Two of Asia’s leading property media players PropertyGuru and Thailand’s Property Awards have consolidated into a new company.
Going forward Ensign Media with their hard copy and online Property Report magazine and the Asia Property Awards will come under a new Singapore company PropertyGuru International.
Longtime Ensign Media head honcho Terry Blackburn will continue as a key executive.
Staff from Ensign will now be under the PropertyGuru flagship in Singapore and also Thailand.
Ensign was founded in 2003 by Terry Blackburn and Duncan Worthington, with the later departing the group a few years ago to pursue development of a public relations firm.
C9 Hotelworks has released a report titled Phuket Luxury Villa Rental Market 2015. One of the significant trends is the emergence of Hong Kong, Singapore and Mainland China. The geographic shift is seeing the ALOS (average length of stay) compress.
As one of Asia’s leading leisure destinations, Phuket has been a strategic location for high-end property investors and developers since the late 1980’s. The island’s luxury inventory is the most demonstrated and prolific in the region. One fundamental offshoot of this real estate element is a rising tide of holiday villa rentals.
Researching the sector, four-bedroom villas are the most popular unit type within the rental market; this is led on the back of an increasing number of guests coming in larger groups. In the past, Asians favored smaller unit sizes more, while bigger unit configurations were predominantly occupied by European guests.
A surge in short haul multi-generational travel and combination of friends and family is seeing the regional rental market demand gradually shifting toward larger unit types ranging from five to eight- bedroom villas.
The market trait for renting these villas is primarily through property management companies with on-line booking capabilities, rather than hotel groups. Over the next 36 months the island is expected to see an increased influx of larger branded luxury hotel-managed villas given the strong incoming supply pipeline.
For Phuket’s hotel industry the key underlying message is that non-traditional accommodation is rapidly growing in influence and appeal.
To download the full report, click the link below:
https://c9hotelworks.com/downloads/holiday-villa-rental-2015-12.pdf
Banyan Tree has launched a new branded residence project in Brisbane Australia.
On offer are 76 two, three and four bedroom waterfront apartments.
There is also a select set of premium penthouse units with pools.
Banyan has also expanded their Sanctuary Club and Private Collection to their Asian portfolio for holiday exchanges.
Asia-based hospitality groups are currently broadly expanding into Australia with Thailand’s Minor Group joining Banyan Tree in targeting residential-led hospitality projects.
According to C9 Hotelworks newly released Phuket International Schools Market 2015, 38% of students are Thai across thirteen island institutions. Other top nationalities are British, Australian, American, South Korean and Russian.
Currently there are over 2,500 students in schools and the number has continued to skyrocket with new entries in the marketplace.
International Schools are becoming big business, and a key finding of our research was how a growing number of Thai schools are now offering English Programs (EP) to tap into the growing demographic.
If you are interested to know which school have how many students, or how do tuition fees match, you can read or download the report on the link below:
https://c9hotelworks.com/downloads/international-school-report-2015-12.pdf
In what is becoming a hotbed of activity at the entrance of Laguna Phuket, the Boat Avenue retail and commercial complex is enlarging.
A new adjacent complex has been tagged as Hideaway Plaza, and is located near to the popular intersection populated by Bake.
On offer will be 14 new spaces for rent, in a single story structure overlooking a lagoon.
Rental rates are pegged at THB500 a square meter.
Developed by Khun Boon and his team at Boat Avenue, the project also features a second land plot that can accommodate a purpose designed building by a tenant.
Interested parties may contact Ying at 076-239-888 extension 221.
Iconic beach club and upscale boutique brand Twinpalms has inked a deal with developer of an oceanfront hotel branded residence project in Kamala Phuket.
The project will be managed by Twinpalms and houses 75 luxury residences.
Martin Palleros of Tierra Design is the architect and his past experience includes the Surin Beach Twinpalms property.
Units are currently on sale and the island’s hotel residences sector which currently has offerings by Banyan Tree, Trisara, Sri Panwa, Amari and Anantara is continuing to grow.
C9 Hotelworks advised the developer KBR on the hospitality real estate program and operator selection.
Good news shoppers the famous Swedish retail shop IKEA will open in Phuket on Friday November 27th.
Located at Bypass Biztown the IKEA operation for the island is a pick up and ordering point (PUP) though and not a full superstore.
Shopping services will be available online and by catalog.
Today is the day that I've decided ThePhuketInsider news blog shall end.
All good things, bad things or even the mundane everyday things in life eventually run their course, and the worst thing is to outstay your welcome and end up jumping the shark.
For over six years now, since starting the blog as a reaction to the global financial downturn and a series of high impact political crisis in Thailand, I've spend more time than I can count putting out a Phuket-focused newline covering hotels, tourism and property.
Have I deviated from my intended content? You bet, but to me the often sideways ventures have always been intended to be unique and a look something, or someplace different.
Phuket is graced with many quality news outlets and like it or not, I read or watch them all. From my earliest property columns at the Phuket Gazette edited by Alasdair Forbes, to the unwavering support of John Magee over the years, Alan Morrison of PhuketWan who continues to fight the good fight. The PhuketNews Tim Newton, Window on Phuket, Miguel Kirjon's slick Bikinis and Martinis and the penultimate real estate glossy Property Report, there is indeed something for all to read, comment and learn, or for the haters, to shed some angst about.
Moving forward I do clearly understand two features of ThePhuketInsider that shall remain, these being our news blast which are Phuket focused and C9 Hotelworks market research reports. These will continue on a dedicated section of our revamped www.C9Hotelworks.com website. We will host all archived news stories on that site as well so if you need to find an old story, that's the place to go. Readers who has subscribed to ThePhuketInsider will continue to receive blasts via C9 and have the option to opt if should they wish. My newspaper and magazine columns will also be hosted on C9.
I'd like to thank my readers for six years and a few scattered days here and there for spending time with ThePhuketInsider, it's been my honor to have you here. Is this the end, or is it just another new beginning? I'll let you decide that.
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Bali-basted Elite Havens have set their eyes on expanding the Phuket holiday rental market with a strategic investment interest into island firm Awesome Villas.
Elite is well-known throughout Asia and currently offer over 200 private villas properties for rent.
Awesome Villas has been operating since 2013 and markets some of Phuket's highest end homes.
For Elite the push into Thailand is a key move in consolidating the group into an Asian powerhouse in the sector.
