Reading Time: < 1 minuteAus/NZ: Two serviced apartment properties – one in Australia and one in New Zealand – have been added to the Quality Hotels portfolio, as the Choice Hotels brand continues its growth.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Oakwood has announced opened Oakwood Suites & Studios Dupont Circle Washington DC.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Queensgate Investments has withdrawn its planning application for the £1 billion redevelopment of the Kensington Forum hotel, which included serviced apartments and residential units.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: HHLP Coconut Grove Associates LLC, an affiliate of Philadelphia-based Hersha Hospitality Management, has sold the Residence Inn Miami Coconut Grove for $31 million.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Quest Echuca, an aparthotel in northern Victoria, has undergone a major refurbishment, with an investment just shy of AUD$1 million.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Louvre Hotels Group has announced the launch of its Tulip Residences aparthotel brand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) is “seeking expressions of interest” to turn accreditation body ISAAP into an independent organisation.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Chatham Lodging Trust REIT that invests in extended-stay and select-service hotels, has announced the sale of its 10.3 per cent interest in the Innkeepers joint venture with Colony Capital.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Several major shareholders in Extended Stay America have expressed their opposition to the proposed sale of the company to a Starwood Capital/Blackstone JV.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Canberra’s first Meriton building looks set to proceed after a development application was lodged.