Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: San Francisco-based Sonder has announced the appointment of a president, a chief technology officer, and vice president of market operations in North America.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Grade II Listed former Unicorn Hotel in Preston is to be retained to front a 126-unit aparthotel development.

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn China, Ascott achieved an 80 per cent year-on-year growth in units compared to 2019. Ascott says the new properties will boost the annual fee

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cheval Collection is adding 30 serviced apartments in London’s South Kensington to its portfolio from Spring this year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Knight Frank’s Hotel Transaction Trends 2021 research reveals that investment volumes in 2020 reached £1.8 billion in the United Kingdom compared to £6 billion in 2019, with 81 per cent of the transaction volume occurring in quarter one.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A new aparthotel in Bristol’s Clifton neighbourhood is offering a contactless guest experience and expects to be two-thirds full for the first quarter of this year.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Duncan Birch, who had secured planning consent for an aparthotel project in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, is scrapping the proposals in favour of an office building with rooftop bar.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Q Apartments has announced the addition of design-led apartments developed in partnership with Irish design studio House + Garden.