William Heinecke

London has attracted other Singapore property tycoons in recent years. Billionaire Kwek Leng Beng’s City Developments bought St. Katharine Docks in 2023, and real estate magnate Chua Thian Poh’s Ho Bee Land acquired The Scalpel office skyscraper the year before.

The IPO would help reduce the company’s debts and bankroll expansion plans as the hotel and restaurant operator taps the post-pandemic travel boom.

Thai tycoon’s purchase of NH Hotel Group in 2018 made him a major player in hospitality just a year before Covid slammed the industry, but with travel rebounding he is reaping the benefits and putting his energy into global expansion.

Bangkok has never been hotter, and the city has many charms. But to fully explore these, some hotels are better than others.

U.S.-born Heinecke started Minor in 1967 as an office cleaning and advertising company while still a teen studying at Bangkok’s International School, and is now CEO of one of the largest hotel groups in the world

After enjoying a surge in their wealth a year ago, Thailand’s richest hit a speed bump in 2019, where half of the nation’s richest saw their fortunes decline, including each of the top four.

The newest and youngest member of the Thai rich list is Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, 33, who last year took over from his late father, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, as CEO of duty-free giant King Power.

Its just completed acquisition of Tivoli gives it 12 hotels in Portugal and two in Brazil, but more importantly a foundation to bring its Anantara brand to Europe and the Americas.

Readers share their thoughts on previous issues.

Here's another crisis unfolding in slow motion: the aging of several advanced Asian societies and the related concern of public indebtedness.

Southeast Asia's three biggest economies seem to be staggering. What's Bill Heinecke thinking?

To protect Asian elephants, Thai billionaire William Heinecke combines a lifelong passion with his considerable powers of persuasion. But first, how about a friendly game of supersized polo?

Record number of tourists are a boon for Thailand's richest.

American born entrepreneur Bill Heinecke makes a fortune selling consumer brands largely to Thai consumers.

William Heinecke's empire has taken some hits, but the fun-loving optimist travels on.