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Be Mate adds Madrid apartments

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spain: Be Mate, Room Mate Group’s serviced apartment brand, is adding two new full management buildings in Madrid to its portfolio.

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Talking business: Adrian Kurre, Homewood Suites and Home2 Suites

Reading Time: 5 minutes • Can you give us a brief career history? “I have been in the hospitality industry for more than 40 years, beginning my career as a waiter and bartender and then eventually transitioning into restaurant management for Black Angus Restaurants. That experience led naturally into my career in hotel hospitality.

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UK Budget to raise taxes by £40bn: Hospitality industry reacts

Reading Time: 7 minutes UK: UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP has delivered a Labour Budget for the first time in 14 years as the government warned of “difficult” decisions to “restore economic stability” and plug a £22 billion black hole in public finances that was estimated by the Office for Budget Responsibility [OBR].

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limehome set for debut in Czech Republic

Reading Time: < 1 minute Czech Republic: Tech-enabled serviced apartment operator limehome has expanded into the Czech Republic with a signing in Prague.

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Habyt to open landmark project in Leipzig

Reading Time: < 1 minute Germany: Flexible housing provider Habyt has launched its debut project in Leipzig, a landmark opening for the group which now has presence in 20 European cities.

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Airbnb eyes further expansion into long-term rental market

Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Airbnb is focusing its attention on strengthening its long-term rental business, as the company eyes up new revenue streams and growth opportunities to expand beyond its core short-term rental offering. Speaking at Skift Global Forum in New York City, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, said that the segment