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: 4 minutes Billed as a conference for “investors, operators and advisers with an interest in the new accommodation types that rival hotels”, the event featured representatives from sectors including hostels, short-term rentals, and hybrid hotels. It was notable that the serviced apartment sector took up a greater proportion of the programme this

Reading Time: 4 minutes Around 170 delegates attended the third annual So! Apart conference last week, at the Best Western Premier Hotel MOA Berlin. The audience was made up of around 30 per cent investors and project developers, 45 per cent operators, with the remainder made up of service providers and press. Event organiser Anett Gregorius

Reading Time: 2 minutes This document summarises the consensus of the major players operating in this sector in an attempt to create some degree of uniformity. There are two ends of the spectrum, with aparthotels having been derived from the hotel sector and corporate housing from the residential / real estate sector.* Aparthotel Providing