Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Manchester-based HS Property Group has bought an aparthotel and restaurant asset on Liverpool’s Castle Street from RSL Property Management.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Real estate investors and private equity firms, Blackstone Group and Starwood Capital Group, have secured stakes in extended stay hotel chain Extended Stay America.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Ascott is providing homes for healthcare workers, returning nationals, guests who are affected by border closures or city lockdowns, migrant workers and others who have been stranded due to COVID-19.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lamington Group, the operator of room2 Hometels and Lamington Apartments, has partnered with homeless charity SPEAR to support rough sleepers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: Minor Hotels has appointed a regional director for Africa and plans to launch its oaks extended stay brand on the continent.

Reading Time: 3 minutesExtended-stay properties are showing resilience against the COVID-19 pandemic with the majority remaining opening or repurposed for housing key workers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Shankly Hotel, a 59-key aparthotel on Liverpool’s Victoria Street, has been placed in administration.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Accor has announced plans for Europe’s first Hyde Living aparthotel, at Munich Airport’s LabCampus.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Michael Gove, the UK’s minister for the cabinet office has said that hospitality businesses will be “among the last” to exit the country’s current restrictions.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Serviced Apartment News understands that Washington-state based apartment rental startup Stay Alfred has ceased trading.