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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Hyatt Hotels has launched The Great Relocate, a long-stay package for its World of Hyatt members with stays eligible to contribute towards achieving elite status.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: TFE Hotels has opened a new five-star A by Adina in Canberra.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Chicago-based corporate housing provider Suite Home has hired Brittany Herrington, CCHP.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A four storey, 122-key extended stay hotel close to the Central Connecticut State University campus in Newington has been granted planning consent.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Extended stay properties accounted for nearly 30 per cent of all new hotel projects opened in the US last year.