
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorldwide: Voting has opened for three categories of the Global Branded Residence Awards, with the winners revealed in a virtual ceremony on Friday 2nd October.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: The 119-room BLESS Barcelona has opened, marking the fourth hotel under BLESS Collection Hotels.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Property management system RMS has integrated with customer data platform TrustYou to give operators a unified guest view.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Hand Picked Hotels, a collection of 21 country houses and coastal retreats, has appointed Andrew Stembridge as CEO of its luxury division.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Developer and operator IDILIQ Group has launched the Wyndham Portocolom branded residence resort, located on the south east coast of Majorca near Cala Marçal beach.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Real estate advisory firm Avison Young is set to finalise a recapitalisation deal to support “growth, sustained profitability and long-term value”.

Reading Time: 3 minutesHoteliers must be proactive when it comes to making their properties as energy efficiency as possible, says Accor’s Cristina de Oliveira-Frewen, both for the operational bottom line and long-term asset value.