
Five trends to shape the extended stay sector in 2024
Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors George Sell and Eloise Hanson share five trends they think will resonate throughout the sector in 2024.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Editors George Sell and Eloise Hanson share five trends they think will resonate throughout the sector in 2024.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Serviced Apartment News revisits 10 stories that defined 2023 for the global serviced apartment, extended-stay hotel, aparthotel and corporate housing sectors.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Robert Fryers, co-founder and CEO of Spotta, shares some practical advice on how accommodation providers can best prevent bed bugs and manage infestations.Â
Reading Time: 4 minutes Michael McCartan, area VP EMEA at IDeaS, comments on the projected growth of serviced apartments and aparthotels.Â
Reading Time: 3 minutes Caroline Whitson, group head of marketing at SilverDoor Apartments, comments on how to strike the right balance between technology and human insight when managing travel programmes.
Reading Time: 16 minutes Worldwide: Drawing from the coverage provided by four sector-leading b2b websites, the editorial team at International Hospitality Media [IHM] highlight 25 influential leaders across travel, hospitality and real estate who they believe have a big 12 months ahead of them.
Reading Time: 4 minutes US / Worldwide: During a summer so far defined by natural disasters [e.g. wildfires in Greece, floods in Italy, droughts in Southern Europe], flight delays and cancellations, and pilot shortages, Elad Schaffer of travel insurtech Faye, discusses the dos and don’ts when offering travel insurances for hospitality providers.
Reading Time: 4 minutes UK: Operators, developers, investors and service providers from across the hospitality and real estate industries connected at the Urban Living Festival in Canary Wharf, London, to learn more about how we stay, live and work is shaping the future of the built environment.Â
Reading Time: 5 minutes UK: IHM’s Urban Living Festival [ULF] returns for its third edition on 5-6 July 2023 as CEOs, ‘best of breed’ speakers and attendees, sponsors and solution providers come together to collectively share best practice, network, map the industry’s future and do business from right across the travel, hospitality and real estate landscape.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: IHM, publisher of Serviced Apartment News, held its latest Urban Living Insights: Serviced Apartments event at Blue Orchid Tower Suites in partnership with Corporate Housing Factory, Charles Hope Apartments and Hubbl.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia: The all-suite Birkin International Hotel has officially opened in Melaka along Klebang beach.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Flexible living operator Urban Rest has promoted Simon Farr to general manager for Australia.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Extended stay hotel brand LivAway Suites has expanded in Arizona, breaking ground on its fourth site in Tucson.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Furniture and fit-out company David Phillips Furniture Limited has filed a notice of intent (NOI) to appoint administrators.Â
Reading Time: 2 minutes EMEA: Investor-operator Frasers Hospitality has appointed Darryl Walker as commercial director EMEA, a newly created position in the team.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Serviced apartment agent Synergy Global Housing has introduced the CarbonSMART tool to provide emissions reporting for its managed properties and supplier network.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy: Milan‑based proptech company Spacest.com has acquired the domain name, logo, and brand of TheHomeLike.com, formerly owned by German proptech Homelike, as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Family-owned business Sweeney Group has opened its second aparthotel in Aviemore.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Skye Suites Sydney, a five-star serviced-apartment property in Sydney’s CBD, has been sold to Furama Hotels International in what has been reported as the city’s largest hotel sale so far this year.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Developer Dalespell Limited has received consent to increase the number of rooms and additional retail space for its aparthotel project on O’Connell Street in Limerick.