
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder has gone public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company [SPAC] Gores Metropoulos II.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Azabu, the first hotel-licensed serviced apartment propertyto be developed by Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hyatt has signed management agreements with Stratford City Hotels Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of M&L Hospitality, for Hyatt Regency London Stratford and Hyatt House London Stratford.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Revised plans have been submitted for an aparthotel in a grade II-listed building in Leeds city centre.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The former Allied Irish Bank building in Newcastle city centre will be converted in to serviced apartments, a bar and restaurant.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Swiss investment manager 777 Capital Partners has taken over asset management of a newly built serviced apartment property in Frankfurt.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Aparthotels Adagio has appointed former Club Med regional CEO Xavier Desaulles as its new CEO.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Drake Walk Ltd has submitted plans for a 69-key aparthotel at Cardiff’s Atlantic Wharf.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustria: Coffee and gourmet foods producer Julius Meinl is preparing to roll out its serviced apartment brand, The Julius, across Europe, with a mid-market brand also under consideration.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMalaysia: The 43-storey Capri by Fraser, Bukit Bintang has opened in downtown Kuala Lumpur.