Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Ascott is set to operate accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff, in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: My Place Hotels of America has launched its Help Our Heroes initiative, a campaign dedicated to providing financial support for first responders across America.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: SKYE Suites Green Square is set to officially open in July, but from next week, SKYE Residences will offer serviced-apartment stays of 3 months or more to long-stay residents.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Adina is set to open four properties over the next year, in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Convivia, a new property development and investment group, will open its first aparthotel in Torquay, in early 2021.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGlobal: Economist Roger Bootle of Capital Economics says the medium-term prospects for the hospitality industry are “extremely good”.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Preliminary data for economy extended-stay hotels indicates a 10 to 15 per cent RevPar decline in March 2020 compared to March 2019.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Amended plans for an AUD$8 million seven-storey serviced apartment block in the Perth suburb of Nedlands have been given the green light by State planners.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGlobal: Serviced Apartment News polled 36 operators of varying size from around the world to see how they were coping with the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on business, as well as asking them for any ideas, tips or strategies which are helping them in the current situation.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteKenya: Cytonn Investments is inviting potential investors in its serviced apartment developments to virtually tour the project while gatherings are banned in the country due to COVID-19.