Reading Time: < 1 minute SAN reporter Claudia Schergna chats with Siew Kim Beh, chief financial and sustainability officer of CapitaLand Investment and managing director for Japan and Korea at The Ascott Limited, about how the lines between hotels, extended stays and aparthotels are blurring, accessibility, sustainability commitments and more.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: The Ascott Limited (Ascott), the lodging business unit of CapitaLand Investment, is expanding its talent development initiatives to support the opening of more than 300 new properties by 2028.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: The Ascott Limited, the lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment, signed 16 Oakwood properties in 2024, representing a 30 per cent increase over the previous year.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: The Ascott Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SG Enable, an agency for disability and inclusion in Singapore, to set new standards for accessible accommodation.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: 19 winners of the ninth annual Serviced Apartment Awards held at Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge celebrated at a black tie ceremony last night.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: The Ascott Limited, a lodging business owned by CapitaLand Investment, has signed eight global lyf properties and has expanded into city hotels and resorts.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a lodging business unit owned by CapitaLand Investment (CLI) and CapitaLand Wellness Fund (C-WELL), have jointly acquired a freehold property in Singapore to be relaunched under the lyf brand.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: Hospitality business The Ascott Limited has refreshed its namesake brand Ascott to reflect a “flex-hybrid accommodation concept”.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: Serviced apartment and hotel operator The Ascott Limited has signed a memorandum of understand with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council to provide international accreditation for hospitality leaders in Singapore.
Reading Time: 2 minutes WORLDWIDE: CapitaLand Ascott Trust has partnered with the International Finance Corporation to launch IFC’s a sustainability-linked bond.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia: The all-suite Birkin International Hotel has officially opened in Melaka along Klebang beach.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia: Flexible living operator Urban Rest has promoted Simon Farr to general manager for Australia.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Extended stay hotel brand LivAway Suites has expanded in Arizona, breaking ground on its fourth site in Tucson.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Furniture and fit-out company David Phillips Furniture Limited has filed a notice of intent (NOI) to appoint administrators.
Reading Time: 2 minutes EMEA: Investor-operator Frasers Hospitality has appointed Darryl Walker as commercial director EMEA, a newly created position in the team.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Serviced apartment agent Synergy Global Housing has introduced the CarbonSMART tool to provide emissions reporting for its managed properties and supplier network.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy: Milan‑based proptech company Spacest.com has acquired the domain name, logo, and brand of TheHomeLike.com, formerly owned by German proptech Homelike, as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Family-owned business Sweeney Group has opened its second aparthotel in Aviemore.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Skye Suites Sydney, a five-star serviced-apartment property in Sydney’s CBD, has been sold to Furama Hotels International in what has been reported as the city’s largest hotel sale so far this year.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Developer Dalespell Limited has received consent to increase the number of rooms and additional retail space for its aparthotel project on O’Connell Street in Limerick.