Reading Time: 3 minutes Ben Harper, CEO Watergate Bay Hotel, Beach Retreats Holidays and Another Place Hotels, puts choice in the hands of the guest at the group’s newest brand, SeaSpace.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: Hotel and aparthotel group TFE Hotels has transitioned to a new global member program following an update of its offerings and platform features.
Reading Time: 4 minutes [SPONSORED CONTENT] PREM Hospitality turned to HotelREZ to provide connectivity to the GDS agency network, and found the representation company provided even more benefits to their growing serviced accommodation business.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: Corporate travel consortium Hickory Global Partners has launched a joint venture with travel agent group The Advantage Travel Partnership to create an accommodation network, Global Stays.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Development and management company Brandt Hospitality Group has opened its first extended stay hotel in New York, the Home2 Suites by Hilton Poughkeepsie.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Tech-enabled hospitality and multifamily operator Placemakr has opened its 81-unit Navy Yard aparthotel in Washington DC.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saudi Arabia: Baheej Tourism Development Company, a joint venture between ASFAR, the Saudi tourism investment company owned by PIF, and the Tamimi-AWN Alliance, has signed an agreement with operator Kerten Hospitality for its premium Cloud7 brand in Yanbu.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Management company Switch Hospitality has completed the redevelopment of its aparthotel Birmingham with the addition of an on-site store.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Eden Grove Developments Limited, the freeholder of The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff, has appointed KEW Planning to redevelop the site and explore the addition of serviced apartments.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Choice Hotels’ midscale extended stay brand Everhome Suites has debuted in Nampa, Idaho, marking the third opening for the brand.
Reading Time: 2 minutes EU: The Capital Markets Committee of the Energy & Environment Alliance (EEA) has published the first in a series of reports, which explores the value of ESG to hospitality investors.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: The residential hospitality management company Reside has officially launched Papago Hotel, a newly renovated 70-unit boutique property operating under the Trademark Collection by Wyndham, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: New data collected by serviced apartment agent SilverDoor reveals that the latest trends in corporate travel include a rise in group bookings and higher demand for emerging markets across EMEA and APAC.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Starwood Strategic Partners (SSP), an investment platform managed by Starwood Capital Group, has finalised an investment in VANA Partners, a real estate investment firm specialising in extended-stay hotels.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Portugal: Hybrid hotel chain The Social Hub has opened its first venue in Porto, Portugal, advancing the hospitality group’s European expansion.
Reading Time: < 1 minute SAN speaks to Hans Meyer, co-founder and MD of Zoku, about his vision for evolving the Zoku product and what’s next for the brand. Filmed at The EEA Sustainability Symposium 2025 held at The Westin London City.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany: Apaleo, an API-first open property management platform, has unveiled Agent Hub – which it claims is “the first-ever AI agent marketplace for the hospitality sector”.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Colin Laidlaw, VAT partner at Galloways Accounting, provides an updated overview of what the Upper Tribunal decision on the Sonder case means for the VAT treatment of serviced accommodation.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: In a second public consultation, plans have been updated for the first serviced apartment project Radisson will operate in the UK, located in Glasgow.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Morocco: Global owner-operator The Ascott Limited has expanded across North Africa, signing four Citadines aparthotels alongside one Ascott and one Unlimited Collection property.