Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: CityStay Group has launched InnClusive, a rental platform targeting clients who “fall in the gap between short lets and assured shorthold tenancies”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) is to take a stake in Staycity as a part of €70 million refinancing package.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Quest Apartment Hotels has partnered with the Sony Foundation to launch You Can Stay – an initiative aimed to support young Australians aged 15 to 25 who are diagnosed with cancer.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Bristol serviced apartment company appoints Your Apartment has named MRP Group’s Max Thorne as senior independent director.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlobal: Four Seasons has launched an extended stay offer in response to the rise in remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Topping out has been celebrated at 3 St Peter’s Square, a £50 million building in Manchester which will include a Wilde by Staycity and a Motel One.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Serviced apartments have overtaken hotels to become the most attractive hospitality asset class to European investors for 2021, driven by positive demand fundamentals and leaner costs, according to a report from Deloitte.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The extended stay hotel sector has reported a bigger growth in occupancy than the hotel sector as a whole, with economy extended stay occupancy for Q3 2020 down just 0.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Edinburgh-based Fountain Court Apartments is switching its operations from serviced apartments to long-term residential lettings.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: My Place Hotels of America has welcomed its 59th property, My Place Hotel-Midland, TX.