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Skift
2 days ago
- Business
- Skift
Dusit Launches 9th Hotel Brand in Push for Scale
Dusit is best known for its luxury hotels and skill at channeling Thai hospitality. Its new brand is one-tier down in affordability and is more flexible for conversions. That should help the group scale more quickly. Dusit International has added a ninth brand to its expanding portfolio, launching Dusit Hotels to target the upper-upscale segment, with properties tailored for both urban and resort markets across Asia and the Middle East. The Bangkok-based conglomerate launched the new brand on Monday for three hotels in Doha, Hanoi, and Chengdu, with a fourth planned for Manila in 2026. The launch reflects Dusit's challenge in expanding beyond its small base. The company operates just 55 hotels across all brands. Back in 2023, it had said it was seeking to double its hotel count worldwide to around 100 by this year. The group said Monday it had more than 60 properties in its
Times
11-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Bicester Village at 30: what's the secret to its success?
When Scott Malkin first arrived in Bicester in 1991 it was a one-horse town. 'I came to take a look at a piece of land just off the M40. All I could see when I got there was a forlorn-looking mare wandering around fields that were filled with debris,' he recalls. But Malkin liked what he saw and bought the land for £15 million. What the boss of Value Retail did next changed shopping for ever. He created the world's first upscale discount-fashion shopping centre: Bicester Village. 'Nobody in Britain thought it would work,' he says with a laugh. Back then outlet malls were cheap and not-so-cheerful jumble sales of 'factory shops' with a naff food court. How wrong the critics were. Bicester Village,
