Reading Time: 2 minutesChina: Rental start-up Ziroom has secured $620 million of investment led by private equity firm Warburg Pincus.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Doris Kampf has been appointed to the newly-created position of senior director of global sales at Furnished Quarters.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Yotel is looking to strengthen its position in the extended stay market with the launch of the Yotelpad serviced apartment brand.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Aparthotels Adagio to manage its five Hipark Design Suites properties.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina: Payson Cha’s Hanison Construction Holdings has acquired a serviced apartment block in Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan neighbourhood for HK$506 million ($64.7 million).

Reading Time: 2 minutesJR Kyushu Business Development (Thailand) Co. Ltd is an affiliate of Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), a Japanese conglomerate with interests in transportation, real estate

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Developer Hines and Dutch pension investor APG Asset Management have formed a JV to develop and hold the Build-to-Rent resi element and retail at Cherrywood.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Go Native has revealed plans to convert the 1906 Anchor Line building in to a 64-key aparthotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Thorpe’s Warehouse, a Grade II-listed building in Navigation Yard, Millgate, could become Newark’s first aparthotel.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The SAN team has added the final touches to the first Serviced Apartment Summit Europe Recharge event.