Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Oakwood Worldwide has added a 300-unit apartment complex in Raleigh, North Carolina, to its global portfolio.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: The Ascott Limited has been named Best Serviced Apartment Company Middle East at the 2015 Business Traveller Middle East awards.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: The Auris Group has revealed plans to add nearly 1500 new keys by the end of 2015, including more than 500 hotel apartment units.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Damac Properties has launched its Nova hotel villa concept at the Akoya Oxygen community in Dubai.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Union Hanover Securities has been given Minded to Grant planning permission for a £35 million Urban Villa boutique hotel by the Union Canal Basin in Edinburgh.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMalaysia: Onyx Hospitality Group has signed a management agreements for Shama serviced apartments at the UMCity Medini Lakeside mixed-use development.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Flying Butler has added to its sales, reservations and guest services departments as it continues to expand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) has announced an international accreditation pilot programme with US-based Corporate Housing Providers Association.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Quest Serviced Apartments is opening an 81-unit property this week in Nowra, one of NSW’s busiest regional business centres.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Marlin Apartments managing director Susan Cully has revealed the company’s plans to double its number of units in the next five years.