
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / 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 minutesUK: 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 minuteFrance: Citadines Eurometropole Strasbourg has opened its doors in the Alsatian capital of Strasbourg.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Reside Worldwide has appointed Jessica Sharpe as director of sales for the EMEA region.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: 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 minuteUS: 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 minutesUK: Coliving operator The Collective has appointed FTI Consulting as its administrators after failing to achieve a sale of the business.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: US coliving operator has signed five London properties across a mix of coliving and BTR use classes.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: 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 minuteUK: Charles Hope has added a new location in south-west London to its portfolio.