Reading Time: 2 minutes Albania: Philipp Plein, fashion designer and CEO of the Plein Group, has signed a multi-year agreement with real estate company X One LLC (S.H.P.K.) to develop a luxury hotel and serviced apartments in Tirana.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Staycity has taken on the lease of eydn’s Kingsland Locke aparthotel in Dalston, London.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Lifestyle aparthotel brand The July has begun construction on its Dublin property, located on Capel Street.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Corporate housing company Reside has appointed Walter ‘J.R.’ Dembiec as its brand president of Reside, a Wyndham Residence.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Everhome Suites, an extended stay brand under Choice Hotels, has opened in North Carolina and Wyoming with construction underway at a property in Tennessee.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: GMS Estates has received planning permission from Camden Council to convert the Holborn office Kingsway House into a 58-unit aparthotel, operated by Beyond.Â
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Planning permission has been submitted to the Lake District National Park to convert the Grey Walls Hotel in Windermere into a 17-unit aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Romania: French property group Catinvest is expanding in Oltenia with the opening of Aparthotel Craiova.
Reading Time: 2 minutes London: Organised by corporate accommodation provider AltoVita and hosted at Ham Yard Hotel, The Altos 2024 took place last week and explored the current and future corporate accommodation landscape.Â
Reading Time: 2 minutes Japan: The Ascott Limited has partnered with real estate company Tokyo Tatemono to launch SEN/KA TOKYO by The Crest Collection in the capital city.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Ariva Serviced Residences, the official luxury apartments of the Las Vegas Raiders, will expand to 75 units this spring.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has launched a self-serve version of AltoVerse, enabling travel managers to book and manage extended stays.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Portugal: International Hospitality Media hosted its annual European event Recharge in Porto this year, held at Vertical Dom Henrique.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Property management company GuestReady has introduced ‘The Fitzroy by GuestReady’, a luxury boutique serviced accommodation in the centre of London.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Philippines: Radisson Hotel Group has signed an upscale serviced apartment property with developer Cactus Realty Corporation, located in Salcedo Makati, Manila.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: Business travel platform TravelPerk has raised $200 million in Series E funding, valuing the company at $2.7 billion.
Reading Time: 3 minutes US: OpenAI has unveiled one of its first AI agents called Operator, a system that can use its own browser to make travel reservations, fill out forms, order groceries and even create memes.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: The Ascott Limited, the lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment, signed 16 Oakwood properties in 2024, representing a 30 per cent increase over the previous year.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Europe: 37 aparthotels directly managed by Adagio have been awarded Green Key certification.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Europe: Alastair Thomann has been appointed CEO of serviced apartment and aparthotel group edyn, effective immediately, replacing Daniel Carre-Bishop, interim CEO who will now continue in his role as CFO.