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Analysis: Home design: Seat of power
Many times I have nervously walked into the offices of CEOs and major executives for first time meetings. Sometimes there is a dazzling expensive view from an office on a high floor, but I often find, for being so fancy, their offices are usually drab and predictable. I continue to be hugely underwhelmed.
Hi Life: Villa Rental: Villa Chan Grajang Phuket, Thailand
Chan Grajang, which is generous on a multitude of fronts – size, staffing, views, privacy, entertainment pleasures, charm. Its hilltop position is truly inspiring; we enjoyed wide views over the sea and watched the sun fade into the lush headland beyond. Inside we revelled in the villa’s unusual rustic luxury, where nature’s clever designs – a large twisted driftwood log, for example – meshed perfectly with the sumptuous, finely crafted finishings.
Analysis: Pension: Plugging the pension gap with property related assets
The decline in worldwide retirement provision and pension deficits in both government and private schemes, will inevitably lead to a reduced income stream for those reliant on them to fund their retirement needs.
Many individuals are understandably now in a state of inertia and ‘caught in the headlights’ following the institutional financial fiascos of 2008 and 2011
Analysis: Insights: A close Burma shave
Myanmar’s new found freedom is already luring overseas property investors in droves, but will the market match all the buzz? Years of failed Communism in Banana Republics around the spinning globe have left a shallow feeling on unfulfilled capitalism and empty wallets from the huddled masses.
Leading Edge: Real opportunities in Yangon
When Colliers International recently hosted a half day seminar in Bangkok entitled “Doing Business in Myanmar — Opportunities and Challenges,” the response was impressive. Hardly a seat was left unsold in the expansive Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, where an experienced panel of Burma experts (listed below) based in Yangon and Bangkok, out- lined the potentials and pitfalls in Asia’s latest investment hotspot
Special Report: At your service… at home
The average occupancy rate at selected serviced apartments was 72 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011, an improvement from 70 per cent in the previous quarter and 66 per cent a year earlier. Average room rates per night during the fourth quarter was RM277 (US$90), a decline from the RM288 (US$94) recorded in the previous quarter.
Analysis: Tax: International aspirations for AEC 2015
The latest BDO Global Ambition Survey reveals that despite perceived increased difficulties in conducting business abroad, the CFOs in all the countries interviewed believe that a larger proportion of their revenues will be accounted for by sales outside their headquartered country by 2014.
Analysis: Buyers Advice: It takes three to Tango
Proudly admitting to being a real estate agent is something that I don’t have a problem with. I work very hard for my clients and take the responsibility of assisting them to both protect and invest their money extremely seriously. But alas, whenever I am at some swanky event or gorgeous lunch and in my element – you know what I mean – the champagne is flowing, the conversation is lively and my new best friends are laughing like drains at my fabulous wit and hanging on every word of my hilarious “you won’t believe what happened on the way here” story, some bright spark has to ruin it all and ask me what I do for a living.
Special Feature: Viva Las Vegas
Property investments are often about hedging bets, and global economic shifts mean investors increasingly scour the international markets for opportunities that offer a win-win combination of financial security and lifestyle benefits.
High Life: Interview: The luxury of patience
Vorasit Isarra, better known as Wan, is the managing director and creative mind behind Phuket’s celebrated Sri Panwa Resort and Residences. Having sold out Phase 1 and 2, he recently launched a third phase of villas that will set a new benchmark for Phuket luxury property.
