Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Town Centre Securities is planning to start work on a Leeds aparthotel later this year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Oaks Hotels & Resorts has been named as an Australian and New Zealand Hotel Champion for not-for-profit organisation Soap Aid.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Staybridge Suites has opened a 190-key property near Heathrow Airport.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Element Detroit has opened in the converted Neo-Gothic Metropolitan Building.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Mapletree Investments has acquired a 184-key Oakwood-branded property at 1550 Clarendon Blvd in Arlington, Virgina.

Reading Time: 4 minutesSingapore: Ascott has secured contracts for 26 properties with over 4,600 units across 18 cities and 11 countries.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: esa has boosted its inventory with the addition of apartments close to Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Cheval Collection has partnered with La Belle Assiette to offer guests the opportunity to book a private chef in their apartment.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Belfast-based operator Dream Apartments is to invest £2.6million in nine new luxury penthouse properties in Liverpool.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: A site with planning consent for a 149-unit aparthotel development in Dublin 8 is on the market for €5.75 million.