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.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSri Lanka: The Loft Mirissa, a development which offers 32 “resort style” serviced apartments, is on schedule to open in Q4 2021.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Grade II-listed buildings in Reading’s town centre could be transformed into a market square and aparthotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Residence Inn by Marriott Al Jaddaf, the brand’s first property in the UAE, has opened in Dubai.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Plans for a 129-room aparthotel on the site of a former car park have been rejected by councillors on the basis it would “dominate” the area’s skyline.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Dublin City Council has refused permission for an aparthotel development at 92 and 93 Francis Street in Dublin 8.