Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Belfast-based operator Dream Apartments has announced the appointment of Mark Docherty as commercial director.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A 115-key Home2 Suites by Hilton property is planned for a site near Briarwood Mall on Ann Arbor’s south side.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Illinois-based hotel developer Tharaldson Hospitality Management LLC has opened its first hotel in San Antonio under Hilton’s Home2 Suites brand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Sandpiper Cos, a developer and operator of extended stay hotels, has formed Sandpiper Lodging Trust, a privately held lodging REIT.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Dream Apartments MD Tom Smyth has donated more than £1,000 worth of toys to the Children’s Cancer Unit Charity at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Belfast.

Reading Time: 2 minutesHong Kong: US real estate private equity firm AEW has reportedly sold a boutique serviced apartment block in Hong Kong’s Central district for HK$240 million ($30.66 million).

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: BridgeStreet has named Jon Hile as the company’s chief revenue officer.

Reading Time: 3 minutesA Dundee development firm has unveiled its vision for what would be Scotland’s tallest building on the city’s waterfront.

Reading Time: 2 minutesKSA: Ascott has put together a report into the changing dynamics of guest profiles in Saudi Arabia.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: OBASA Hospitality has announced it has acquired Phoenix-based all-in-one software creator and services platform, IBC Hospitality Technologies (IBC).