Reading Time: 2 minutes Albania: Philipp Plein, fashion designer and CEO of the Plein Group, has signed a multi-year agreement with real estate company X One LLC (S.H.P.K.) to develop a luxury hotel and serviced apartments in Tirana.

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Staycity has taken on the lease of eydn’s Kingsland Locke aparthotel in Dalston, London. 

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Lifestyle aparthotel brand The July has begun construction on its Dublin property, located on Capel Street. 

Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Corporate housing company Reside has appointed Walter ‘J.R.’ Dembiec as its brand president of Reside, a Wyndham Residence. 

Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Everhome Suites, an extended stay brand under Choice Hotels, has opened in North Carolina and Wyoming with construction underway at a property in Tennessee. 

Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: GMS Estates has received planning permission from Camden Council to convert the Holborn office Kingsway House into a 58-unit aparthotel, operated by Beyond. 

Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Planning permission has been submitted to the Lake District National Park to convert the Grey Walls Hotel in Windermere into a 17-unit aparthotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Romania: French property group Catinvest is expanding in Oltenia with the opening of Aparthotel Craiova.

Reading Time: 2 minutes London: Organised by corporate accommodation provider AltoVita and hosted at Ham Yard Hotel, The Altos 2024 took place last week and explored the current and future corporate accommodation landscape.