Reading Time: 2 minutesKenya: Demand for luxury serviced apartments in Kenya is strong according to Britam chief executive Benson Wairegi.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Apartment provider Furnished Quarters has appointed Tracey Taverna as corporate sales manager of its Massachusetts sales team.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: EY has announced that Shelly Brewer, founder and COO, and Steve Brewer, president and CEO of Express Corporate Housing are finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Apartment rental provider Sweet Inn has raised new capital funds from Israeli and French investors.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cheval Residences has undergone an internal restructure, to include internal promotions, and general managers moving properties.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Home2 Suites by Hilton has announced a 107-unit extended stay hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Plans for an aparthotel on the site of Dublin’s Tivoli theatre have been turned down.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteQatar: Damac has released details of Burj Damac Seaviews, a 31-storey tower featuring serviced apartments and townhouses.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cycas Hospitality has appointed four senior team members to its 328-unit property at the Manchester Oxford Road Campus of The University of Manchester.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: 8 Waterloo Street serviced apartments have opened in a Grade II listed building in Birmingham.