Blog

From the world of serviced apartments.

In our blog articles you will learn interesting facts from the world of temporary living.
We introduce you to new partner properties, provide you with information on the topic of
temporary living in serviced apartments, provide checklists and much more.

For more in-depth information, such as professional articles, interviews and podcasts with apartment operators
as well as guest articles on temporary living, we recommend our digital trade magazine (in German language)

SO!APART insight

02/26/2021

Travelling on business? But only by car!

How do you do your business travel? Do you use the train or the plane? Or do you currently prefer to use your own vehicle to reach your destination safely and as contactlessly as possible? The demand and the need for car parking spaces in connection with…

02/23/2021

You'd better live unusually!

Anyone can live 08/15...are you looking for the extraordinary? As unique and special as people are, so unique are the characters of our new partner properties with their serviced apartments, which we are now also offering and would like to recommend to…

01/14/2021

Frankfurt/Main - beautifully central

[Translate to English:] Serviced Apartments, Frankfurt am Main

As one of the most important international financial centres and as a major trade fair location and service and industrial center, Frankfurt/Main is a lively city characterised by business travellers. Not only for their stays in the Main metropolis, our…

03/10/2020

Greta effects wanted

What contribution is the segment making to meeting climate targets? An ambitious one in some places. But the potential and opportunities are even greater, many operators agree. A few voices and initiatives. Since Greta, Luisa and Rezo, sustainability…

03/02/2020

Big, bigger, future

What stands for the future of living and hosting is worth thinking about further. A look at the future of current trends in the serviced apartment segment - and a focus on two that bring huge potential: Co-Living and Bleisure. The future of the segment…

12/03/2019

Excellently ambitious

We are very pleased that we are able to offer in our portfolio serviced apartment properties that are excellent in both senses of the word and at the same time stand for a great deal of commitment.

09/12/2019

A house instead of a serviced apartment?

With Homes & Villas by Marriott International, the hotel giant has entered the homesharing market with private luxury rental properties in 2019. We spoke with Chris Stephenson, Senior Director of Homes & Villas by Marriott International, about first…

02/12/2019

Anett Gregorius interviewed about the new charter

Simpler, clearer and highly topical - this is how the new "Temporary Housing Charter" can be summed up. Developed by the specialist group Serviced Apartments of the Working Group Hotel Real Estate under the leadership and initiative of Anett Gregorius, it…

01/10/2019

Flexible living, simply everywhere - rental furniture and serviced apartments in vogue

A guest article by Daniel Ishikawa, Managing Director of FLC Furniture GmbH Co KG, a leading provider of furniture leasing solutions based in Frankfurt am Main.

01/09/2019

2019 is all about dancing - have you got your dancing shoes out yet?

A personal view from Anett Gregorius, Founder and Owner of Apartmentservice

06/27/2018

We love to extend the stay: The new Bleisure Traveller is online!

At www.bleisuretraveller.com, the web travel magazine is the first medium to focus on the business traveller trend Bleisure as a combination of business and leisure.

02/20/2018

NEW and proud of it: Apartmentservice is now EuRA Affiliate Member

Apartmentservice has been a new member of the European Relocation Association since February 2018.

07/31/2017

What exactly do we do at Apartmentservice?

[Translate to English:] Apartmentservice

We arrange serviced apartments and are thus active in a segment of the hotel industry that is on the rise. Serviced apartments combine the best of private living and the hotel business, making them the ideal home away from home for a while.

03/02/2017

NEW! Book serviced apartments now online at www.apartmentservice.de/en

You would like to book long-term accomodation for your clients and colleagues quickly and easily? Then you now have the opportunity to do this with Apartmentservice! The project was developed in collaboration with the renowned Berlin IT company…

01/13/2017

Charter of Temporary Living

In the serviced apartment segment, various terms are still used to describe one and the same concept. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult for guests to find the right product.

06/09/2016

Unsuccessful lawsuit against the misappropriation prohibition law

Since 1 May 2016, the transitional regulation for the "Law on the Prohibition of the Misappropriation of Residential Space", which Berlin's politicians passed two years ago, has expired. This law prohibits the commercial use of residential space as…

04/29/2016

Misappropriation of living space - furnished apartments in Berlin

The issue of misappropriation of housing has been occupying the serviced apartment sector in Berlin for some time. Partly as a reaction to the growth of peer-to-peer platforms, such as Airbnb, and in order to counteract the housing shortage in Berlin by…