Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: MYSA, a procurement and booking solution provider, has introduced two technology platforms to manage the procurement and booking processes for corporate travel managers.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: PMS and channel manager Zeevou has appointed Andrew Reynolds as partner engagement manager.
Reading Time: 2 minutes France: The French government has announced proposals to build an OTA to compete with the likes of Booking.com and Airbnb.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany: Booking portal Acomodeo has published its Serviced Apartment Price Radar 2019, highlighting price differences in the world’s major business destinations when booking a serviced apartment compared to a hotel room in 2019.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Criton is offering its guest engagement platform free of charge to serviced apartments until 2021.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Europe: Apartment rental platform for business Homelike has reported a significant boost in medium and long-term bookings over the last two weeks.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Expedia Group has named Peter Kern and Eric Hart as its new CEO and CFO.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: British bedmaker Hypnos has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its commitment to sustainable and ethical manufacturing.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Hospitality company D. Alexander has decided to eliminate all short-term rentals and reinvent its business to mid-term rentals in order to provide people with “safe, clean escapes to heal, rejuvenate, be productive and continue to keep living mindfully”.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The company has bases in Montreal, New York and Lisbon, and is now starting its operations in the UK as
Reading Time: 2 minutes Malaysia: Marriott has added Marriott Executive Apartments to its Malaysia portfolio.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The Bank of England has announced that it will cut interest rates from a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent to five per cent, …
Reading Time: < 1 minute New midscale extended stay brand YourSpace has broken ground on its inaugural hotel in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Developer Nautical Point Limited has applied for permission to redevelop the former Conway Civic Hall and library building into an aparthotel, food hall and performance space.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Plans for a 33-unit aparthotel in Worthing have been submitted to Adur and Worthing Councils.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesia: New research from Colliers predicts that four upcoming projects will take Jakarta’s serviced apartment inventory to 7,793 by the end of 2025.
Reading Time: < 1 minute SAN speaks to Hubert Viriot, CEO of YOTEL, about the launch of the group’s first aparthotel in Europe (London) and its mixed-use development strategy, as well as the growth of aparthotel brands. Filmed at YOTEL London Stratford.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: LivAway Suites has announced the grand opening of its first property, located in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.
Reading Time: < 1 minute France: HIGHSTAY, a collection of luxury short and long-stay apartments in Paris, has opened three Banque apartments in the Opéra District.
Adapting to the changing traveller
Reading Time: 2 minutes SAN editor-in-chief George Sell comments on how new brands meet evolving traveller, owner and investor needs. Read on SAN.