Reading Time: 12 minutesGH: I’ve got a very special guest with me today, a gentleman that I’ve been getting to know for the last year, that’s Piers Brown, the

Reading Time: 3 minutes• What is your background? “I have a  background in finance and economics. Prior to founding Hermitage Suites, I spent 10 years in New York

Reading Time: 3 minutes• Can you give us a brief career history and tell us how you came to be working in the serviced apartment sector? “I first

Reading Time: 4 minutesBlockchain technology is essentially about cutting out the middleman, so it could have a huge impact on distribution and loyalty programs. Axel von Goldbeck of

Reading Time: 3 minutes• You launched HelloHereApp in 2017. How does the platform work? Hello Here is a welcome app designed to increase property managers’ revenue and provide

Reading Time: 3 minutes• What is your background? “I’m an entrepreneur and always knew it. I started my first company buying and selling things on Ebay. It was

Reading Time: 3 minutesSubtitled “The investment case for emerging accommodation segments”, the Hotel Alternatives conference, hosted by Hotel Analyst’s Andrew Sangster, took place in London today. After an

Reading Time: 4 minutes• Who had the idea for Homewings and when did the company launch? “Cornelia de Ruiter, our CEO and co-founder is an interior designer with

Reading Time: 3 minutesBill Clinton may have made his way to the Oval Office in 1992, thanks to the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid”, but in the current

Reading Time: 3 minutesMichael Kordvani looks at how coworking and the experiential economy is changing the way we live and work in urban environments. They say happiness doesn’t