platform are funding a £215 million build-to-rent development in Edinburgh.
US: The Global Business Travel Association has polled 974 of its global member companies about the current state of the sector.
UK: SAN publisher International Hospitality Media is delighted to support AETHOS Consulting Group’s initiative to help hospitality professionals cope with impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK: Plans to turn an office building in Birmingham city centre into an aparthotel and "boutique hostel" have been lodged with the City Council.
US: Airbnb is updating its landing page and introducing new features aimed at longer-term stays.
UK: New data from coliving operator Built Asset Management (BAM) shows the average age of coliving residents in shared properties in London has risen by nearly five years since 2017.
Singapore: Ascott is set to operate accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff, in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.
US: My Place Hotels of America has launched its Help Our Heroes initiative, a campaign dedicated to providing financial support for first responders across America.
China: Danke has announced its Model Room Center in Beijing has received the WELL Silver Certification from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).
UAE: Demand for student accommodation in Dubai continues to outstrip supply, according to CBRE.
Australia: SKYE Suites Green Square is set to officially open in July, but from next week, SKYE Residences will offer serviced-apartment stays of 3 months or more to long-stay residents.
Australia: Adina is set to open four properties over the next year, in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.
UK: Convivia, a new property development and investment group, will open its first aparthotel in Torquay, in early 2021.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Bill Barnett, branded residence expert and managing director of C9 Hotelworks Company.
Netherlands: Curlew Capital has acquired a 153-unit co-living development on behalf of insurer Vivat.
Global: Economist Roger Bootle of Capital Economics says the medium-term prospects for the hospitality industry are "extremely good".
US: Preliminary data for economy extended-stay hotels indicates a 10 to 15 per cent RevPar decline in March 2020 compared to March 2019.
US: HLC Equity has appointed Andrew Levin as director of acquisitions to lead the company’s investment and acquisition efforts nationwide.
Australia: Amended plans for an AUD$8 million seven-storey serviced apartment block in the Perth suburb of Nedlands have been given the green light by State planners.
Global: Serviced Apartment News polled 36 operators of varying size from around the world to see how they were coping with the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on business, as well as asking them for any ideas, tips or strategies which are helping them in the current situation.
Kenya: Cytonn Investments is inviting potential investors in its serviced apartment developments to virtually tour the project while gatherings are banned in the country due to COVID-19.
US: Wealth Hospitality Group, a new company formed by a merger of Fusion Hospitality and Heritage Hospitality Group, has acquired the Residence Inn in Jackson, Tennessee.
US: The US senior living sector is facing an adverse economic impact of between $40 billion and $57 billion over the next 12 months, according to new analysis.
UK: Jensco Group has submitted plans for two blocks of student accommodation at a site between Traffic Street, Waterway Street West and Sheriffs Way in Nottingham.
Thailand: Ascott has announced plans to open a 445-unit Somerset property in in Ratchadapisek-Rama 9, the new Central Business District of Bangkok.
China: Foster + Partners has released visuals of Qianhai Talents' Apartments, a project with co-living spaces planned for Shenzhen, China.
Singapore: CapitaLand Group has appointed Ascott CEO Kevin Goh as CEO, Lodging.
US: BridgeStreet is closing properties it operates under its own brand in the US due to the impact of the Coronavirus.
Indonesia: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Apartments PIK Jakarta, its third property in the city.
US: Red Roof, which operates the HomeTowne Studios brand, is introducing day rates for remote workers in response to pandemic-enforced changes to the working environment.
US: My Place Hotels has announced the opening of My Place Hotel-West Phoenix/Avondale, AZ.
Singapore: Architecture firm Ministry of Design (MOD) has completed an all-white co-living house aimed at "making the residents its prominent features and giving them a blank canvas for the future".
UK: Twinview, a "digital twin platform" designed to change the way buildings are managed and perform has been launched.
UK: Developer E O’Grady’s proposals to convert the grade one-listed former Lloyds Bank in Birkenhead's Hamilton Square into a 10-bedroom aparthotel has received planning approval.
UK: Walker & Williams, which owns and operates four aparthotels in the north-west of England, has secured a five figure finance package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
UK: The eighth edition of the Global Serviced Apartments Industry Report (GSAIR), estimates that worldwide serviced apartment supply has increased by 14.75 per cent since 2018 to 1,254,743 units.
Singapore: Oakwood has promoted Lina Abdullah to the role of regional general manager.
Ireland: Staycity, which operates aparthotels across Europe, has negotiated rent freezes where possible its with landlords.
US/Singapore: Oakwood has postponed the sale of its global solutions business to Dwellworks and is suspending new bookings through its agency arm.
UK: The government has issued guidance to accommodation providers and has advised all those providing commercial accommodation to close.
Malaysia: Eastern & Oriental will open the 51-storey Conlay luxury serviced apartment project.
Berkshire-based apartment provider Suite Hub has appointed Aneal Sadiq to the newly created role of commercial director.
UK: Apartment agency SilverDoor has promoted Stuart Winstone to group CEO.
Worldwide: Serviced Apartment News is polling serviced apartment, aparthotel and extended stay operators across the globe to gauge the impact of the coronavirus on the sector and to share strategies for mitigating its effects.
UK: International Hospitality Media events manager Chelsey Hulbert was recently invited to the University of Surrey to advise students on their latest module.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has offered to turn up to 80 of its properties into quarantine or isolation facilities as the government requires them.
UK: Councillors have given planning consent for a new development of homes, retail units and an aparthotel in Todmorden, Calderdale.
US: A building in downtown Duluth, Minnesota, could be transformed in to the city's first extended-stay hotel, aimed at serving hospital and construction workers.
US: Marriott International is starting to furlough thousands of employees as it closes hotels globally.
Australia: Sydney Airport Suites, a development of 35 serviced apartments, is for sale through JLL.
International Hospitality Media (IHM) is rescheduling the inaugural URBAN LIVING FESTIVAL (ULF) from this July until November 25 and 26 2020.
UK: Staycity has closed its Arcadian Centre property in Birmingham, moving guests to another aparthotel in the city.
UK: London-based property management company City Relay has unveiled its latest brand, City Relay Solutions.
US: Extended Stay America has opened new-build company-owned hotel in Port Charlotte, Florida.
UK: The winners of the fifth annual Serviced Apartment Awards celebrated in London last night, at a gala dinner presentation at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel Kensington.
Australia: Ascott Residence Trust (ART) has bought Quest Macquarie Park Sydney for A$46 million.
Germany: i Live Group has sold a serviced apartment project in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen to HanseMerkur Grundvermögen.
US: Extended Stay America (ESA) has promoted Judi Bikulege to chief investment officer.
US: Chatham Lodging Trust, a hospitality real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in upscale extended-stay hotels, has announced that chief investment officer Peter Willis is stepping down from the company.
UK: Wythenshawe hospital in Manchester is set to be redeveloped in to a "health village", including a rebuilt hospital, affordable housing for nurses and an aparthotel for patients.
UK: Co-working company LABS has opend serviced apartment under its STAY brand in Camden, north London.
UK: Belfast-based developer Big Top Productions has submitted plans for the conversion of a former police station into a 74-bedroom aparthotel.
Germany: Swiss operator SV Group has opened the dual-branded Marriott property in Werksviertel, Munich's former factory district.
Ireland: The €180 million Project Opera scheme has been granted planning consent by An Bord Pleanala.
US: San Francisco-based hospitality start-up Lyric, which numbers Airbnb among its investors, is to lay off 25 of its 120 staff and close up to 200 units.
France: Paris-based coliving operator Colonies has concluded a €180 million funding round.
Czech Republic: A former supermarket site in the resort of Pec pod Sněžkou has been developed in to Aparthotel Svatý Vavřinec.
Philippines: Discovery Suites Ortigas, the first hotel opened by the Discovery Leisure Company, hospitality group, has celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has adjusted its development strategy to focus on developing and operating suburban hotels next to large shopping centres.
UK: Next week's Serviced Apartment Awards ceremony in London will feature a new venue, new categories and new sponsors as the event goes from strength to strength.
Italy: Developer Hines and investment management company Blue Noble have made their third acquisition in the Italian market.
US: The latest figures from The Highland Group show that US extended-stay occupancy is at 19-year high despite the biggest increase in supply in 20 years.
UK: Lateral City has opened Abbey Strand Apartments at Holyrood in Edinburgh.
UK: A historic Preston pub will be the centrepiece of a serviced development if planners give it the green light.
US: Extended Stay America has released its full year results for 2019.
UK: The shortlisted entries for the 2020 Serviced Apartment Awards have been announced in advance of the awards ceremony on March 12th in London.
Jordan: Dubai-based mixed-use operator Kerten Hospitality has signed a management agreement with Ayla Oasis Development Company to open the Cloud7 Residence Ayla Aqaba in June 2020.
France: Aparthotels Adagio says 2019 marked a year of exceptional performance for the brand, including seven openings in four countries and an additional 17 aparthotel signings.
UK: The Ascott Limited has appointed Christian Desira as head of business development and investment for Europe.
UK: room2 will operate a 90-key ‘hometel’ at Fulham Town Hall in west London.
France: Dutch hospitality brand Zoku will open its first French property in 2021.
Panama: The Residence Inn Panama City has opened in the city's Punta Paitilla neighbourhood.
US: The Intersect311 aparthotel in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has added 15 units to its inventory.
US: CWS Corporate Housing and CWS Home Services has achieved Great Place to Work certification.
Germany: Hospitality startup Limehome has secured a further €21 million from existing investors to develop its proptech platform and to continue scaling in Germany and Europe.
UK: Global TMC Corporate Travel Management (CTM) has appointed CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments as its 2020 extended stay and alternative accommodation partner.
UK: Co-living developer and operator The Collective has agreed a new £140 million discretionary financing package from Deutsche Bank and GCP Asset Backed Income Fund.
UK: A former Leicester nightclub and snooker hall could be turned into a 73-key aparthotel.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has signed a lease agreement with Van der Linde Architecten and Development company to manage IHG’s first Holiday Inn Express & Suites property in Europe.
UK: The 73-key Staybridge Suites Cardiff, an extension of the Holiday Inn Express at Cardiff Bay, is set to open early next year.
US: My Place Hotels has properties in half of the US states with the addition of My Place Hotel-Shakopee in Minnesota.
UK: The Beales department store in Bournemouth store is on the market for £11million, with a range of future conversion uses mooted.
Ireland: Cumberland Developments has lodged plans to build a five-storey aparthotel on the site of a former Dunnes Stores outlet in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
Ireland: Staycity has released positive trading figures for 2019, which included key property openings and a new financing deal.
Ireland: Dublin City Council has granted planning permission for a 97-bedroom co-living project in the Rathmines neighbourhood.
Greece: Extended-stay apartment rental company Blueground has opened its first properties in London and Paris.
York and Casablanca aren’t often mentioned in the same sentence, but Staycity CEO Tom Walsh can be forgiven for having a Humphrey Bogart moment when two Chinese guests, both staying at the company’s Paragon Street property, became the UK’s first confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
Co-living is making the headlines across the hospitality and real estate industry, and it is certainly having an affect on the way players in the serviced apartment sector are thinking.
UK: OakNorth Bank has provided £27 million of funding for the development of a 12-storey aparthotel in Aldgate, operated by Edyn Group.
UK: The £20 million Roomzzz York City aparthotel, which opened last month, has temporarily closed due to flooding.
AltoVita co-founder Vivi Cahyadi talks to SAN about the company's mission to become a global disrupter in the corporate housing sector.
UK: Two of the prizes in the 2020 Serviced Apartment Awards will once again be decided by you, the Serviced Apartment News readers.
UK: Developer Caledon Properties Ltd has been granted planning permission for a 157-bed aparthotel, public house and retail units in the city’s Trongate area.
UK: The Hy Hotel has opened in Lytham St Annes, following a £4 million investment by its owners.
UK: Developer Regal London has secured a £29.5 million loan from Secure Trust Bank Real Estate to develop a 156-key Wilde aparthotel and café in Whitechapel.
UK: Glasgow City Council has giving planning consent for serviced apartments, a restaurant and bar on the site of the former head office of whisky company William Teacher & Sons.
Hong Kong: Dash Living has signed its second HK co-living project, in Mong Kok, shortly after officially launching its TST project on Carnarvon Road.
US: Airbnb has filed a lawsuit against NGD Homesharing and its CEO Harvey Hernandez, claiming it stole funds and made unauthorised loans to other companies.
US: Guest engagement and staff management platform INTELITY has partnered with PMS provider Mews.
Belgium: Residence Inn has made its Belgian debut with the opening of the 105-key Residence Inn Ghent.
US: The Related Group and W5 Group are building a mixed-use project in Miami’s Wynwood arts district.
UK: Two guests at Staycity's York aparthotel have tested positive for Coronavirus and are being quarantined at a specialist centre in Newcastle.
US: stayAPT Suites, a new extended stay hotel brand, is launching its product offer with 12 new-build hotels across the US in 2020 and another 30 planned for 2021.
US: Sonder has announced Frits van Paasschen, former CEO and president of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is joining its board of directors.
Netherlands: Yays has signed a long-term lease agreement for 53 serviced apartments at the Koninginnegracht in The Hague.
Kenya: Avani Hotels & Resorts has signed Avani Nairobi Suites, the first Avani property in Kenya.
US: Provident Realty Advisors rebranded a Texas Candlewood Suites as an Extended Stay America property.
UK: Cheval Collection celebrated the reopening of Cheval Gloucester Park, Kensington with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Thailand: Shama Serviced Apartments by ONYX Hospitality Group is doubling its presence in the Thai capital by adding Phrom Phong and Yen Akat to its portfolio in 2020.
UK: Rockwell and FirethornTrust have been granted planning consent for the redevelopment of Quay House in Canary Wharf.
UK: Travel tech firm Criton has appointed Dwayne Pascal as chief technology officer and Laura Sullivan-Denham as sales director.
US: JLL Capital Markets, on behalf of Akara Partners, has arranged a $57.6 million refinance loan for the Home2Suites by Hilton Chicago River North.
UK: BridgeStreet was named Best Serviced Apartment Provider at the Business Travel Awards in London, for the second year running.
Spain: Hospitality and real estate professionals from around Europe braved the might of Storm Gloria for the third staging of International Hospitality Media's uniquely collaborative RECHARGE event.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Aaron Lee, CEO and founder of Hong Kong-based serviced apartment, hotel and co-living operator Dash Living.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Rebecca Hollants Van Loocke, COO EMEA, at Frasers Hospitality.
Australia: The Sebel Canberra Hotel has been bought in an off-market deal worth AUS$48 million, six months after it opened.
UK: Leaders from real estate, technology and government discussed data at Round Hill Ventures' latest PropTech Connect session in London.
Switzerland: VISIONAPARTMENTS has opened its conversion of the former Hotel Fox in Lucerne, adding 60 apartments to its portfolio.
Oman: Radisson Hotel Group has announced the signing of Radisson Hotel Apartments Muscat Ghala Heights.
New Zealand: Quest NZ is celebrating 21 years of business and has a record number of new aparthotels scheduled to open in the next 18 months.
UK: Bristol developer Urban Creation has grown its serviced apartment offering in the city.
Japan: Ascott has opened its first Citadines serviced residence in Osaka.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has hired two regional general managers (RGMs) and two general managers.
UK: Six in every ten travel buyers who responded to a Business Travel Show survey on sustainability and the environment admit they do not have an ethical travel programme.
KSA: Dhahran in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province will see the global debut of Accor’s new Novotel Living brand.
UAE: Increasing demand for holiday home rentals has seen Dream Inn increase its property portfolio by 25 per cent.
US: Brokerages expect Extended Stay America (NYSE:STAY) to announce $275.09 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research.
US: Third-party management company Remington Hotels has signed an agreement to manage the Residence Inn Steamboat Springs in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
UK: Malhotra Group's plans for an aparthotel in Newcastle city centre have received a boost with the withdrawal of an objection to the scheme by Northumbria police.
RSA: South Africa, and particularly Cape Town, has become the African continent's development hot spot for aparthotel projects.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Robert Alley, COO of Roomzzz Aparthotels.
US: Coliving operator Quarters has announced plans for two further properties in Brooklyn.
Singapore: Ascott parent company CapitaLand is set to roll out its co-living brand across Asia.
US: A Home2 Suites by Hilton property has opened on Amelia Island, South Carolina.
KSA: The 172-key Ascott Corniche Al Khobar has opened, the sixth Ascott property in the Kingdom.
US: The 203-key Embassy Suites by Hilton Jonesboro Red Wolf Convention Center has opened in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
US: Austin-based aparthotel company Locale has raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Amplo Ventures.
Singapore: Hong Kong-based rental solution provider Dash Living has acquired Singapore co-living firm Easycity.
UK: An Adagio aparthotel, along with a Novotel, will officially open in Leicester city centre on January 16.
UK: A 20-storey hotel and serviced apartment project in Gateshead is set to go ahead despite a fraud investigation in to one of the developer’s other projects.
Netherlands: Dublin-based operator PREM Group is to open its 16th PREMIER SUITES property, in Zuidas, Amsterdam in June 2020.
US: Flexible housing platform Anyplace has entered the Asian market, signing partnerships with co-living operators in Singapore and Indonesia.
UK: Hyatt has announced the opening of the 116-key Hyatt House Manchester, the extended stay brand's first UK hotel.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Tracey Stephenson, managing director of Staying Cool.
Denmark: edyn has signed an agreement with Danica Pension for the development of a 236-room Locke aparthotel in Postbyen, Copenhagen.
UK: Two aparthotel projects in Liverpool have been recommended for planning approval by the city council ahead of its January 14 meeting.
UK: A survey of corporate travel buyers has revealed that 41 per cent expect to have bigger budgets in 2020.
UK: The Collective has been granted planning permission to redevelop an unused commercial site on Stratford High Street.
UAE: The Dubai market is set to gain more than 1500 luxury branded residence units in 2020.
Ireland: Staycity has secured a €22.5 million flexible loan facility with Dunport Capital to support its growth plans.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Marcia Gomez, managing director of Milton Keynes-based provider Cotels Serviced Apartments.
US: The 95-key Residence Inn by Marriott St. Petersburg Tierra Verde has opened its doors to guests.
Thanks to The Apartment Service for letting us have a sneak preview of the industry research within its GSAIR report. It’s encouraging to see that global inventory has risen by 14.75 per cent since the last report was published in June 2018.
So, after two-and-a-half years of the UK's political system - and by extension the country as a whole - feeling like it has been wading through treacle, there is at last some clear ground ahead, although there is still much division over whether it is heading in the right direction.
Finding and booking somewhere to stay for leisure - and increasingly business - travel has become easy and convenient with the rise of the OTAs, Airbnb and other platforms and the money they have invested in the technology necessary to make the booking process as frictionless as possible.
CWS Corporate Housing’s acquisition of one of its main competitors, Gables Corporate Accommodations, will see the formation of a seriously influential player in the US corporate housing sector.
It's been exciting to see the speed with which co-living has gone from being a rather misunderstood outlier in the hospitality sector to a mainstream asset class attracting increasing amounts of institutional investment.
Ireland: Common Living, one of America’s largest co-living operators, is planning a 121-unit project in Dublin’s north inner city.
China: US investment firm The Carlyle Group has acquired a stake in Anxin Apartment, a corporate housing operator in China.
Australia: Melbourne-Based Convido Corporate Housing is celebrating 20 years in the industry in 2019.
UK: Summix Capital has received unanimous approval from Bristol City Council for a major scheme in the city.
UK: Manchester City Council has said development of co-living schemes in the city should be limited until the concept is properly tested.
US: The 160-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Walnut Creek, California is open for business.
UK: Colin Shenton, the founder of pay-per-minute co-working space Ziferblat, said Liverpool will be the next location for his Oppidan co-living concept.
UK: Tom Smyth, owner of Dream Apartments, has donated £12,000 to the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, during 2019.
France: Aparthotels Adagio has announced several recent openings and new signings, including the Adagio Aparthotel Lille Centre Grand Place, Aparthotel Adagio Paris Nation, and new properties in Germany.
UK: Homelike has added 15,000 furnished apartments for corporate travellers staying for a month or more in the UK since launching in the country a year ago.
US: The Collective has announced it is developing a property in Williamsburg, its sixth project in the US and fourth in New York City.
UK: A preview of the 2020 Global Serviced Apartments Industry Report (GSAIR) has shown that global inventory has risen by 14.75 per cent since June 2018.
Finland: SOULMADE Helsinki, a "sustainable culture club concept" will open in Töölö in 2021.
Mark Skinner, partner at The Highland Group, gives SAN the latest snapshot of the flourishing US extended stay market.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and added three further positions in its finance leadership team.
UK: A proposal to build a 31-key aparthotel on the site of a former school in Ilford has been submitted to Redbridge Council.
The UK serviced apartment and wider hospitality sector has broadly welcomed last night's election result, seeing it as the end of a long period of limbo in which the country's political direction was shrouded in uncertainty.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Claire Parry, director of Newcastle-based provider Week2Week Serviced Apartments.
UK: Black And White Hospitality Management has taken over the operation of the Hy Hotel in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.
US: Extended Stay America has opened a new company owned hotel in Gibsonton, Florida, the first of its kind for the brand in more than 12 years.
UK: Plans to convert a grade II-listed building in Liverpool into serviced apartments have been approved by the city council.
UK: Serviced Apartment agent SilverDoor has been accredited in ISO 27001 and ISO 9001.
UK: Staycity has opened a 128-key Wilde aparthotel in the shadow of Edinburgh castle.
Qatar: Minor Hotels has signed a management agreement for The Vyra Suites NH Collection Doha, a 228-key serviced apartment building.
Australia: Malaysian developer UEM Sunrise has struck a deal to sell its serviced apartments at Aurora Melbourne Central to student accommodation provider Scape Australia for $125 million.
US: Zeus Living, which provides furnished homes for professionals, has raised $55 million in Series B funding.
Singapore: Village Residence Robertson Quay by Far East Hospitality won the Best Serviced Apartment prize at the 2019 HRM Asia Readers Choice Awards.
US: A 231-suite Residence Inn by Marriott has opened at 360 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.
Thailand: Italthai Group, the owner of Onyx Hospitality Group, is aiming to modernise its business by franchising its brands overseas.
SAN editor George Sell looks at some of the key trends that will shape the global serviced apartment and aparthotel sector in 2020.
Cheval Collection has announced it will be opening the first Cheval Maison in continental Europe in Frankfurt, following an agreement signed with SIC Properties GmbH.
Australia: Crown Group and Veriu are both opening projects on Sydney's Green Square, adding a total of 234 keys to the area's inventory.
UK: The latest ASAP/Savills Sentiment Survey shows that overall sentiment in the UK serviced apartment sector has improved considerably since June.
US: WoodSpring Suites has opened WoodSpring Suites Pecos, the brand's 50th property in the Lone Star State.
UK: Corporate housing provider Portland Brown has signed a lease with building owner Hines for apartments at 354 – 358 Oxford Street in London’s West End.
UK: Leicester City Council has announced a £450,000 investment in a co-working space at The Gresham aparthotel in the city centre.
UK: Property management business Nestor has concluded its implementation of the apaleo property management system.
UK: Cheval Collection has announced that Cheval Gloucester Park, Kensington will re-open on February 1 2020, following a two-year multi-million pound refurbishment.
US: The 136-key Residence Inn by Marriott in Natick, Massachusetts has opened its doors.
Oman: Frasers Hospitality has won the World’s Leading Serviced Apartment Brand at the World Travel Awards for the sixth year running.
Singapore: A redevelopment of Liang Court in Singapore will see Ascott Reit sell part of its interest in Somerset Liang Court Singapore to developer CDL.
UK: SilverDoor Apartments have won the Corporate Housing Provider of the Year award for the second consecutive year at the EMEA Expatriate and Mobility Management Awards.
Australia: Maple Development Group, a subsidiary of Chinese developer Peng Bo, has lodged plans for a $200 million apartment tower in central Brisbane.
Malaysia: The first Ascott-branded serviced residence – Ascott Gurney Penang - is set open in Q2021.
UK: City of York Council has decided to take no action after discovering a Roomzzz aparthotel is 25 centimetres taller than its planning permission allows.
Ireland: A briefing about Dublin's hotel market has head that the upsurge in development of aparthotels is the most significant structural change in the city‘s market in many years
Ireland: A planning board hearing in to the €180 million Project Opera mixed-use scheme in Limerick is set to decide the scheme's fate in late January.
UK: AirAgents, previously a London Airbnb property management company, has rebranded as Nestor to reflect its evolving and expanding business and services in the B2B short-stay sector.
Ireland: Aparthotel operator Staycity Group has announced that its newly launched property development venture, Realstay Developments, will be headed up by Frank Dowling.
UK: room2 has appointed Mark Harris, the former head of UK & Ireland and managing director at The Carlyle Group, as strategic investment partner.
New Zealand: Quest Apartment Hotels has named its franchisee and supplier of the year at its New Zealand and Fiji Network Conference 2019.
Kenya: Cytonn, a financial investment company, has ventured into the serviced apartment industry to diversify its financial base.
Stuart Duncan, founder of SmartLock Europe, tells SAN about his move in to apartment development and operation with the first Apartrooms property in Aberdeen.
Singapore: Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore general manager Roy Liang has been promoted to regional general manager, overseeing Oakwood's properties in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.
US: Extended Stay America (ESA) has appointed former WoodSpring Hotels CEO Bruce Haase as president and CEO.
UK: Supercity Aparthotels has announced the launch of the Supercity Art House, which will see the artwork of young, formerly homeless people, exhibited, and available for purchase, at selected Supercity sites.
Philippines: Seda Hotels has opened the Seda Residences Makati, the first serviced apartments in the hotel group’s portfolio.
US: CWS Corporate Housing has entered into an agreement to acquire its competitor Gables Corporate Accommodations [GCA] from its parent company Gables Residential.
UK: Henry Space Developments has been granted planning consent for a 200-key aparthotel on Liverpool’s Duke Street.
UK: Belfast hotel group Andras House has been granted planning approval to redevelop a former Northern Bank building in Portrush into an aparthotel.
UK: A joint venture between Melt Homes and Espalier Ventures is set to build a 175-key aparthotel near The Oval cricket ground in south London.
UK: A survey of business travellers in London by Cheval Collection has reported strong confidence in the capital for 2020.
US: TCG Group has submitted plans for a new-build Extended Stay America hotel on Avalon Court in McDonagh, Georgia.
US: The latest report from the Highland Group reveals the US extended stay sector saw increased supply and revenues in the year to September 30.
Singapore: MetroResidences has launched a 50-unit building aimed at guests seeking stays of three to 24 months.
UK/Netherlands: The Short Stay Group and its Yays brand have signed a major sponsorship deal with International Hospitality Media, the publisher of SAN, covering 2020 to 2023.
Darin Karp, president and CEO of ReloQuest, talks to SAN about the evolution of the corporate housing sector and how technology is restructuring the travel and hospitality industries.
Indonesia: Apartment provider start up Travelio has raised $18 million in its Series B financing round led by Singapore-based Pavilion Capital and Gobi Partners.
Australia: A Quest Apartment Hotels franchisee in Perth has strengthened connections with the local business community, signing a partnership with the CEO Institute.
Vietnam: CapitaLand, parent company of The Ascott Ltd, is celebrating 25 years of operations in Vietnam.
UK: Corporate accommodation booking agency CAP Worldwide has expressed its support for accreditors and assessors globally and stressed the need for "a new consistent global approach to accreditation for serviced apartments and corporate accommodation alternatives".
UAE: Belfast-based Dream Apartments has added Dubai to its portfolio of serviced apartment destinations.
UK: A rise in institutional investment and growing demand for flexible living space are aiding a surge in Europe's co-living sector, according to a new report from JLL.
Myanmar: Ascott will manage the 68 Residence building in Yangon, which is due to open in December 2020.
Australia: Quest has opened a property at Joondalup, in northern Perth, its 14th location in Western Australia.
US: A former Candlewood Suites in Katy, Texas, has been converted into an Extended Stay America property.
UK: Revised plans to develop an aparthotel in west Cornwall are set for approval
Canada: The 117-key Executive Residency by Best Western Calgary City View North has opened for business.
UK: Glasgow City Council has granted planning permission for a 20-storey aparthotel on the banks of the River Clyde.
UK: A dilapidated city centre office building in Glasgow is for sale as a potential site for a serviced apartment development project.
UK: Rosedene House in Inverness is undergoing a multi-million-pound transformation into a 10-unit aparthotel.
Emma Fraser, founder of Fraser Marketing International, tells SAN about the creation of the Nesuto aparthotel brand and the plans for its roll out.
Ireland: The owners of the Omni Park shopping centre in Santry, north Dublin are planning to build an aparthotel and residential apartments on an adjoining site.
US: Marriott has opened a 183-suite Residence Inn in Kapolei, on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
UK: A restaurant in Coventry city centre is to be diminished and an 18-key serviced apartment block built in its place.
KSA: Accor has opened a dual-branded complex featuring an an Adagio aparthotel and an Ibis hotel in one of Jeddah’s most exclusive neighbourhoods.
US: Extended Stay America has announced its results for the three and nine months to September 30 2019.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Jonathan Humphries, chairman and owner of consultants HoCoSo, and head of international hotel development and asset management specialisations at Glion Institute of Higher Education.
Belgium: Home Invest Belgium has completed the acquisition of BE REAL ESTATE, the owner of four aparthotel buildings in the centre of Brussels.
US: Wilshire Capital has selected Oakwood to manage Tellus on Dexter, a new-build 98-unit multifamily residential building in South Lake Union, Seattle.
Sweden: Forenom’s conversion of the former Kockum administration building in Varvsstaden is set to open on schedule later this month.
UK: Plans for a £60 million hotel and apartment development on Gateshead quayside are expected to be approved this week.
UK: Planners have giving consent for the conversion of the former Langley Dance Centre on Blackpool's Coronation Street into a nine-key aparthotel.
UK: A planning application has been submitted to convert an agricultural building in Wadebridge, Cornwall, in to an aparthotel.
UK: SilverDoor Apartments has hosted its third and final SilverDoor Social regional networking event, at Manhatta in Manchester.
Germany: Staycity Group is opening its second Wilde property today, in Berlin.
Indonesia: Hong Kong-based hospitality company Ovolo Group has purchased the Citadines Kuta Beach Bali, its first property outside Hong Kong and Australia.
UK: The Collective has received a resolution to grant planning permission from the London Borough of Southwark for a site on Borough High Street.
China: Oakwood has partnered with Sinobo Thaiwoo (Zhangjiakou Chongli) Cultural & Tourism Co to manage two serviced apartment properties in the Sinobo Taizicheng resort.
Oman: Movenpick Hotels & Resorts will operate a hotel and serviced apartments at Ghala Heights, a mixed-use project in Muscat.
Netherlands: The Y-Towers development in Amsterdam, which will be the city’s tallest building, is set to include 103 serviced apartments.
US: A topping out ceremony has been held at a 204-key Towneplace Suites property in Nashville.
UK: The recently opened Native Manchester on Ducie Street has been bought by Deka Immobilien for around £80 million.
Australia: Developer Crown Group has won two architecture and design awards for its Arc by Crown Group, in Clarence Street, Sydney.
UK: The entry period for the fifth annual Serviced Apartment Awards - complete with two new categories - is open until January 31st 2020.
Netherlands: Cycas Hospitality hired four sales and revenue management staff to help it deliver the next stage of growth.
Indonesia: Japanese hotel operator Fujita Kanko Inc. will open its first overseas serviced apartment complex in Indonesia.
Belgium: Operator BBF has launched its latest Brussels serviced apartments, in the new Arcadia building.
Louay Sarrage, head of hospitality and asset management at SRG Holding, talks to SAN about the company's forthcoming extended stay projects in Dubai.
US: The 87-key Residence Inn by Marriott Portland-Vancouver is set to open on November 7th.
Austria: Developer GBI has held an official topping-out ceremony for the Graz IntercityHotel, which will offer 229 rooms and 187 student apartments in a separate SMARTments student block.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Christabelle Morgan-Desouches, international development director at Aparthotels Adagio.
China: Hilton plans to introduce more of its brands to China, including at least one extended stay brand.
Switzerland: Nest, a collection of 16 individually designed serviced apartments in Geneva, has been rebranded as The Hamlet.
US: A partnership between Three Wall Capital and Guggenheim Investments has completed the acquisition of an 18-asset extended stay hotel portfolio.
France: Aparthotels Adagio has launched a TV ad created with French advertising agency PONK.
UK: Plans to transform Bristol's Gardiner Haskins soapworks factory site into an aparthotel, office space and 150 homes have been revealed.
UK: A planning applications to convert the Teacher Building on St Enoch Square in Glasgow into a whisky-themed bar and restaurant, with 25 serviced apartments on its upper floors, has been submitted.
UK: Vita Group, the developer behind the CitySuites serviced apartment brand, is due to start on site next year at Union, its first co-living scheme.
Singapore: CapitaLand will merge Ascott Residence Trust and Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTrust) to form the largest hospitality trust in the Asia Pacific region.
US/Bahamas: Extended Stay America has announced plans to aid victims of Hurricane Dorian by providing temporary shelter assistance for those in need.
Ireland: A dispute over a proposed seven-storey aparthotel development in Dublin has come before the Commercial Court.
UK: A planning application has been submitted for the conversion of a grade II-listed hotel opposite Leeds Town Hall to create an aparthotel and commercial units.
Hong Kong: Dash Living is launching its first co-living project in Hong Kong after securing commitments for $10 million in a pre-series A funding round.
UK: Serviced apartments and aparthotels are the fastest growing segment of the UK’s hospitality market, according to new research by commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).
UK: London serviced apartment operator Cuckooz will open its 10th location in the capital on October 28th.
Spain: SAN is pleased to confirm the 2020 RECHARGE event will take place at Bellucci Studios in Barcelona, Spain, on January 20 and 21.
Egypt: Prime Hospitality Management Group (PHMG) has announced the launch of a two-tiered branded serviced apartment offer.
Australia: Construction is underway at Quest Perth ascot, Quest's 15th property in Western Australia.
UK: A derelict pub in Chester could be converted in to a boutique aparthotel
UK: The Wirral Council has granted planning consent for the conversion of buildings on Birkenhead's Hamilton Square into an aparthotel.
UK: Youth project The Warren has submitted plans to turn the upper floors of a building at Hull's Rose Bowl in to an aparthotel.
UK: Kotel, described as the Lake District’s first aparthotel, has opened its doors in Windermere.
UK: Student Roost, the owners and operators of a student accommodation complex on Belfast's Little Patrick Street, have announced plans to temporarily repurpose part of the development as an aparthotel.
Australia: Former Quest Apartment Hotels franchise relationship manager Jason Travers has left his job to become a Quest franchisee.
Hong Kong: Co-living operator Hmlet is set to open a 57-unit property in Hong Kong next month.
UK: Developer Cosybox Living is set to open properties in Nottingham's Lace Market and Alftreton Road.
Denmark: Copenhagen co-living operator LifeX has secured €7.5 million in a seed round led by Cherry Ventures and Founders.
Austria: Adina will open its first aparthotel in Vienna next year, on the Canettistraße, near the Belvedere Palace.
UK: Criton has launched its second-generation mobile app, incorporating new functionalities and integrations.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has signed a three-year partnership with the Accommodation Association of Australia (AAoA).
UK: The Apartment Service (TAS) has partnered with UNIGLOBE Travel International to cater to business and holiday travellers seeking alternatives to hotel accommodation.
UK: Liverpool-based Walker & Williams has revealed plans to grow its portfolio to 30 aparthotels within the next 10 years.
SAN publisher International Hospitality Media has announced the launch of the Urban Living Festival, which will take place in London in early July.
US: Zeus Living, a furnished corporate housing provider, has launched in New York.
UK: Former SACO director Clare Ace has joined CAP Worldwide to develop global relationships and brand partnerships with operators.
When one thinks of the hotel market in the UAE, and particularly in Dubai, the first word that springs to mind is definitely not undersupply.
Across the entire hospitality space, views on OTAs are extremely polarised.
The retail sector is having a hard time of it at the moment, and our high streets are seeing an unprecedented number of shops closing, but this presents an opportunity for regeneration.
Singapore: Oakwood has announced the launch of a club lounge experience at Oakwood Premier properties across Asia Pacific.
US: At its 2019 US convention, Best Western Hotels & Resorts (BWHR) has announced the launch of the SureStay Studio brand.
UK: SACO is bringing its portfolio of brands together under a new group identity.
US: A Hyatt House extended stay hotel will open next year in the southern downton area of Syracuse, New York state.
US: Real estate analytics provider CoStar Group has entered into an agreement to acquire hospitality data and marketplace anayltics firm STR.
UK: Apartrooms, a 10-unit serviced apartment development built to Passivhaus standards, has opened in Aberdeen.
UK: Cambridge City Council and its development partner Marick Real Estate Ltd have announced that work on an aparthotel in the city's Park Street will begin in January 2021.
Kenya: A 122-key Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence has opened in Nairobi.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels has signed a deal for a Ballarat property with long-tern development partner Pellicano Group.
Germany: A fund managed by CBRE Global Investors and CR Investment Management are to develop Stayery-branded serviced apartments.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Marcus Angell, managing director of SilverDoor Apartments.
US: The 90-key Residence Inn by Marriott in Ankeny, Iowa, has opened today.
Malaysia: Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd, the property arm of Naza Group, is partnering with Ascott for a 262-unit serviced apartment building in KL Metropolis.
UK: Newcastle developer The Malhotra Group has submitted a planning application to convert a 19th century city centre building in to an aparthotel.
UK: The City of Edinburgh Council is taking legal action over the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a masterplan extension at Edinburgh Marina.
China: Onyx Hospitality Group has opened a 384-key Shama serviced residence in Hangzhou.
UK: Developer Oakland Holdings is seeking an operator for a 175-unit Belfast city centre aparthotel which has received full planning permission from the City Council.
US: Wyndham president and CEO Geoff Ballotti has announced a raft of new initiatives including dual branded Hawtorn Suites and la Quinta properties.
UK: Quest Apartment Hotels has opened its Liverpool aparthotel - its first property in the UK and its first outside Australasia.
US: My Place Hotels has opened its 50 and 51st properties in South Dakota and Nevada respectively.
Singapore: The Ascott Limited is investing US$202.2 million in a freehold serviced residence in the Central Business District of North Sydney.
UK: Victoria Hall in South Shields could be converted in to an aparthotel under new plans from Property Developments Ltd.
Thailand: Bangkok-based ONYX Hospitality Group has signed a management agreement with leading Thai real estate company Ratanakorn Asset for three new hotels in Eastern Thailand.
UK: Hotel representation company HotelREZ has seen significant growth in the aparthotel sector, and has added Staycity's latest property to its portfolio.
UK: Plans to convert the upper floors of the former House of Fraser department store in Hull in to apartments have been given the go ahead.
UK: Andras House director Rajesh Rana, who owns a series of Belfast hotels, is planning to build an aparthotel on Bedford Street.
Australia: Accor’s Sebel serviced apartments brand is set to open in Moonee Ponds, north-west Melbourne.
UK: Serviced apartment agent SilverDoor Apartments has hosted the first of its partner engagement days in London.
US: Oakwood has celebrated the grand opening of its newest Oakwood WaterWalk property, in Overland Park, Kansas.
Germany: Accor brands Aparthotels Adagio and Ibis Budget have opened in the north German city of Bremen.
Ireland: The newly-completed 51-key Staycity Aparthotel on Chancery Lane, near Dublin city centre, is for sale with a guide price €12.3 million.
Australia: Malaysian developer UEM Sunrise Bhd (UEMS) has terminated an agreement with The Trust Company (Re Services) Ltd, the trustee for Ascendas Australia Hotel Trust (AAHT) to buy a serviced apartment block at Aurora Melbourne.
Singapore: Developer OUE Limited has signed agreements to sell Oakwood Premier OUE Singapore, its luxury serviced residences and hotel business on Shenton Way, for S$289 million (£167 million).
Germany: Frasers Hospitality has opened the 154-unit Fraser Suites Hamburg.
UAE: hospitality and real estate leaders gathered at Rove hotel and letswork, Dubai Marina this week for Serviced Apartment Summit MEA 2019.
UK: Cycas Hospitality has signed a management agreement with Percor Capital to operate a dual-branded IHG development in Dundee.
Austria: STRABAG Real Estate (SRE) and project developer GBI have announced plans to build 313 micro-apartments in the Heiligenstadt district of Vienna.
UK: Flying Butler, which bought ESA out of administration in March this year, is integrating operations and combining both businesses under the Flying Butler brand.
India: OYO Hotels & Homes has partnered with Mountania Developers to operate a 64-key all-suites hotel near Ellis Bridge in Ahmedabad.
UK: Research from London serviced apartment provider Cuckooz, has looked at the benefits of a weak pound for overseas visitors travelling to the UK on business.
Philippines: The Ascott Limited has opened a 180-unit Citadines property in Cebu City.
UK: Staying Cool at Rotunda has won the Best Hospitality Business award at the 2019 Birmingham Post Business Awards.
For the second part of this article, HoCoSo's Jonathan Humphries interviews Mariana Palmeiro, an expert on wellness and wellbeing.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Anett Gregorius, founder of German consultancy and agents Apartmentservice.de.
UK: Native Manchester, an aparthotel in the city’s Northern Quarter, will open its doors next week.
US: A 111-key Residence Inn hotel could replace the Motel 6 on South State Street in Pittsfield Township, Michigan.
Malaysia: Impiana Hotels (IHB) has opened a beachfront serviced apartment property in Cherating, in Pahang state.
Singapore: A freehold serviced apartment block, currently operated by Frasers Hospitality, has been put up for sale via tender.
UK: Aviva Investors’ Lime Property Fund has acquired the freehold interest in a London aparthotel scheme, which it will lease to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Ireland: Dublin-based operator Staycity Group’s like-for-like sales are up 2.4 per cent in the year to July 2019 on the back of an increase in occupancy and a rise in ADR.
Ascott's unprecedented growth spurt on its home patch shows how it is adapting to the evolving hospitality sector and its clients needs.
Australia: Oakwood has announced its first luxury property in Australia with the signing of Oakwood Premier Melbourne.
UK: Edinburgh serviced apartment company Fountain Court is investing more than £1.2 million in refurbishing of its West End serviced apartments and developing a range of "forward thinking, guest-friendly initiatives".
Germany: Yolanda Blomjous has joined Homelike as head of enterprise EMEA, based at the company's head office in Cologne.
UK: Operator Cycas Hospitality and owner Ciel Capital have signed an agreement for Marriott’s first extended stay property in the north of England.
UK: Two hotels in The Lume building in Manchester, which are currently branded with Marriott flags, will become Hyatt properties from January 10 2020.
UK: Plans for a £30 million leisure development, including an aparthotel, on the shores of Loch Lomond have been dealt setback.
Myanmar: Colliers International Myanmar has conducted a survey in to the Yangon ex-pat serviced apartment market.
Australia: Three car sales yards at Rockdale. NSW, will make way for an AUD$28.8 million ten-storey aparthotel and residential apartment block.
Malysia: Developer MALTON Bhd will start work on a development at Taman Rimba Kiara in Kuala Lumpur next year.
Ukraine: Reikartz Hotel Management has signed an agreement to manage the Rishelyevsky aparthotel in Kherson.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Ben Davis and Adam Lowenthal, co-founders of serviced apartment real estate agency Saxbury.
Netherlands: Yays Entrepothaven will open in the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam in November.
Australia: Quest will expand its offer to 10,000 beds with the opening of the Yuhu-owned 221 Miller Street development in North Sydney.
US: Waramaug Hospitality has acquired the SpringHill Suites by Marriott Tallahassee Center and the Residence Inn by Marriott Port St. Lucie.
Thailand: Mandarin oriental has announced the launch of The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok.
UK: Planning officials will this week decide whether controversial plans for a £30million tourism development in Balloch will go ahead.
India: WWStay has added meetings to its portfolio of corporate housing and serviced apartment units available for booking.
Singapore: Ascott will boost its Singapore portfolio to more than 3,100 units with a record 846 units opening in 2019.
US: Building work is underway on a $7 million Home2 Suites by Hilton in Saginaw County, Michigan.
UK: Cheval Collection has appointed Chinese marketing consultancy Emerging Communications to drive sales from tourists, students, business executives and expats from China.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Simon Lehmann, co-founder and CEO of AJL Consulting. Lehmann is an online travel specialist, angel investor, and a thought leader in the alternative lodging and vacation rental industry.
UK: Co-living developer The Collective has received planning consent for its Garratt Mills scheme in Earlsfield, taking its pipeline past 8,000 units.
US: Marriott says it will swap single-use toiletry bottles for larger pump-top bottles by December 2020 in most of its properties.
Australia: A development application has been lodged for a AUD$6.5 million, seven-storey, retail and serviced apartment complex in Maitland's CBD.
US: A planning application has been logged for a four-storey WoodSpring Suites extended stay hotel in Baymeadows, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida.
UK: Technology and data company Ireckonu has announced a partnership SACO's aparthotel brand Locke.
UK: Town or Country Ltd, the former parent company of Southampton operator Town or Country, has been liquidated.
Turkey: Radisson Hospitality has signed a deal to manage the 140-key Radisson Residences Avrupa Tem İstanbul.
US: Brookfield Property Partners has raised US$250 million to develop and refurbish green property projects.
Singapore: Terra Capital has made a seed investment into Singapore-headquartered online property rental marketplace Flat Monthly.
Singapore: Oakwood will open new Oakwood Suites properties in Bangkok and Yokohama by the middle of next year.
US: Home2 Suites by Hilton and Residence Inn by Marriott have each opened two hotels in the South this month.
US: The 146-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in the Seattle suburb of Renton has opened for business.
UK: Overall sentiment in the UK serviced apartment sector has softened slightly since November 2018, according to the latest Savills sand ASAP survey.
US: Locale is expanding its footprint in Texas with newly signed leases across five luxury residential buildings in Dallas and Fort Worth.
UK: Galliard Homes and Acorn Property Group have received planning consent to build an £80 million residential and aparthotel scheme in Bermondsey.
Sustainability is a hot topic in the hotel world, and indeed the wider construction industry, but one which is not mentioned very often in conjunction with serviced apartments.
Hong Kong: Tink Labs, which makes and supplies Handy smartphones to serviced apartments and hotel operators, has terminated its services in several markets following the cessation of operations.
UK: Belfast-based Dream Apartments is adding nine apartments to its Liverpool portfolio.
Germany: Cosi, an apartment rental start-up, has secured €5 million in seed funding prior to its launch.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Wayne Androliakos, chief operating officer of Cycas Hospitality.
US: The Inn Downtown aparthotel has opened in the 1809 Nutter-Rymes House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Australia: Serviced apartment brand The Hamptons Apartments will a second Melbourne location in early October.
South Korea: Accor has announced the launch of its first Sofitel Hotel & Serviced Residences, in Songpa, Seoul.
US: Fayth Hospitality Group has started construction of a 76-room Hampton Inn and a 123-room Home2Suites at 141 S. Stone Ave in Tucson.
UK: A change of use application to enable the conversion a grade I-listed building in Birkenhead into an aparthotel has been submitted.
UK: Challenger bank OakNorth has opened a Manchester office at Ship Canal House after hiring a dedicated team focused on SME lending.
US: A permit has been granted for the construction of a 155-room, seven-storey Residence Inn by Marriott, at a cost of $21.5 million.
Australia: Local councillors, Quest franchisees and head office delegates attended the opening of Quest Apartment Hotels’ latest location in Burwood East, Melbourne.
Malaysia: Eco World Development Group is considering a serviced apartment project at its Eco Grandeur project in Puncak Alam, Selangor.
UK: A planning application has been submitted to redevelop the Park Street car park site in Cambridge in to a Wilde aparthotel.
UAE: UAE-based IBC Group announced plans to spend $5 billion on acquiring 10,000 properties to furnish and manage as holiday homes in Dubai.
UAE: Dubai-based rentals provider Maison Privee has signed a deal to manage a portfolio of luxury villas on Palm Jumeirah.
US: Extended-stay occupancy rose to 79.9 per cent in Q@ 2019, the highest level ever reported in that quarter, according to The Highland Group.
Vietnam: Swiss-Belhotel International is set to open Swiss-Belhotel Suites & Residences Ha Long Bay in Q4 of this year.
Australia: Sydney's Yeh family has purchased the Seasons Harbour Plaza serviced apartment hotel in Sydney's CBD through the first-ever NSW court-ordered strata renewal collective sale.
Leading hospitality publishing and events company International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, has announced promotions and additions to its UK-based team.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Max Thorne, chief executive of MRP Group.
US: Park Hotels & Resorts has reached a deal to acquire Chesapeake Lodging Trust in a deal that will bring its market value to $12 billion.
US: Host Hotels & Resorts has sold The Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City for US$99.1 million.
Vietnam: Oakwood Residence Hanoi will welcome its first guests at the end of September opening, according to the property’s general manager.
UK: Design-led hotel collection Oddfellows Hotels has announced further investment into its apartment offering.
US: A four-storey building under construction in Santa Rosa, California, will combine serviced apartments and rental properties.
China: Oakwood has opened its eighth property in China, in the Tianya district of Sanya.
Ireland: Hotel Isaacs in Cork’s Victorian Quarter has launched its first phase of 11 new serviced apartments.
US: My Place Hotels has broken ground on Virginia’s first My Place Hotel in King George.
UK: A 175-unit aparthotel is set to be built in Belfast city centre after council officials recommended that a downsized version of the project be approved.
SAN talks to BridgeStreet’s new managing director for EMEA and APAC Mathias Saleborn.
Hong Kong: Hanison Construction Holdings is set to acquire the 55-key Citadines Mercer aparthotel from CapitaLand.
Germany: GBI’s SMARTments brand has partnered with ReviewPro with the aim of improving the guest experience and securing repeat business from corporate clients.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Ken Brown, vice president, global solutions at Furnished Quarters.
USA: Extended Stay America (ESA) has recorded revenues of $323.7 million in Q2 2019, while boosting its pipeline by nearly a fifth.
Philippines: Accor has partnered with PTC Holdings to develop the Pullman Living Manila and Novotel Living Manila apartments.
US: A dual-branded 147-suite Residence Inn and 114-room Fairfield hotel has opened in San Jose, California.
UK: The Apartment Service is conducting the surveys which will form the basis of the research for the 2020/21 Global Serviced Apartment Industry Report (GSAIR).
UK: London-based provider thesqua.re has been shortlisted in the Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility - Bespoke Solutions for the 2019 APAC EMMAs.
US: Guest experience and management software provider INTELITY has appointed Jeff Swanson as managing director for EMEA.
US: In a move designed to strengthen its business travel offer, Airbnb has acquired extended stay accommodation platform Urbandoor, for an undisclosed sum.
US: NexGen Hotels has broken ground on a 96-key TownePlace Suites in Waukegan, Illinois.
Hong Kong: Crane Capital has bought a serviced apartment block at 111 High Street in Hong Kong for HK$420 million ($54 million).
UK: London provider Thesqua.re has added managed units in four buildings across the UK capital.
Ireland: In a bid to gain better brand recognition with customers, guests and employees all PREM Group properties will now be promoted under the new PREM Hospitality brand.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we speak to Larry Korman, co-CEO of Korman Communities and president of AKA Hotel Residences.
UK: Aparthotels Adagio has appointed Alex van Pelt to focus on expanding its UK and Ireland portfolio.
Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels is partnering with developer Pellicano to build a mixed-use property in Preston, part of Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Australia: Sydney-based corporate accommodation startup Urban Rest has expanded into Melbourne.
US: TAS Global, part of booking agency The Apartment Service, has partnered with Hickory Global Partners, a leading travel management services company.
UK: Quest Apartment Hotel Liverpool is set to introduce a restaurant charge back scheme for guests.
UK: Developer Elliot Group has submitted a planning application for a hotel and serviced apartments on the Gateshead waterfront.
US: BridgeStreet has appointed Mathias Saleborn as managing director of EMEA and APAC.
Australia: Paul Constantinou, the founder and chairman of Quest Apartment Hotels, is calling on franchisors to back independent reporting of their businesses.
UK: Aparthotels Adagio has announced plans to quadruple its UK portfolio over the next four years.
Malaysia: Residential design brand YOO and hospitality brand Kempinski have teamed up for the YOO8 Serviced by Kempinski development in Kuala Lumpur.
US: The city council in Marietta, Georgia, has approved plans for the city's first Comfort Suites extended stay hotel.
Germany: Apartmentservice has released its latest report in to the German serviced apartment sector.
Austin-based aparthotel company Locale has launched its first West Coast property in Dogpatch, San Francisco.
US: A planning application for an extended-stay Hyatt hotel in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, is due to be considered by the local council.
Australia: A topping out ceremony has taken place at the Crest apartment building, part of the Sharks development in Woolooware, Sydney.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we spoke to Ngoc Thach, director of public relations at My Place Hotels of America.
Singapore: Co-living company Hmlet has raised US$40 million in a Series B round, which will allow it to continue growing across gateway cities in Asia.
Canada: Corporate Stays has opened its newest Signature Collection building, The Underwood, in Calgary.
Philippines: SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) and Lanson Place Hospitality Management have signed a management agreement for the opening of the first Lanson Place in the Philippines.
US:Developer Bart Blatstein has opened extended stay apartments at the Showboat Atlantic City hotel.
US: Canada-listed REIT NexPoint Hospitality Trust (NHT) has agreed to buy Condor Hospitality Trust, an owner of extended stay and select service hotels.
Cambodia: Singapore-based Lumiere Hospitality has launched Lumiere Residence, a serviced apartment complex in Phnom Penh.
UK: Plans have been lodged for the conversion of the upper floors of a former post office building in Wakefield city centre into an aparthotel.
Australia: Developer Harry Triguboff has a acquired a AUD$23 million Canberra site for his Meriton Suites aparthotel brand.
US: Furnished Quarters has added luxury apartments at Avery 450, to its San Francisco inventory.
In the latest of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. This time, we spoke to Charlie McCrow, CEO of The Apartment Service.
Australia: Serviced apartment group Waldorf aims to more than triple its size to 5000 keys by 2024 through its new Nesuto brand.
Ireland: Investment group Tetrarch Capital has agreed to sell 84 apartments to Clúid, Ireland's largest approved housing body.
Germany: Burak Ünver has been appointed managing director of the SMARTments business operating arm of property developer GBI.
UK: London operator Cheval Collection has partnered with RMS Cloud to upgrade its property management system.
The term co-living is a misunderstood one - although there are operators out there with an international product aimed at high income global nomads, this demographic is unlikely to be big enough to support a fast-growing industry.
Australia: David Mansfield has been appointed chief operations officer at Quest Apartment Hotels.
UK: Daniel Craig Residential has launched serviced apartments in the Grade II listed 52 Old Elvet building in Durham.
Ireland: Developer Bartra Capital Property Group will cut up to 20 beds from a proposed co-living development in Dun Laoghaire to meet guidelines proposed by An Bord Pleanala in relation to a similar project in west Dublin.
Cyprus: Radisson Hotel Group is set to open the Radisson Blu Serviced Apartments in Larnaca.
Singapore: Ascott has announced the signing of 26 properties with more than 6,000 units across 22 cities and 11 countries.
US: YOTEL will open a 351-key property, including 117 extended stay YOTELPADS, in downtown Atlanta.
US: Mountain Shore Properties (MSP), recently named Developer of the Year by Hyatt, has teamed up with Olympia Hotel Management (OHM).
UK: National Corporate Housing has completed the purchase of West London Apartments for an undisclosed sum.
In the first of a regular series, we find out what makes some of the leading figures in the serviced apartment and aparthotel sectors tick. To kick us off, we spoke to Jason Delany, director of brand, product & marketing at Staycity Group.
US: Selena Rogers, senior director of corporate accounts at Furnished Quarters, has been named Revenue Management Executive of the Year by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) Greater New York Chapter.
UK: Frasers Hospitality UK Holdings has posted a £90.8 million pre-tax loss for the year to September 2018.
UK: Quest Apartment Hotels has appointed Paris D’Allessandro as its first UK GM and Kerry Smith as its Liverpool-based business development manager.
US: Hotel owner-operator MCR has acquired the 110-room Residence Inn by Marriott Albuquerque Airport.
KSA: Ascott has appointed Bartlomiej Mart as general manager for Ascott Rafal Olaya Riyadh.
UK: A dual branded Adagio and Novotel development in Leicester is set to be complete by the end of the year.
UAE: Dubai has introduced partial title deeds, allowing investor pools to share ownership of real estate.
US: Choice Hotels has announced a new focus on the corporate travel market.
Hong Kong: Businessman Adrian Cheng has opened his first hospitality project, a serviced apartment building called K11 Artus.
UK: Serviced Apartment News brought together over 20 of the most influential corporate travel buyers to take part in the inaugural ENGAGE event this week.
Philippines: Developer Riza Roble Hu is building 88th Avenue, a 10-storey high-end serviced apartment and hotel close to the Cebu IT Park.
UK: A Locke aparthotel will open at London’s Tower Bridge in early summer 2020, following the completion of a lease agreement with Acorn Property Group and Galliard Homes.
China: Oakwood has opened an office in Beijing, to better serve companies expanding their reach to China.
UK: Maslow Capital, a specialist provider of real estate development finance, has launched a lending service for the hotel, aparthotel and serviced apartment sectors.
US: Developer Civitas Capital Group is planning a triple-branded hotel project near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
US: The city council in Homewood, Alabama, has voted to cap the length of hotel stays within the city limits.
Ireland: Developer Ronan Group Real Estate (RGRE) and its funding partners Colony Capital are seeking in excess of €250 million in forward funding for a mixed-use scheme in the Dublin docklands.
UK: Growth in the serviced apartment sector across Europe continues to outpace that of traditional hotels according to a report from hotel consultancy HVS.
UK: Newcastle City Council has approved plans for a dual branded Marriott project which will include a 96-key Residence Inn.