Reading Time: 2 minutesEMEA: Radisson Hotel Group intends to expand its serviced apartments offering to address the new demand for this accommodation, with Invest Cyprus welcoming plans to expand into the Cypriot market.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIndonesia: Ascott has opened Citadines Berawa Beach Bali in Canggu, a resort on the South coast of Bali.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Ascott Residence Trust (ART) has agreed to sell Somerset Xu Hui Shanghai for 1.05 billion yuan (£154 million) to an unrelated third party.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Richmond Hotel, an aparthotel on Liverpool’s Hatton garden, is facing a license review after police raided the premises during lockdown and found more than 200 people partying.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer SevenCapital has submitted plans to Birmingham City Council for the conversion of the Royal Angus Hotel into a 174-key aparthotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Build-to-Rent brand Kooky has added two apartment blocks to its portfolio for occupation in 2022.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Bureau Veritas has awarded five of Ascott’s London properties the SafeGuard Label for health, hygiene and safety procedures.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: The Imperial Hotel Tokyo has launched Apartments at the Imperial, its version of serviced residential accommodation.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: York-based developer Grantside has bought prominent sites in Sheffield as a part of its strategy to create sustainable living and working spaces across the UK.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: San Francisco-based Sonder has hired Jeremy Rawlinson and Daniel Dyball as a part of its global growth strategy.