Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Serviced Apartments by Mansley has introduced a corporate and private hospitality service in its prime luxury apartments in London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Brent Council has given planning permission to London Hotel Group (LHG) to modernise an aparthotel in Wembley.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: WoodSpring Hotels has announced the grand opening of WoodSpring Suites Seattle Redmond.

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.