Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Stay Alfred, a startup that operates short-term rentals in the downtown areas of major US cities, has closed a $15 million Series A investment round.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: BHA CEO Ufi Ibrahim has highlighted the potential staffing crisis facing the hospitality industry after Brexit.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Furnished Quarters is aiming to significantly expand its footprint in Brooklyn, New York.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The 2017 BHA’s Summit for Hospitality & Tourism will feature content on a range of sectors, including a serviced apartment element delivered by Serviced Apartment News.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Customers of Blue Rainbow Aparthotels have been locked out of a Manchester property by the building’s owners.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: BridgeStreet Global Hospitality has entered a 20-year management agreement for the first Stow-Away Project aparthotel in London’s Waterloo.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: SACO has bought the former Zanzibar nightclub on Dublin’s Ormond Quay Lower.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: International Hospitality Media (IHM) has confirmed the latest sponsors to sign up for its range of serviced apartment industry events.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Supercity Aparthotels has released details of its forthcoming Brighton and London aparthotels.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Bridgford Hall, a Grade II-listed mansion, in West Bridgford, Nottingham, will reopen as a wedding venue and aparthotel in June.