The new weekend model: apartment-style stays
This article discusses Adagio’s Aparthotel Liverpool offering guests the freedom to rely on local restaurants while still having a functional kitchen, attracting a blend of leisure visitors, business travellers, concert-goers, and remote workers.
It states that, as travel habits continue to evolve, this apartment/aparthotel format feels less like an alternative and more like a natural step forward.
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by Becky Hoyle
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12 March 2026
ASAP Operator Member Frasers Hospitality a business unit of Frasers Property Limited, has unveiled a series of comprehensive asset enhancement initiatives (AEIs) spanning four gateway-city assets across Kuala Lumpur, London, Melbourne and Singapore. The asset enhancement strategy reflects Frasers Hospitality’s disciplined capital deployment approach aimed at sustaining value, enhancing income resilience and reinforcing long-term portfolio performance. Briefly, these encompass: Capri by Fraser, Kensington / London: Global debut of refreshed brand identity Novotel Melbourne on Collins: Inventory optimisation and brand alignment The Westin Kuala Lumpur: Strengthened premium segment with sustainability upgrade Frasers House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Singapore: Luxury heritage transformation for long-term value accretion Across all four properties, the AEIs are aligned with structural trends reshaping global hospitality demand, including the rising preference for experiential and design-led environments, and heightened institutional focus on sustainability performance and operational resilience. Read more
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