The Ascott Limited, the world’s largest international serviced apartment owner-operator, is to open a number of new properties worldwide.

New serviced apartments have opened this year, or are due to open between 2011 and 2013, in key locations worldwide, many of them in the BRICs countries.

There are seven new properties in China (including Beijing and Shanghai), and five in India (including Hyderabad and Chennai). Other locations include Melbourne, Australia, Kyoto, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Jakarta, Indonesia.

For further information, see www.the-ascott.com