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Hospitality’s future: co-living and co-working make their mark

Reading Time: 4 minutes A lively debate took place on March 14, 2019 at the Devonshire Club in Devonshire Square, London (1) – part of WeWork’s $800+ million development and HQ. I was proposing the motion: co-living and co-working, and private clubs are the future of hospitality – it is not a fad (seasonal

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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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Co-working is not a new concept: global mobility and the future of work

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the first of a series of opinion pieces, Jonathan Humphries of HoCoSo says global mobility and co-working could be about to reach a global tipping point. It was 2002. It was the post Dot Com Bubble era. A frenetic few years, when Dot Com stocks achieved astronomic heights in

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Towards an asset-light lifestyle

Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Kordvani looks at how coworking and the experiential economy is changing the way we live and work in urban environments. They say happiness doesn’t come from owning stuff but from getting the experience stuff can provide. If that is the truth, then sharing a coworking space in NYC is as good

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Start up to stay awhile

Reading Time: < 1 minute The corporate travel market just got a little less…well, corporate, with the launch of Stayawhile. The brand, founded by Janine Yorio, formerly head of acquisitions and development for Andre Balazs Properties (home of the Standard Hotel chain and the Chateau Marmont) is seeking to standardise the lodging element of the

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Perfect 10: Marc Hediger, CEO, Lanson Place

Reading Time: 7 minutes • Could you tell us about Lanson Place, and your background and role? “Lanson Place Hospitality Management Limited is the hospitality arm and wholly owned subsidiary of Wing Tai Properties Limited, a publicly listed company in Hong Kong. The Lanson Place brand was established in 1995 and has since grown