Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London serviced apartment operator Cuckooz has launched The Zed Rooms – apartments designed to give guests the best night’s sleep possible.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Extended Stay America (ESA) is planning to open a 124-key property on Interchange Boulevard in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Doug Greenwood, director of sales and marketing at Cheval, has taken the chairman’s role at the Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP).

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A former police station in Gateshead is to be transformed into an 18-room aparthotel under plans that have been recommended for approval.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer Gareth Graham is applying for planning permission to demolish the Lyndon Court building on Queen Street and build an aparthotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThailand: Pan Pacific Hotels Group has signed its first PARKROYAL Serviced Suites in Bangkok, with developer Phachara Suites Co. Ltd.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUkraine: Colliers International is in talks with AccorHotels to manage the first premium aparthotel in Kiev, which is set to open in 2020.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK/US: The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers and the Corporate Housing Providers Association are joining forces to create an alliance of like-minded trade bodies.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Staycity Group has former Prezzo CFO Wayne Arthur as chief financial officer.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden: Forenom has continued its expansion in Sweden with the opening of a new apartment building in Norrmalm, Stockholm.