
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Ascott has upgraded its loyalty programme, Ascott Star Rewards (ASR), to offer more rewards for bookings made via its direct channels.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A planning application for a 12-storey aparthotel in Birmingham has been recommended for approval ahead of a planning committee meeting next week.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The latest sector report from HVS says that serviced apartment operators are demonstrating versatility and innovation, which are driving success.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cloud-based global accommodation platform AltoVita has appointed Jessica Land as head of client partnership and Tara Scrivener as global accounts manager.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Planners have approved proposals for a new aparthotel in a grade II-listed property in Cardiff Bay.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Choice Hotels has broken ground on its latest extended stay hotel, the Everhome Suites Atlanta-Newnan in Georgia.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSouth Korea: Oakwood has signed a management agreement for Oakwood Hotel Cheongju, in the capital of North Chungcheong province.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: The Ascott has acquired two properties in Ningbo, China and Amsterdam, the Netherlands for approximately $190 million.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has signed the first 50 properties for its new economy extended stay hotel brand, currently known as “Economy Hotel Opportunity” or ECHO.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Snizhana Yesaulenko, a Ukrainian director of the Gresham Aparthotel in Leicester in Leicester has started a campaign to raise funds to help the people of Kyiv amid the Russian invasion.