
Learning the ropes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Quest’s decision to launch a franchisee training programme in Australia makes a lot of sense – any franchise relationship needs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Quest’s decision to launch a franchisee training programme in Australia makes a lot of sense – any franchise relationship needs
Reading Time: 4 minutes With lots of positive news for serviced apartment providers over the last 12 months, Piers Brown, host of last month’s
Reading Time: 2 minutes The poll found that the profession the British public trusts least to tell the truth are politicians (21% of those
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney’s Crown Group is one of the city’s most prominent developers of luxury apartments for sale, but has just launched
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is such a complex issue that it seems for every downside there is a positive too, and it’s the
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates to a new historic low of 0.25 per cent – the
Reading Time: < 1 minute The announcement that the AA has launched a star-rating accreditation scheme for serviced apartment providers is yet another sign of
Reading Time: < 1 minute The business world we work in these days carries on at an increasingly frantic pace and it’s easy to become
Reading Time: < 1 minute At last week’s Serviced Apartment Summit in London, there was a definite sense of a coming-of-age. More than 350 international
Reading Time: 4 minutes The decision by the British public to leave the EU was decided via a very simple in-or-out vote, but the
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Global Hospitality Investment Group (GHIG) has provided a mezzanine loan to support the refinancing of Wilde by Staycity London Liverpool Street.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Blackpool Council has approved plans to convert the former Jobcentre on Queen Street into a 22-unit aparthotel, despite 66 objections from residents and businesses.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Marriott is set to expand in Pennsylvania with the ground breaking of an extended-stay hotel under its TownePlace Suites flag in North Cornwall Township this spring.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Serviced apartment agent Synergy Global Housing has unveiled its technology platform SAPPHIRE, designed to help corporate clients source and manage extended-stay accommodation.
Reading Time: < 1 minute SAN speaks to Dino Karic, co-founder and CEO of FLOK, about the group’s expansion plans in Southeast Europe and the role of tech in optimising operations and ROI. Filmed at the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF) 2025 at the InterContinental Berlin.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: West77 Partners has submitted plans to construct a LivAway Suites extended-stay hotel in Mesa, Arizona.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Operator Veriu Group in partnership with developer Riverlee has commenced construction on the Punthill Epping aparthotel to the north of Melbourne, set to open in mid-2026.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Hotel franchisor Choice Hotels International has opened three new properties in Alabama, Arizona and California under its Everhome Suites brand.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Property developer and operator The Nurtur Group is set to launch City Studios Preston, its first serviced apartment property in the north of England, later this month.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Serviced apartment provider House of Fisher has completed a refurbishment of its 100 Kings Road Aparthotel in Reading, UK.