Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: SACO, The Serviced Apartment Company, has appointed Patrick Michaels as director of sales for London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Choice Hotels has opened its newest dual-branded Sleep Inn and MainStay Suites location in Sarasota, Florida.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Sydney developer Crown Group is planning to become a publicly listed company in 2021.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: AccorHotels has appointed Jeff Tisdall as senior vice president development residential and extended stay.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Institutional investor Aviva has acquired a Premier Suites Plus aparthotel in Dublin.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Lugano Property Group has started renovation work on an aparthotel in Newcastle’s Gallowgate.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Extended stay hotel specialist Cycas Hospitality has signed a deal to operate a Hyatt Place hotel in east London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: CWS Corporate Housing, a provider of temporary housing services, has named Elizabeth Hotze as vice president of sales and marketing.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVietnam: The Reverie Saigon, a five-star hotel which opened in 2014, has added 89 serviced apartments to its offer.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Native is taking bookings from October 15 for its Glasgow aparthotel.