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Hilton signs first DoubleTree in Jeddah

Reading Time: < 1 minute Saudi Arabia: Hotel chain Hilton has signed a management agreement to launch the first DoubleTree property in Jeddah next year.

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Serviced apartment, aparthotel and hospitality trends for 2020

Reading Time: 10 minutes SAN editor George Sell looks at some of the key trends that will shape the global serviced apartment and aparthotel sector in 2020. • I SHOULD CO CO Co-living and co-working are two sectors which have very rapidly moved from being left-field products for a marketeer’s dream audience of trendy young

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Two US hospitality REITs to merge

Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Park Hotels & Resorts has reached a deal to acquire Chesapeake Lodging Trust in a deal that will bring its market value to $12 billion.

Features

Larry Korman: making places from spaces

Reading Time: 8 minutes • How well established is the serviced apartment sector in the US (as a separate entity from extended stay hotel brands such as Residence Inn and Homewood Suites)? “There’s a differentiation between serviced apartments and serviced residences, and I make that differentiation between our AVE brand and our AKA brand.

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Here to stay

Reading Time: < 1 minute Homewood Suites is the biggest of Hilton’s three extended stay flags, with more than 470 properties currently open. Embassy Suites by Hilton has 251 locations and Home2 Suites by Hilton has more than 255 properties. The scale of the Americas extended stay market is quite remarkable, particularly when viewed from