Reading Time: < 1 minuteQatar: Oaks Hotels & Resorts will make its debut in Qatar with Oaks Al Najada Doha, which is set to open in April 2018.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIvory Coast: AccorHotels has signed a management agreement for a combined 200-room Novotel and 110-apartment Adagio complex in Abidjan.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Rotana Hotels & Resorts, which operates hotels, aparthotels and serviced apartments across the Middle East, is on course to hit its expansion targets.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Chatham Lodging Trust, an investor in extended-stay and select-service hotels, has commenced an underwritten public offering of 5,000,000 common shares.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Extended stay brand WoodSpring Hotels is on track to open 21 hotels during 2017, and a further 45 in 2018.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 118-suite Residence Inn by Marriott in Goleta, California opened last Friday, November 3rd. Located at 6350 Hollister Avenue, the all-suite Residence Inn Santa Barbara

Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Frasers Hospitality has announced it is on track to double its number of properties under management.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Airbnb is reportedly among the companies looking to buy Wyndham’s European vacation rental business.