Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Choice Hotels International has awarded franchise agreements to Gulf Coast Hotel Management to convert 15 properties to the MainStay Suites brand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: National Corporate Housing has announced the acquisition of the assets of V-Suites, a corporate housing entity with apartment inventory primarily in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Minnesota.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: HCB (2020) LLC, which was formerly known as BridgeStreet, owed nearly $90 million, before it filed for US bankruptcy late last year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Citystay UK has brought together its collection of brands under the Citystay Group.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls has been awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Fraser Residence Chengdu has opened its doors, in the city’s Forte Financial Island Complex.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: The Maudlins House Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare, has been granted planning consent for a multi-floor extension.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sonder has signed its first Glasgow property and plans to further grow its presence in Scotland.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Aparthotels Adagio has revealed its new design concept for all future aparthotels worldwide.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Signature Living’s Bling Bling building in Liverpool has been sold to JSM Group, owner of the Prestige Stay aparthotel brand.