Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Furnished apartment provider Zeus Living has joined the growing list of companies in the real estate and travel sectors to lay off a significant portion of its staff.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: San Francisco-based hospitality startup Sonder has announced it has laid off 22 per cent of its workforce and furloughed an additional 11 per cent of its staff as the reality of the coronavirus impact on the travel industry bites hard.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSwitzerland: Boutique luxury apart-hotel company, Le Bijou, is offering a quarantine package for customers to stay in high-end quarantine apartments, with meal delivery and medical services included.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMalaysia: Eastern & Oriental will open the 51-storey Conlay luxury serviced apartment project.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBerkshire-based apartment provider Suite Hub has appointed Aneal Sadiq to the newly created role of commercial director.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Apartment agency SilverDoor has promoted Stuart Winstone to group CEO.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Roomzzz, one of the UK’s largest aparthotel providers, has committed to providing at least 2,000 stays to NHS workers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: In a speech to the public yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tight lockdown measures will go into effect across the county.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Serviced Apartment News is polling serviced apartment, aparthotel and extended stay operators across the globe to gauge the impact of the coronavirus on the sector and to share strategies for mitigating its effects.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media events manager Chelsey Hulbert was recently invited to the University of Surrey to advise students on their latest module.