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Style & Travel
TRAVEL

Going local – hotels ramp up efforts to curate community experiences

(From left) Ho Ren Yung, deputy CEO of Banyan Group; Claire Chiang, co-founder of Banyan Group; Jane Ittogi; President Tharman Shanmugaratnam; and Ho Kwon Ping, co-founder of Banyan Group posing for a photo at the Mandai Rainforest Resort by Banyan Tree.
Singapore

Banyan Group hopes its new Mandai resort showcases Singapore’s biodiversity, strength in conservation

Rendezvous Grand Hotel Melbourne, in Australia, is Far East Orchard's asset. The group plans to expand its lodging platform across key geographies.
Property

Far East Orchard targets S$3 billion AUM, 110,000 lodging units by 2030

Major groups may be acting sensibly in privatising listed hotel-owning entities.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Owning luxury hotels is tough but can be richly rewarding for patient capital

Evergrande is getting delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange due to its failure to resume trading within 18 months, according to a filing on Aug 12.
Property

Evergrande’s iconic Canadian hotel to be sold after default

Dar Global CEO Ziad El Chaar said that the developer hoped to fund up to 70 per cent of its latest Trump International Hotel in the Maldives by selling tokens to retail investors.
Property

Saudi developer wants to sell Trump hotel tokens to US retail investors

Minor's founder and chairman William Heinecke: "The minute I feel that I can’t learn anything anymore or I stop learning, that’s when I’m going to retire completely."
ASEAN Business

Minor in name, a powerhouse in reality: Thailand’s William Heinecke far from ready to call it a day

Stamford Land said its in-house design team would be focused on ongoing upgrade works across several of its Australia-based hotels, including Stamford Plaza Melbourne.
Companies & Markets

Stamford Land H1 profit rises 4.1% to S$15.8 million on higher hotel room rates

The Bayview Beach Resort Penang, fronting the Batu Ferringhi beach, will be rebranded as Ascott Batu Ferringhi Penang, marking the flagship Ascott brand’s first beachfront resort in Malaysia.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia’s Oriental Holdings to seal RM411 million Penang, Langkawi hotel deals; partners Ascott for rebranding

September 2025’s weak hotel performance is in line with the decline in tourist arrivals for the month.
Singapore

Singapore hotel rates fall in Q3 due to lack of F1; Q2 tourism receipts grow 11.5%

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