Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Sandpiper Hospitality has signed a third party management contract with Liberty Investment Properties, Inc. for WoodSpring Suites Charlotte – University Research Park.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Extended Stay America has added seven properties to its portfolio through conversions, bringing the total number of hotels in its system to 647.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Serviced Apartment News will be hosting a webinar on December 1st, looking at trends which will affect the serviced apartment and extended stay sectors over the next 12 months.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Labtech has appointed Rosalind Chan as marketing director for its flexible workspace brand LABS and serviced apartment arm STAY.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: My Place Hotels of America has opened properties in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Vancouver, Washington State.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Staycity is to operate the Middlesex Street Aparthotel in east London, under its Wilde brand.

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.