George Sell

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George is the editor of Serviced Apartment News, and has more than a decade's experience as a hospitality, property and travel journalist. He regularly contributes to a wide range of international publications and websites.
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Northwood and PLATFORM_ form BTR JV

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe JV has an initial pipeline of three developments, totalling 1,039 apartments in Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff. In Glasgow, it will build 498 homes at

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Quest signs lease for Collingwood aparthotel

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Quest Apartment Hotels has signed an 83-room aparthotel in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, with construction scheduled to start in July 2021.

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Bob W to enter UK with first Central London building

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK / Finland: Helsinki-based tech-driven hospitality provider Bob W is taking its concept to the UK with a new building currently being constructed in Whitechapel in the East End of London.

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Adina to open Geneva aparthotel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSwitzerland: TFE Hotels will make its Swiss debut with a 140-key aparthotel within a major new mixed-use development in Geneva.

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WINK Aparthotels acquired by Afrirent Holdings

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Africa: Cape Town-based WINK Aparthotels has been acquired by Afrirent Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a 100 per cent black, female-owned company, via its subsidiary Indalo Hotels and Leisure.

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Rising Up APAC webinar recordings now live

Reading Time: 2 minutesServiced Apartment News teamed up with AltoVita for a series of of four APAC-focused webinars, discussing various facets of the corporate housing, relocation and accommodation sectors in the region.

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Fighting Talk

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOfficial statements regarding financial matters from big hospitality companies, particularly US organisations, are usually dense and dry affairs, packed with more acronyms than an episode

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x+why adds two London locations

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe landlord for both Huguenot Place in Spitalfields and The Fulwood in Bloomsbury is The Courtenay Group, with whom x+why has secured management agreements which,