Reading Time: 2 minutes US / Greece: Short-term furnished apartment rental startup Blueground has raised $180 million in Series C funding, including $140 million in equity funding, from investors headed up by WestCap Group managing partner Laurence Tosi, giving the company a reported valuation of $750 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Real estate services firm JLL has announced the launch of JLL Short Stays, a booking platform offering business and leisure travellers professionally managed and fully flexible short-term rental accommodation in the UK, in a bid to compete with the major online travel agencies [OTAs] in the segment.
Reading Time: < 1 minute France: Citadines Eurometropole Strasbourg has opened its doors in the Alsatian capital of Strasbourg.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Reside Worldwide has appointed Jessica Sharpe as director of sales for the EMEA region.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: The winners of the sixth annual Serviced Apartment Awards celebrated in London last night, at a gala dinner presentation at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Sandpiper Hospitality has been selected to manage four properties currently under development in Texas that will join the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Coliving operator The Collective has appointed FTI Consulting as its administrators after failing to achieve a sale of the business.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: US coliving operator has signed five London properties across a mix of coliving and BTR use classes.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Hilton and Mars Petcare, the world’s largest pet care company, are teaming up “to set a new standard for pet-friendly travel”.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Charles Hope has added a new location in south-west London to its portfolio.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Eco Property Development Global has submitted plans to Lancaster City Council to convert a former dentist’s practice into a 13-unit aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Middle East: Corporate accommodation platform AltoVita has appointed Nada Zrikem as director of client partnerships for the Middle East.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Serviced accommodation provider Synergy Global Housing has joined Ascott Star Rewards (ASR), the global loyalty program of The Ascott Limited.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Europe: An HVS survey of the serviced apartment market in Europe reveals profitability has returned to pre-pandemic levels, driving by strong leisure demand.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Cambridge Road Real Estates Ltd has submitted plans to Bradford Council to construct a 104-bed aparthotel on the site of a former warehouse on Sunbridge Road.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: The 121-room SpringHill Suites Jackson Hole has completed a property-wide renovation led by design firm EDGEiD.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: A Deloitte study on 2024 corporate travel reveals that amid steady growth, companies are challenged to balance face-to-face meetings with steep pricing and sustainability considerations.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Westmorland and Furness Council has approved plans for property development and investment business Cameron Investment Group to convert Lonsdale House Hotel in Ulverston into an aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: InnVentures, the management division of premium select-service and extended stay hotels under Highgate, has signed two Embassy Suites hotels in Oregon and Washington.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: A new joint venture between tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W and Osborne+Co Investment Management [OCIM], the in-house investment management arm of build-to-suit developer Osborne+Co, has …