NEWS ROUND-UP
SACO opened its first aparthotel property last month, on Cannon Street in the City of London. The Cannon has 77 studios and one-bedroom apartments with smart TVs and contemporary furnishings. There’s also an on-site gym, a communal lounge and an app that allows guests to check in and open their apartment’s front door. SACO will unveil an aparthotel on Leman Street in London’s Aldgate at the end of this year, with two Edinburgh properties to follow next year. sacoapartments.com
BRIDGESTREET
has launched its Mode Aparthotel brand, aimed at travellers who are “connected, creative and crave community”. Each property will offer a 24hour concierge and communal areas for socialising. The first Mode opened in February in Washington DC and has 46 apartments, a bar/restaurant and a rooftop lounge. The brand will make its European debut in Paris’s 16th arrondissement this autumn, with 47 apartments, a lounge, a breakfast room and fitness centre. bridgestreet.com/mode
PREMIER APARTMENTS
has rebranded as Premier Suites and Premier Suites Plus – the latter adds Nespresso machines, Elemis amenities and a concierge service. The 45-apartment Premier Suites Plus Glasgow opened in January, and the brand is set to open in 12 destinations – including Belgium and the Netherlands – over the next three years. premiersuites.eu
STAYCITY
opened its second Birmingham property in the Jewellery Quarter in February. Staycity Aparthotels Newhall
Square has 170 apartments and offers the brand’s first ever dining offering – a lounge serving hot drinks, a continental breakfast and afternoon snacks. Staycity also added 125 new apartments to its property near Heathrow last month – bringing the total to 269 – and plans to treble its portfolio to 3,500 apartments by the end of next year in places such as Marseilles, Lyon and London’s Covent Garden. staycity.com
APPLE APARTMENTS
launched a new Liverpool property last month on Dale Street, with 35 studio apartments and a 24-hour reception. The brand also opened three new London properties last summer – Greenwich O2 (a tenminute drive from the venue), Kensington Gardens (set along Kensington High Street) and Limehouse in the east.
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THE ASCOTT LIMITED
will complete a renovation of the 129-unit Citadines Barbican by the end of the summer. The company, which also operates Ascott the Residence, Somerset Serviced Residence and Quest Apartment Hotels, plans to double its portfolio to 80,000 apartments by 2020, 10,000 of which will be in Europe. the-ascott.com
MARLIN APARTMENTS
will open its first aparthotel on Westminster Bridge Road, ten minutes’ walk from London Waterloo station, in 2017. The 236-unit property will be part of a mixed-use development with a restaurant, offices and shops.
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SILVERDOOR
has added 20,000 apartments to its global portfolio over the past two years, bringing the total to 120,000. New locations available to book with the agent range from Dover to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.
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GO NATIVE
plans to double its total number of apartments to more than 3,000 by 2018, with new sites in London Stratford, Waterloo and Victoria in 2016, and London South Bank, Croydon, Manchester and Edinburgh in 2018. These will be followed by Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and Reading. gonative.com
FRASERS HOSPITALITY
plans to more than triple its global portfolio from 9,000 to 30,000 units by 2020. Last September, it launched its Capri aparthotel brand in Frankfurt’s central business district, with a 24-hour fitness centre and an all-day restaurant. In January, it opened the five-star Fraser Suites Geneva, which offers a business centre, a gym and concierge services.
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OAKWOOD WORLDWIDE
will triple its number of properties this year, opening in locations such as Brisbane (this month). It will add another 28 properties in Asia over the next three to five years. oakwood.com