Catching the Thai MICE, a Billion Dollar Tourism-Linked Industry
MICE, which includes meetings, incentives, conferences, and events, is one of the highest margin service businesses in the world today catering due...
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The Best of May/June 2018
It wasn't easy selecting top picks for the latest round of company visits. Many of the companies had not been doing so well this quarter. Yet, even...
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Biggest Deal in 2018: MINT Becomes a Thai Starwood!!
MINT buys NHH! Maybe, it's the sound of B Grimm tycoon tailgating Bill Heinecke on the Thai-Coons list, or the cheap interest rates, which can only...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Fiscal Slippage, Indonesian Industry, Thai Hotels
This week's Post-Vesak Day offering of 29 Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and...
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Thai Hotel Battle Rap: Erawan Vs CENTEL
We recently caught up with two of Thailand's major hotel operators, Erawan and Centel, and a third player, NVD, which has some hotel operations but...
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