Empty rooms, so what?

Article Abstract:

Asian hotels have been hit by a drop in numbers of tourists and business clients, but foreign companies operating hotels in Asia have been relatively unscathed. Western companies tend to manage hotels in Asia, rather than own them, and their risks are thus reduced, with the owners who have built the hotels carrying the burden. Asian hotels tend to be owned and run by the same company. Management companies were initially interested in buying hotels while prices were low, but problems related to bankruptcy laws have hindered this.

Industry Overview, Foreign investments

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Room service: Robert Kuok

Article Abstract:

Tycoon Robert Kuok has successfully pursued what is considered an unusual strategy in his luxury hotel chain by owning and operating both the chain and the buildings the hotels are in. The Kuok Group's Shangri-La Asia chain has quickly grown to a position of dominance.

Methods, Management, Hotel and motel management, Kuok, Robert, Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd., Kuok Group

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Pukkah hotels: the great old colonial watering holes of Asia are forsaking crumbling grandeur for sleek efficiency. Will only sentimentalists mourn?

Article Abstract:

Many elegant, Colonial-style hotels of Asia have been renovated and modernized. Some people welcome the additional amenities, while others feel that the hotels' charm is being lost to homogenization. Hotels discussed include Le Coq d'Or, Raffles, The Strand and others.

Remodeling and renovation

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