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”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Serviced apartment operator Staycity has announced the appointment of a non-executive board director and two senior executives.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Serviced apartment operator Go Native says it has made serviced apartments as easy to book as hotel rooms with the launch of its new website.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Damac Properties is launching a division called Naia, which will eventually manage more than 3,800 serviced apartments the company has developed.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Mapletree Group has formed a JV with Oakwood Worldwide and plans to to acquire and develop US$4 billion worth of serviced apartments worldwide.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Oddfellows boutique hotel in Chester will open the first of five planned serviced apartments at the end of April.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Bloom Properties has announced the start of construction at its Abu Dhabi Marina development in Al Bateen.