Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The Corporate Housing Providers Association has announced the recipients of the 2014 Tower of Excellence Awards at a ceremony in New Orleans.

Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Hong Kong property website GoHome has held its second annual serviced apartment awards.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Lanson Place Hospitality Management and Lanson Place Central Park have won three awards at the China Hotel Starlight Awards.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Dubai-based Jumeirah Group has signed a management agreement with GT Land Holdings to operate 169 serviced residences in Guangzhou.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMyanmar: Ascott has secured its first management contract for a serviced residence in Myanmar.

Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: The Apartment Service has expanded its operation on the Iberian Peninsula with the opening of its second location in Lisbon.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Toga Hotels, the parent company of Adina Apartment Hotels, has been rebranded as TFE Hotels

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Deyaar’s first serviced apartment, The Atria, has been designed by YOO Studio.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The latest figures from Highland Group reveal that extended stay hotel RevPar in the US is on an upward curve.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Research from Savills says the number of internationally branded purpose-built serviced apartments in Europe will grow by more than 50 per cent during the next two years.