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Retail Asia17/01/2019

Hotel room rates in Hanoi and HCMC, at around $110 a night, are the second most expensive in Southeast Asia behind only Singapore. Real estate services firm CBRE Vietnam said at a recent conference that the performance of the four- and five-star hotel segments was very strong in 2018 due to limited supply but constantly […]

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Retail Asia04/01/2019

Vietnamese homestay platform Luxstay has raised $3 million from CyberAgent Ventures and other foreign investors in its bridge round. Representatives of Luxstay, the Vietnamese homestay booking start-up, said the total capital raised could rise to $5 million as negotiations are still ongoing with interested investment funds. CyberAgent Ventures (CAV), a Japan based investment firm specializing […]

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Retail Asia04/12/2018

The “golden age of tourism” in Vietnam presents robust hotel development opportunities in Vietnam’s biggest cities. Troy Griffiths, deputy managing director of real estate consultant Savills, said Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi are “under-hoteled per population, per travel and per airlift capacity”. “Hotel is a particularly dynamic sector at the moment as Vietnam is experiencing […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2018

Hotel Chocolat has opened its second store in Asia Pacific. The British-based luxury chocolate retailer has opened an outlet in Tokyo to follow up its first store in the region, in Hong Kong. The new store is in the giant Aeon Lake Town shopping mall on the outskirts of Tokyo. More are planned for Japan, […]

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Retail Asia27/11/2018

Malaysia, one market in the region which has not stifled the growth of short-term accommodation, is Airbnb’s fastest growing market in Southeast Asia, welcoming over two million guests in the past 12 months as of July 1, marking a 99% growth year on year. Airbnb head of public policy for Southeast Asia Mich Goh said […]

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Retail Asia27/11/2018

Hotel booking sites Agoda and Booking.com have been ordered to revise their no-refund policies or potentially face legal action. Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that it has ordered the two global travel platforms to revise the terms and conditions which allow them to unfairly deny refunds for products and services. Customers are […]

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Retail Asia09/11/2018

An automated Alibaba hotel is set to open in Hangzhou. The move showcases the e-commerce giant’s technological capacity and serves to diversify its scope of business – with a view to demonstrating and selling its data-driven innovations. The company has claimed the hotel will be more efficient than manned properties within a comparable price range. […]

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Retail Asia09/11/2018

Six years in design and construction, Bangkok’s US$1.6 billion IconSiam development will finally be officially launched tonight before opening its doors to the public tomorrow morning. With 500 stores, more than 100 restaurants and 14 cinema screens, a luxury apartment tower and a Mandarin Oriental hotel, the ambitious development is probably the most significant addition […]

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Retail Asia02/11/2018

Ocean Park will soon open its first ever hotel next year with an aim of further boosting the number of visitors. Developed by Lai Sun Group, the hotel has launched its soft opening early this week. According to Peter Lam, chairman of Lai Sun Group, the hotel will undergo further testing and trials in the […]

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Retail Asia12/10/2018

Hotel and serviced apartment tariffs outside the city center are leveling off and on the brink of declining as a result of competition from apartments leased on Airbnb and others. CBRE’s senior director, Duong Thuy Dung, said since 2016 a total of nearly 100,000 apartments have been built and sold in Saigon, and a large […]

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Retail Asia11/06/2018

Luxury French food purveyor Fauchon will launch its global hotel brand Fauchon Hospitality in Paris on September 1. Long associated with fine foods, patisserie and French delicacies, the brand will open its first, the Fauchon L’Hotel Paris, as a 54-room, five-star property on the Place de la Madeleine, the home of the brand, since 1886. […]

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Retail Asia02/05/2018

Room rates in hotels and guest houses during the Labour Day “mini Golden Week” are not as expensive in comparison to past figures due to competition from Airbnb listings. Hong Kong had a busy weekend ahead of tomorrow’s Labour Day and saw a 9 percent rise in the number of mainland visitors on Saturday compared […]

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Retail Asia11/04/2018

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, will observe the upcoming Songkran Thai New Year period by wearing colorful traditional dress. Visitors and guests to the company’s properties are treated daily to graceful Thai service and cultural traditions that have become Centara’s hallmark; this Songkran, 13th – 15th April, they can enjoy the added […]

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Retail Asia01/03/2018

Malaysia’s largest government-linked fund management firm, Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), has signed Hyatt Hotels & Resorts as the hotel operator for its tower development, expected to be the third tallest in the world when completed. The luxury hotel operator’s Park Hyatt brand will occupy the top 17 floors of the tower, called PNB 118, PNB […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2018

Wood-lined bedrooms, a minimal diner, a library and a shop feature in the Muji Hotel in Shenzhen, which opens next week. In the Futian district, it is the first hospitality project initiated by the Japanese retailer, known for its minimalist homeware products. These feature in the hotel to reflect Muji’s simple aesthetic – described by […]

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Retail Asia17/10/2017

Last week a fast-food brand partnered with a fast-fashion label: now a luxury hotel is teaming with a Chinese fashion label… In time for Shanghai Fashion Week, W Hotels Worldwide unveiled an exclusive capsule collection by Chinese fashion brand Xu Zhi to mark the opening of the first W hotel in Shanghai. Six distinct looks and several […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2017

Devotees of Tokidoki, the overly cute character lifestyle brand, will in future be able to book a room in a Tokidoki-adorned hotel. Cofounders Pooneh Mohajer and Simone Legno plan to open 10 to 15 Tokidoki hotels in China in the next five years, with the first one expected to be welcoming guests by the end […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2017

The Japanese household goods and apparel company has announced its plans to open a hotel and world flagship in Ginza, Tokyo, in the spring of 2019. Developed by the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo headquarters and Mitsui Fudosan, a retail property developer of the Mitsui group, the 14,219 square metre, 13-floor building will feature eight floors dedicated to […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2017

L’Oréal Travel Retail has partnered with Lotte Duty Free to open a 23sq m counter at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul. The counter, based on Armani’s “from fashion dress code to beauty dress code” concept, is the first in travel retail to showcase the brand’s new retail expression. The space, which features curved lines and an open feel, allows […]

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Retail Asia27/06/2017

Over 10 million Chinese tourists visit Thailand each year. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) polled many of them for the 2017 People’s Choice Awards and Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World was voted “Best City Hotel.” The poll, just completed in June, is evidence of Chinese visitors’ growing importance to Thailand, […]

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