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Location Before Ego: What Makes a Hospitality Project Work

EXPERT VIEWS

Sep 01, 2026 Mark van Ogtrop

Location Before Ego: What Makes a Hospitality Project Work

After more than 40 years in hospitality across three continents, Mark van Ogtrop argues that the industry still rests on a few timeless principles. For investors, the most important is equally simple: location defines demand.

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Beyond Five Stars : What Truly Defines Great Hospitality?

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Sep 01, 2026 Rob Rijnders

Beyond Five Stars : What Truly Defines Great Hospitality?

After 45 years of welcoming guests, Rob Rijnders explains why unforgettable hospitality is rarely about the room or the breakfast. It is about recognition, anticipation, genuine human warmth and the small moments that make a guest feel truly noticed.

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From Condominiums to Hotels: Building Pattaya for the Long Term

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Sep 01, 2026 Rony Fineman

From Condominiums to Hotels: Building Pattaya for the Long Term

Rony Fineman reflects on arriving in Pattaya in 1986, developing homes at exactly the right moment, why hotels became the long-term plan, and what the city must get right next.

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Buying Property in Pattaya: What I Check Before I Tell a Client “Yes”

Property Insights

Aug 28, 2026 KC

Buying Property in Pattaya: What I Check Before I Tell a Client “Yes”

After nearly 25 years in Pattaya real estate, I have learned that finding the right property is about considerably more than bedrooms, bathrooms and price per square metre.

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Replace the Nominees with the Government

Real Estate News

Aug 28, 2026

Replace the Nominees with the Government

A radical, controlled answer to "And then what?"

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The Pattaya Nominee Raids Have Started. But Perhaps That Is Not Such Bad News

Property Insights

Aug 28, 2026 KC

The Pattaya Nominee Raids Have Started. But Perhaps That Is Not Such Bad News

A calm look at what the recent DSI action may really mean for Pattaya, foreign homeowners and the future of a more transparent property market.

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Is This Pattaya Property Overpriced? How I Really Judge Value

Property Insights

Aug 28, 2026 KC

Is This Pattaya Property Overpriced? How I Really Judge Value

After nearly 25 years in Pattaya real estate, I have learned that “expensive”, “cheap” and “good value” are three very different things.

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Dreaming of Building Your Own Home? Start With the Land, Not the House.

Property Insights

Aug 28, 2026 KC

Dreaming of Building Your Own Home? Start With the Land, Not the House.

Most building problems start with the land, not the house. Title deeds, access, drainage, permits, and realistic budgets — what to check before your first baht disappears into the ground.

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Property Insights

Aug 28, 2026 KC

And Then What?

Thailand’s nominee crackdown has created plenty of fear. But nobody seems to be answering the most obvious question for existing foreign homeowners.

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Doing Business in Thailand: Opportunity Rewards the Well Prepared

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Aug 28, 2026 Hans van den Born

Doing Business in Thailand: Opportunity Rewards the Well Prepared

Hans van den Born explains why Thailand remains an attractive base for Dutch business - and why patience, trusted relationships and a long-term view matter as much as the opportunity itself.

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Pattaya Property Construction Quality: A Structural Engineer’s View on What Buyers Should Look For

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Aug 25, 2026 Gavin Perfect

Pattaya Property Construction Quality: A Structural Engineer’s View on What Buyers Should Look For

We asked Gavin Perfect, a British structural engineer and Founder & Director of ESS Developments, the company behind Zensiri Projects in Pattaya, what buyers should look for when assessing the construction quality of a property. Gavin explains why good design begins beneath the finishes, how buyers can recognise genuine quality and why modular construction may transform Pattaya's housing market.

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