Here to stay

Reading Time: < 1 minute Homewood Suites is the biggest of Hilton’s three extended stay flags, with more than 470 properties currently open. Embassy Suites

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That’s lyf

Reading Time: < 1 minute In September I wrote about how the major serviced apartment companies are diversifying in to areas outside of their traditional

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Starting something

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aviva’s entrance in to the serviced apartment sector in Dublin is a move of big significance even if the sums involved are

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Come on over

Reading Time: 2 minutes • IHG’s recent interim results have prompted a recurring question: why haven’t the major hotel companies introduced more of their extended stay

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Gaining momentum

Reading Time: < 1 minute • Encouraging news for serviced apartments and the extended stay sector this week as the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) renamed

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Turning tide

Reading Time: 2 minutes • City Apartments’ acquisition of the Atelier House property in London EC1 was accompanied by an admission from director David Smith that

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Eastward bound

Reading Time: < 1 minute • The incredible growth in serviced apartment supply in Asia continues at a frantic pace, with China leading the way

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Punthill Tuggeranong
Veriu opens Punthill Tuggeranong aparthotel in Canberra

Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Operator Veriu Group has opened the Punthill Tuggeranong aparthotel in Greenway, Canberra, the group’s first property in the capital. 

Beaufort House
Beaufort House in London brought to market

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Business property adviser Christie & Co is marketing Beaufort House in Knightsbridge, London.

limehome UK
limehome appoints director of expansion for UK

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Tech-enabled operator limehome has appointed Will Kingston as the company’s director of expansion for the United Kingdom.

Bob W
Bob W appoints chief financial officer

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finland: Tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W has appointed Hervé Deligny as chief financial officer (CFO). 

Warren Collection
Warren Collection expands in England with debut property

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Belfast-based hospitality group Warren Collection has opened its first property England with an aparthotel in Newcastle.

Hazlitt Apartments
Luxury Hazlitt Apartments opens in Paisley

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Housed in a historic listed building in Paisley town centre near Glasgow, the luxury Hazlitt Apartments have opened.

Quest Bairnsdale
Quest Bairnsdale set for 2025 summer opening

Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Construction is underway at the $40 million mixed-use Quest Bairnsdale on Dalmahoy Street, with a projected opening date in summer 2025.

CLAS Citadines
CLAS divests Citadines Karasuma-Gojo Kyoto for S$53.1 million

Reading Time: < 1 minute Japan: CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) has divested Citadines Karasuma-Gojo Kyoto in Japan to an unrelated third party for around JPY6.18 billion (S$53.1 million).

Sonder Belfast
Sonder appointed to operate Belfast property

Reading Time: < 1 minute Northern Ireland: Developer Z Property Group has appointed Sonder to operate a nine-storey serviced apartment building on Dublin Road in Belfast.

The Hometel Club
room2 launches loyalty program The Hometel Club

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Aparthotel brand room2, owned by developer and operator Lamington Group, has introduced a loyalty program The Hometel Club.