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Talking business: Ola Bjørnstad, Forenom

Reading Time: 3 minutes Forenom’s new CEO for Norway, Ola Bjørnstad, talks to SAN about raising awareness of serviced apartments and the company’s growth plans. • Can you give us some background in to your career? “I have years of experience from the travel and hotel business. Prior to Forenom, I was the CEO

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Talking business: James Burrows, Rentals United

Reading Time: 3 minutes SAN talks to James Burrows, COO and co-founder of Rentals United, about converging distribution channels for serviced apartments and vacation rental units. • What is Rentals United and what can it bring to the serviced apartment world? “Rentals United is a cloud-based service for short-term rental professionals to manage and

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Serviced apartments: innovative approaches for extended-stay travel

Reading Time: 4 minutes In a panel discussion held at the Serviced Apartment Summit Europe (#SASEU) staged in London, business development executives from SACO, BridgeStreet, Adagio and Frasers discussed the sector’s current directions in the context of innovation and concept development. Eric Jafari, managing director of SACO Apartments, acknowledged that, from a design perspective,

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Talking business: Robert Godwin, Lamington

Reading Time: 4 minutes • Can you give us a condensed history of Lamington, and then your involvement with the company? “We’re a family owned business, set up by my father 50 years ago. Lamington Group is a real estate investment company, focusing on residential lettings, serviced apartments and aparthotels. We currently have more