Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Wells Fargo Corporate Banking has formed a division to provide finance to owners and operators of franchised hotels in the select-service and extended-stay segments.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: CWS Corporate Housing has won two awards at Cartus Corporation’s 2017 Global Network Conference, held in Chicago.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Hotel Equities has been appointed to operate the TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Tallahassee.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Elia Wallen, the founder of Travelers Haven, has won the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Mountain Desert states.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Automated ironing technology launched

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: BridgeStreet Global Hospitality partnered with cloud platform SiteMinder.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: SACO is offering its customers access to the fastest broadband speeds in the UK.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Serviced apartment software provider ElinaPMS has strengthened its London team with the appointments of Joshua Miranda and Martina Danielova.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Airbnb has reported an 80 per cent rise in visitors to Britain in the last year as travellers take advantage of the weaker pound.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Jonathan Whelan has joined short-term rental provider Veeve as chief operating officer.