Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The St Martins Lane Hotel in London, part of Morgans Hotel Group, has teamed up with design collective Luna & Curious to launch “Semi-Automatic”.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Liverpool-based design and public relations agency The Design Foundry has been appointed by Contessa Hotels to manage its regional and national PR and marketing.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMexico: Casa de Guadalupe Boutique Hotel in San Cristobal de las Casas joins vacation exchange giant. The hotel, which is set in an 18th century

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: The James Chicago has announced a partnership with Stash Hotel Rewards, a loyalty programme for US independent hotels. Stephen Blackford, general manager of The

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Mix of finance for LA nightclub and hotel entrepreneur’s Park Avenue South property. Sam Nazarian and his development partner, New York-based Moin Development Corp,

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Watpac Construction has been chosen as contractor for the conversion of Adelaide’s heritage-listed Colonial Mutual Life building into a boutique hotel. Renamed The Mayfair

Reading Time: < 1 minuteScotland: Malmaison has announced that it is to refurbish the vacant Tay Hotel, a listed 1889 building in Dundee. Construction group Interserve has been appointed

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Hotel amenities supplier Concept Amenities has established an independent charity called Soap Aid. Soap Aid will address the lack of soap in third world

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ESPA has announced a collaboration with Essex boutique hotel and spa. Lifehouse Spa & Hotel is set in 12 acres of English Heritage Gardens

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Boutique property The Jade Hotel has hired Nancy J. Friedman Public Relations to handle its marketing communications. The Jade, an 18-story, 133-room boutique hotel,