Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Staycity has announced the opening of a new aparthotel in the French city of Bordeaux, one of two new openings this month.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Locke has opened a new aparthotel in Dublin to leisure guests, after only being open to essential visitors throughout the pandemic.

Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The 2021 Serviced Apartment Awards features a special category which honours industry heroes – those who have stepped up to the plate over the last 15 months, going beyond the call of duty to support their colleagues, their guests and the wider industry.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Commerz Real has appointed Staycity Group to operate an aparthotel at Speyerer Strasse 9 in Heidelberg, which is part of the hausInvest portfolio.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Kate Nicholls, UKHospitality CEO, encouraged the Treasury Committee to further support the struggling hospitality sector at a hearing this week.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A bid by Twerton Mill iQ to utilise student flats as an aparthotel has been denied by Bath and North East Somerset Council.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Synergy Global Housing announced the launch of REVE, an innovation lab that will “explore new developments at the junction of hospitality and technology”.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Supercity Aparthotels has secured a new site in York which will open in 2023.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Mill Town Capital has purchased its second lodging facility, the Yankee Suites in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Cheval Collection and Cycas Hospitality have been listed in The Caterer’s list of The Best Places to Work in Hospitality in 2021.