Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Akara Partners, a real estate investment, development, and operations firm based in Chicago, has completed the Home2 Suites by Hilton Chicago River North.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThailand: Greenland Hotel and Tourism Group has reached agreement with developer Siamese Asset to manage 10 of the company’s hotel and serviced apartments projects in Bangkok.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS:Developer and management company NewcrestImage will open a 150-key Residence Inn and 150-key AC Hotel in Dallas in June.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Staybridge Suites Newcastle, which is owned and managed by Cycas Hospitality, has been voted one of the UK’s top 25 hotels.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: Oakwood and Boutique Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to launch Oakwood Hotels and Apartments in Thailand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Liverpool-based Aparthotel operator EPIC is looking to expand to other UK cities after securing a multi-million pound refinance package from Allied Irish Bank.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A contractor has been appointed to the Edinburgh marina development which will feature 98 serviced apartments at the Hyatt Regency Spa & Conference Hotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Cheval Three Quays, near London’s Tower Bridge, celebrating five years in the #1 position for speciality lodging on TripAdvisor.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSwitzerland: YOTEL is set to bring its YOTELPAD extended stay brand to Europe when it opens three properties in the Lake Geneva region from 2020 onwards.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Quest Apartment Hotels has opened its latest property, Quest St Kilda Road, weeks before the start of the Australian Grand Prix which takes place in Melbourne.