Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: International lodging owner and operator, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), has appointed Pekka Hirvi as the director of business development for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Reading Time: 2 minutesChina and Japan: Serviced apartment and hotel residences operator, Frasers Hospitality, has formed joint ventures with two real estate firms to acquire rental apartments in Shenzhen and Osaka.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The parent company of Q Global Network, QIG Holdings, has made an eight digit investment in prop-tech company Homelike to create a flexliving platform.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Following the opening of its 100th property, Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has revealed expansion plans across the east Midlands.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Roomzzz Aparthotels has opened its first property in Scotland, located in the St James Quarter in Edinburgh.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Management and consultancy firm Switch Hospitality Management has been selected to manage the Aparthotel Birmingham, set to open this autumn.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Hilton has launched a lower midscale extended stay brand aimed at guests staying for 20 nights or more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: IHM, publisher of Serviced Apartment News, held its latest Urban Living Insights: Serviced Apartments event at Blue Orchid Tower Suites in partnership with Corporate Housing Factory, Charles Hope Apartments and Hubbl.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: European operator Staycity Group has acquired a 0.06-hectare site in Stratford, east London to develop a 240-unit aparthotel.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Native Places has initially launched The Apartment Collection with 187 apartments at 11 properties across London.
: