Service apartments conception originate from 1994,means hotel-style service and apartments management.Service apartments,was originated in Europe,Tourism is then leased to the district for its temporary space tourists property,such property only for a short while guests rest and stay,but also to their home uniform management,the nature of both the hotel and to the individual "temporary homes",which formed the embryo hotel-style apartments.

Service apartments first appeared in Shenzhen.After Shanghai,Beijing and other places have.This type of property usually occur in big cities or more developed in some tourist areas.According to the statistics,in total there are 75 service apartments in Shanghai recently.But less in Beijing,this type of property usually concentrate in superior community of downtown.