Reading Time: < 1 minutePhilippines: The Ascott Ltd has announced that projects due for launch in the Philippines are poised to its local market share to 80 per cent in 2015.

Reading Time: 1 minuteSwitzerland: Serviced apartment operator Vision Apartments is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its first property launch in Zurich.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Serviced apartment operator Urban Stay has invested in new London inventory and is looking to hire staff.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: Prem Group is set to launch its Premier Suites serviced apartments at Merrion Hall, in Dublin’s Ballsbridge, on September 8.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The owners of four London properties managed by Think Apartments have been placed in administration.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Flying Butler has unveiled its Marble Arch Townhouses property in London’s West End.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Chinese real estate giant Wanda Group has bought the Jewel project on the Gold Coast.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Bloc Hotel in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is to be extended with 30 apart-hotel rooms.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Developer/operator Meriton and operator Toga have spent a combined AUS$260 million on sites earmarked for serviced apartments.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Russell Davidson has joined AM-PM Serviced Apartments to manage the company’s growing number of short-term lease properties.