Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The winners of the fourth annual Serviced Apartment Awards celebrated in London last night, at a gala dinner presentation at the Park Plaza Riverbank.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The shortlisted entries for the 2019 Serviced Apartment Awards have been announced in advance of the awards ceremony on March 14th in London.
Reading Time: 6 minutes Five companies in the bedding industry – Hypnos, CLEAN, The Fine Bedding Company, Tradelinens and Sealy – speak to SAN about the latest product innovations in the market. Hypnos Award-winning specialist, international hospitality bed manufacturer and sleep expert Hypnos Contract Beds, has launched its new bedding collection designed specifically for
Reading Time: < 1 minute India: Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC is in advanced talks to buy a stake in developer Provenance Land.
Reading Time: < 1 minute China: Oakwood Asia Pacific has appointed Neil Blenkharn as general manager of Oakwood Residence Damei Beijing.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chris Graham of Graham Associates has published a report looking at the branded residence phenomenon. As the intro to the report, by WATG’s Muriel Muirden, says: “The branded residence sector continues to intrigue developers, investors and real estate advisors”. Graham has collated and supplemented existing research in to the sector
Reading Time: 2 minutes UAE: IFA Hotel Investments has announced an MEA alliance with Bespoke Hotels International.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: TripAdvisor is investigating the actions of Australian developer and operator Meriton.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom Tower in jeddah – which will be the tallest building in the world when completed – will include 121 serviced apartments.
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s tempting to dismiss the likes of Airbnb, Homeaway, Housetrip and their ilk as a novel way for millennials to have a holiday adventure, and confine them to the leisure travel sector. But this is a shortsighted and outdated view. As I wrote back in April, Airbnb is actually among