Reading Time: < 1 minute ASIA: Ascott’s Somerset Serviced Residence brand has 43 properties in the pipeline with 16 to open in Asia this year.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Singapore: Ascott, the largest operator of serviced apartments globally, will add around 15,000 units to its global inventory with the acquisition of Oakwood Worldwide from Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd.
Reading Time: < 1 minute THAILAND: Ascott will open its Ascott Thonglor Bangkok in July, adding to its robust portfolio of extended stay options in the city.
Reading Time: 2 minutes SINGAPORE: Ascott targets 150 properties under its lyf coliving brand by 2030 and launches a lyf Innovation Lab
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: Ascott has upgraded its loyalty programme, Ascott Star Rewards (ASR), to offer more rewards for bookings made via its direct channels.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: The Ascott has acquired two properties in Ningbo, China and Amsterdam, the Netherlands for approximately $190 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Singapore: Ascott has opened lyf Farrer Park Singapore, the sixth lyf coliving property in Asia and the third in Singapore.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Austria: The Ascott Limited has opened Citadines South Vienna, the brand’s first franchise property in Austria.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia: Ascott has added a serviced residence in Penang State, with the opening of Ascott Gurney Penang.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cambodia: Ascott will launch its first Citadines-branded aparthotel in Phnom Penh next month.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Staycity Group will open a 145-room Wilde aparthotel in the former Odeon cinema in Oxford city centre.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UAE: Christian Potvin has been named general manager of Cheval Maison – Expo City Dubai ahead of its opening in March 2025.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Short Term Rentalz editor Paul Stevens comments on the potential impact of Uber’s rumoured acquisition of Expedia.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Operator Your Apartment has expanded its presence in Bristol with the opening of nine serviced apartments in Clifton.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Operator Veriu Group has opened the Punthill Tuggeranong aparthotel in Greenway, Canberra, the group’s first property in the capital.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Business property adviser Christie & Co is marketing Beaufort House in Knightsbridge, London.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Tech-enabled operator limehome has appointed Will Kingston as the company’s director of expansion for the United Kingdom.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Finland: Tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W has appointed Hervé Deligny as chief financial officer (CFO).
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Belfast-based hospitality group Warren Collection has opened its first property England with an aparthotel in Newcastle.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Housed in a historic listed building in Paisley town centre near Glasgow, the luxury Hazlitt Apartments have opened.