Dillip Rajakarier

NH Bangkok Sukhumvit Boulevard will be the first NH in Bangkok, second in Thailand, as Minor Hotels maps the brand’s expansion outside of Europe and the Americas.

Global hotel owner and operator Minor Hotels has added two properties in Sri Lanka, marking the introduction of its upper-upscale NH Collection Hotels & Resorts and upscale NH Hotels & Resorts brands in the country.

Minor Hotels, a hotel owner and operator with more than 550 properties in 56 countries, has announced a reported net profit of THB 530 million for the first quarter of 2024.

Minor International, a global hotel group headquartered in Bangkok, will temporarily suspend operations at some hotels in Thailand, neighbouring Malaysia and Europe. Group chief executive officer, Dillip Rajakarier, conceded the group faced a decline in business but looking forward ‘there would be significant pent-up demand when the situation improves. Such recovery is expected to be […]

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas has launched its first property in Spain – the exclusive Anantara Villa Padierna Palace Benahavis Marbella Resort. Situated on Spain’s Southern coast in the hills above Marbella and Puerto Banus, the hotel offers 132 guest rooms, suites and pool villas, in addition to world-class facilities, all set amongst stylish gardens […]

Expanding its current portfolio in Vietnam, Avani Hotels & Resorts has announced the signing of three new properties in Ho Chi Minh, Vung Tau, and Cam Ranh.

Avani Hotels & Resorts is expanding its portfolio in Thailand with the launch of Avani+ Samui, an upscale resort situated by Taling Ngam Bay on Koh Samui’s southwest shore. This secluded beach paradise will start welcoming guests from 20 December 2018.

Thai hospitality and investment group Minor Hotels has revealed today that it has upped its commitment to Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), by taking a stake in the independent hotel conglomerate. Minor, a member of GHA for over a decade when it first signed up to the group with luxury brand Anantara, took the opportunity to support […]

AVANI Hotels & Resorts has announced the signing for its second South Korean property, located in Busan’s city centre.

Anantara Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to diversify its portfolio in China by launching a luxury hotel brand in the Qingyang District of Chengdu with the opening of Anantara Jinsha Chengdu Hotel.

Thailand’s hotel and restaurant giant Minor International purchased Chinese conglomerate HNA Group’s 25.2% stake of Spanish hotel group NH Hotel for US$729 million (€619 m).

The city of Muscat is best known to travellers as ‘a very elegant town with very fine houses’ due to building policies that enforce cleanliness and traditional design elements. Portuguese 16th-century admiral Afonso de Albuquerque, to whom the quote is attributed, would agree with international hotel owner, operator and investor Minor Hotels that the Omani […]