Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: PMS and channel manager Zeevou has appointed Andrew Reynolds as partner engagement manager.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: The French government has announced proposals to build an OTA to compete with the likes of Booking.com and Airbnb.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: 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 minutesUK: Criton is offering its guest engagement platform free of charge to serviced apartments until 2021.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: 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 minutesUS: Expedia Group has named Peter Kern and Eric Hart as its new CEO and CFO.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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 minutesUS: 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 minutesThe company has bases in Montreal, New York and Lisbon, and is now starting its operations in the UK as it gears up for the

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Cheval Collection has adopted Criton’s latest technology, allowing guests to retrieve booking confirmation in app and check-in on arrival.