Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Sean Worker, president and CEO of BridgeStreet Global Hospitality, has been appointed to the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) board of directors.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMyanmar: JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group report in to the Yangon market has revealed a healthy serviced apartment pipeline.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: London serviced apartment provider City Marque has secured £2.1 million of investment from Santander and plans to manage up to 1,000 units in London by 2017.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSri Lanka: Macksons Properties has announced plans for a 100-unit luxury service apartment project in the heart of Colombo.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Aparthotel Adagio has announced the signing of a 146-apartment property in Edinburgh’s Old Town.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hospitality industry analyst STR Global is taking on the data-collection aspects of ASAP’s current serviced-apartment survey.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Frasers Centrepoint (FCL) plans to place 12 properties into the portfolio of Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT), a REIT expected to list later this year.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Oakwood Worldwide account manager Robyn Tierney is serving as the 2014 chair of the Young Professionals Under 40 committee for the Worldwide ERC.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: House of Fisher has revealed plans to convert a former office building in Bracknell, Berkshire, in to an apart-hotel, opening in late 2014.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Research from IBISWorld says that the serviced apartment sector has “been the strongest performer in the accommodation subdivision over the past decade”.