Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Sydney-based corporate accommodation startup Urban Rest has expanded into Melbourne.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: TAS Global, part of booking agency The Apartment Service, has partnered with Hickory Global Partners, a leading travel management services company.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Quest Apartment Hotel Liverpool is set to introduce a restaurant charge back scheme for guests.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Elliot Group has submitted a planning application for a hotel and serviced apartments on the Gateshead waterfront.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: BridgeStreet has appointed Mathias Saleborn as managing director of EMEA and APAC.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Paul Constantinou, the founder and chairman of Quest Apartment Hotels, is calling on franchisors to back independent reporting of their businesses.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Aparthotels Adagio has announced plans to quadruple its UK portfolio over the next four years.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMalaysia: Residential design brand YOO and hospitality brand Kempinski have teamed up for the YOO8 Serviced by Kempinski development in Kuala Lumpur.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The city council in Marietta, Georgia, has approved plans for the city’s first Comfort Suites extended stay hotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Apartmentservice has released its latest report in to the German serviced apartment sector.