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  Staycity sees the opening of its fourth aparthotel property in Dublin when the 50-apartment building in Chancery Lane, Dublin 8, opens next week [3 December]. Chancery Lane offers 49 studio apartments sleeping up to two people and a two-bed apartment sleeping up to four. Facilities include a Staycafé, serving hot and cold drinks and […]

1 November 2018, London: The UK’s hotel sector has stood firm in what is proving a tough trading year, with overall occupancy in London slightly up and the provinces remaining flat in the year to date. Speaking to an audience of HOSPA members (the Hospitality Professionals Association) in London today [1 November 2018] HVS chairman […]

24 September 2018, London: Visitor numbers to the Hungarian capital of Budapest have risen by 12% over the past three years prompting a recovery in the city’s hotel sector and stimulating further demand for property, according to a new report from global hotel consultancy HVS. With Budapest’s hotels having suffered from the global financial crisis […]

10 July 2018, London: The European serviced apartment sector has boomed in the past year, with approaching 20,000 units planned for the next five years and some operators within the region interested in expanding into new markets such as Eastern Europe and even the US. According to a survey of leading serviced apartment operators undertaken […]

Merlin Holland, the only grandson of famous Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, was the guest of honour at the official opening of Staycity Group’s Wilde Aparthotels London, The Strand, yesterday [24 April]. Holland, along with Staycity Group CEO Tom Walsh, cut the ribbon on the apartment building, the first of the company’s premium Wilde […]

07 January 2018, London: Hotels in over half the 12 cities surveyed in the latest Hotel Bulletin, published this week by HVS, AlixPartners, STR and AM:PM, recorded declining occupancy in Q4 2017, with the other half reporting limited growth. The results demonstrate the tough trading conditions hotels faced at the end of 2017, with four […]

06 February 2018, London: A survey of leading European banks has shown that despite on-going uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the EU they are still positive about lending on hotel projects in Britain, ranking the UK as their most preferred hotel lending market along with Germany and the Netherlands. According to the European Hotel Lending […]

Dublin-based Staycity Aparthotels has appointed Matt Roberts to the newly created position of Head of Sales. Roberts joins Staycity from SACO The Serviced Apartment Company, where he was responsible for corporate sales in London and key account management. His career to date includes Director of Sales UK and Ireland for American Express Global Business Travel […]