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.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Ascott has appointed former Quest COO David Mansfield as Ascott’s managing director for Australia.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A dual-branded Residence Inn and Moxy hotel has opened in Slough town centre.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Construction will start next month on a dual-branded MainStay Suites and Sleep Inn property in Rockledge, Florida.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Hut Group (THG) has submitted plans to add serviced apartments, events spaces and a rooftop terrace to buildinsg adjacent to its King Street Townhouse Hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands: Yays has launched the Yays resident concept, which offers stays of up to six months via the Dutch rental platform Funda.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Meriton boss Harry Triguboff is moving 1200 Sydney serviced apartments to the residential lettings market following a 40 per cent drop in rate and occupancy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: AKA has launched seven-night minimum stays at AKA West Hollywood, down from the previous minus stay of 30 nights.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 11 Cadogan Gardens, a boutique hotel in London;s Chelsea, will open six apartment suites in spring 2021.