Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Bristol developer Urban Creation has grown its serviced apartment offering in the city.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Ascott has opened its first Citadines serviced residence in Osaka.

Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Cycas Hospitality has hired two regional general managers (RGMs) and two general managers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKSA: Dhahran in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province will see the global debut of Accor’s new Novotel Living brand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Increasing demand for holiday home rentals has seen Dream Inn increase its property portfolio by 25 per cent.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Brokerages expect Extended Stay America (NYSE:STAY) to announce $275.09 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Third-party management company Remington Hotels has signed an agreement to manage the Residence Inn Steamboat Springs in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesRSA: South Africa, and particularly Cape Town, has become the African continent’s development hot spot for aparthotel projects.