Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Quest Apartment Hotels is making select rooms at 30 properties equipped to cater to travellers with pets.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Oakwood has opened its first property in Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage destination.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Thackeray Group has launched a search for an aparthotel operator to anchor its £30 million QVS development in the centre of Reading after securing planning consent.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Staycity Group has announced a significant boost to its premium brand, Wilde Aparthotels by Staycity, with the imminent opening of two London properties and another in Manchester, as well as news of an acquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUsing an open-source model dubbed Citroën Autonomous Mobility Vision, the concept will rely on an electric mobility platform called The Citroën Skate which will move

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (Sonesta) has launched its franchising platform in the United States, debuting with four Sonesta brands.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Round Hill Capital has acquired a serviced apartment asset in Valdebebas, Madrid, for €30 million.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Adagio Aparthotels has opened a 59-key property in Sutton, south London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesBarcelona: Turnkey apartment rental startup Ukio has announced that it has raised $9 million in a large-sized seed funding round.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: PRS REIT has revealed that it has added 243 new homes to its portfolio this year, meaning that it is edging towards its target of 5200 rental homes in the 12 months leading up to the end of June.