Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Extended stay management specialist Sandpiper Hospitality has seen high occupancy levels across its 42 hotels and is on the verge of announcing several new signings.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Quest Apartment Hotels says it remains focused on its European expansion plans despite the Covid pandemic, with backing from majority shareholder Ascott.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Extended Stay America has appointed David Clarkson as chief financial officer.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEgypt: Khaled El Sayyad, the founder of Egyptian serviced apartment operator Prime Hospitality, has been featured in an article on “young innovators working to change the region”.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The first stayAPT Suites extended stay hotel will open in early October, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, held its first face-to-face event since March in London yesterday.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Belfast-based serviced apartment provider, Dream Apartments has unveiled a corporate rebrand and plans to expand into a further 10 European cities by 2022.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Ascott has opened Citadines Islington London, the newest addition to its aparthotel portfolio in Europe.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Dominic Sherry has joined Flying Butler Apartments in the newly created role of CEO.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Quest is set to open a 71-room aparthotel in the Woolooware Bay Town Centre development.