Reading Time: 2 minutesGlobal: With the International Hotel Investment Forum postponed until 2021, organiser Questex has launched In Sync, a two-day online event.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: San Francisco-based coliving firm Starcity has formed a JV with Barcelona Homes to “build housing for the urban renter in Spain”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Plans to transform a disused Chester pub into serviced apartments have been given planning consent by the local authority.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesCommunications and content strategist, and head of academic editorial content at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Stuart Pallister, analyses the need for credible hygiene certification to gain trust and create jobs in the hospitality sector during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: The French government has announced proposals to build an OTA to compete with the likes of Booking.com and Airbnb.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIndia: 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Extended Stay America has launched the STAY Confident initiative to focus on “the health, safety, and comfort of its guests”.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Thor Equities has signed up workspace manager Industrious as a partner to operate its 36,000-square-foot coworking space in Midtown Manhattan.
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