Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: 68 per cent of the flexible rental sector is seeing an increased demand for extended stays, and 59 per cent are seeing a demand for large spaces, according to a report from global accommodation platform AltoVita, which surveyed key players in the flexible rental sector around the world.
Reading Time: 8 minutes Worldwide: In honour of International Women’s Day 2021, we highlight 12 women who are making headway for female leadership and empowerment in the global short-term rental industry.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thailand: Avani Hotels & Resorts says it is on track to open more than ten new properties, including two serviced apartment projects.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robert Godwin, managing director of Lamington Group and room2, talks to SAN about his plans to enter the budget hotel space by taking over Travelodge properties across the UK.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill Barnett of C9 Hotelworks looks at the upward trajectory of Asia’s hotel branded residences sector. A sustained upward growth trajectory in Asia’s hotel branded residences is seeing the sector mature into a Grade A real estate asset class. According to C9 Hotelworks’ latest research, the Asian region now accounts
Reading Time: 7 minutes OTAs are a vital channel for serviced apartment and aparthotel companies, but is over-reliance on them making operators lazy, asks Duncan Chappell, commercial director at elina PMS. OTAs say “let us do your marketing, we are experts at it” and that “you couldn’t do what they can if you spent the
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Paul Constantinou, the founder and chairman of Quest Apartment Hotels, is calling on franchisors to back independent reporting of their businesses.
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Zealand: Oaks Hotels & Resorts will open its first extended stay hotel in Wellington, on New Zealand’s North Island, next year.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UAE: Minor Hotel Group has signed a deal for AVANI Hotel Suites & Branded Residences which is being developed in Dubai by ALFAHIM, one of the UAE’s largest conglomerates.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Oaks Hotels & Resorts has officially initiated its ‘guì bīn’ program – a dedicated Chinese VIP service that caters to the growing international travel market.