Hotel Lotte and Hana Financial Investment purchased a hotel in downtown Seattle for Lotte to expand its reach in the U.S. market.…
Alibaba Group partners with Accor
Accor and Alibaba Group announced a strategic partnership to develop a series of digital applications and loyalty programs to improve the consumer and traveler experience over the next five years.…
PODCAST #4: How is luxury changing?
Retail in Asia has invited Fflur Roberts, Head of Global Luxury Goods at Euromonitor International to share with us how luxury is changing across different sectors and how the wellness trend is drivi…
The Great Room launches in Hong Kong
The Great Room sees convergence of hospitality and coworking, amenitisation with premium offerings, and evolving landlord partnerships as the three key rising trends in the coworking sector.…
Fortnum & Mason opens first flagship in Hong Kong
Fortnum & Mason, the British retail and hospitality brand, announces the opening of a new site in K11 MUSEA.…
EXCLUSIVE DOUBLE INTERVIEW : Daniel Welk and André Fu present the Waldorf Astoria in Bangkok
Daniel Welk and André Fu define luxury in SEA.…
Shinsegae unveils its first independent hotel in Seoul
L’Escape, Shinsegae’s new boutique hotel, aims to combine the ambience of 19th-century Paris with intriguing restaurants and bars from Korean and foreign trendsetters.…
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts to open in Bangkok
Hilton’s luxury brand, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, will welcome its first guests in South East Asia in the third quarter of 2018 with the opening of Waldorf Astoria Bangkok.…
Chinese tourists take over the world
A rising tide of travelers from China is spreading out across the region, out-shopping, outspending and out-eating every other nation.…
First full year of profitability for Airbnb
Airbnb announced it generated earnings of about $100m in 2017 while bookings grew around 150 percent, in a streak of profitability that marks a contrast with heavily lossmaking peers such as Uber and …