Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan: Hotel & Residence Roppongi, a serviced apartment development in Tokyo, has added a 75 square metre one-bedroom unit to its range of rooms and studios.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Oakwood Worldwide has appointed Dean Schreiber as managing director for the company’s portfolio of 28 Oakwood branded serviced apartment properties in Asia Pacific.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A planning application to convert the former Gala Bingo hall in Waltham Cross into an aparthotel, a 24-hour gym and a cafe has been submitted.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: DAMAC Hotels has launched the first fully certified Sharia-compliant serviced hotel apartments in Dubai.

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.