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 LabÂ
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: 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.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Lifestyle aparthotel brand The July has begun construction on its Dublin property, located on Capel Street.Â
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Corporate housing company Reside has appointed Walter ‘J.R.’ Dembiec as its brand president of Reside, a Wyndham Residence.Â
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.Â
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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.Â
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.Â