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Bill Barnett

Bill Barnett has over 30 years of experience in the Asian hospitality and property markets. He is considered to be a leading authority on real estate trends across Asia, and has sat at almost every seat around the hospitality and real estate table. Bill promotes industry insight through regular conference speaking engagements and is continually gathering market intelligence. Over the past few years he has released four books on Asian property topics.

Phuket6 days ago

Wyndham to manage new condo at Layan Beach Phuket

by Bill Barnett A new Wyndham managed condominium hotel is rising in the Layan Beach area of Phuket. Named the Laya Resort Phuket, the first phase...
Thailand3 weeks ago

Phuket Airport passenger arrivals dip

by Bill Barnett, c9Hotelworks.com To date, 2019 is shaping up to be a slightly volatile year for tourism to the island. Passenger arrivals at Phuket International...
Bangkok3 weeks ago

Bangkok luxury poised to push through the US$300 ceiling

by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com PHOTOS: Rosewood Bangkok For hotel owners and managers in South East Asia, one of the great mysteries of the past ten...
Business1 month ago

Phuket hotel watch – 3 months down, 9 to go in 2019

by Bill Barnett of C9Hotelworks.com At the beginning of the year Phuket’s tourism and hotel sector was cautiously optimistic after a strong first half of 2018...
Opinion1 month ago

Fox News fake news, Phuket gets a bullet

by Bill Barnett, C9Hotelworks.com As Phuket moves slowly into low season, a story published in the international media by the US-based Fox News about how tourists...
Business1 month ago

Massive 11 hotel project, surf club and waterpark for Kata, Phuket

by Bill Barnett, C9Hotelworks.com Thai developer K.W. Plaza group has unveiled plans for a large-scale mixed-use project called The Beach Plaza on 15 rai, that will...
Koh Samui2 months ago

Koh Phangan and Koh Tao try to shake off monthly boom and bust

by Bill Barnett Thailand’s idyllic Koh Phangan island is renowned globally for its marque Full Moon parties. On the heels of soaring demand for the big...
Phang Nga2 months ago

Phuket’s hotel and property players look north

by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com One of Greater Phuket’s real estate and hotel market’s that has a decided buzz of late is the area north of...
Phuket2 months ago

Phuket airport numbers soar, despite the sag in the second half of 2018

“India became the fastest growing source market last year with more direct flights in 2019.” by Bill Barnett of C9 Hotelworks In 2018, Phuket tourism experienced...
Bangkok2 months ago

Top 5 Phuket (and Thailand) hotel trends for 2019

by Bill Barnett Moving through high season in 2019, hoteliers are starting to look for strategies for the rest of the year in order to not...
Business2 months ago

Phuket hotels under pressure to perform

by Bill Barnett C9 Hotelworks Despite registering a record high 9 million passenger arrivals at the island’s gateway international airport in 2018, performance data is indicating...
Business3 months ago

Strong baht a concern for Thai hotel sector

by Bill Barnett Thailand’s baht performance against Asian currencies in 2018, was unmatched, with the exception of the Japanese yen. Commenting on the trend financial news...
Phang Nga3 months ago

Hong Kong property tzars team up for new Phang Nga development “Aquella”

FILE PHOTO Two of Hong Kong’s leading entrepreneurs Allan Zeman and Richard Li are developing a mixed-use project in Thai Muang, Phang Nga named Aquella. The...
Phuket4 months ago

City by the Bay – Laguna Phuket’s urbanisation

by Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com If you were going to play a soundtrack to this story, perhaps it could be started off best with the 80’s...
Business5 months ago

Sporting events, meetings and Indian weddings spur Phuket tourism in 2018

PHOTO: WeddingSutra.com by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com Phuket’s surging MICE market is now valued at 10.9 billion baht, as meetings, incentives and exhibitions attracted over 800,000...
Southeast Asia5 months ago

From condoms to condos – Southeast Asia’s sex tourism journey

by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com “One thing I can assure them is that business will never be the same. Never.” This is a story that has...
Phuket5 months ago

Pulp Fiction – Phuket tourism by numbers

by Bill Barnett This week netizens have been captivated over a photo in the blogosphere proclaiming that “Phuket high-season was dead as a dodo.” Excuse me...
Opinion6 months ago

How will ‘Chindia’ change Phuket’s tourism future?’

What exactly is this Chindia? In a nutshell it’s a flash drive marketplace with 1/3 of the world’s population – China and India. For a great...
Koh Samui6 months ago

Koh Samui balancing on tourism razor’s edge

PHOTO: www.thekalasamui.com “…shrinking Chinese demand due to the economic slowdown and depreciation for the yuan versus the baht” The time has come to open the discussion...
Property7 months ago

The future of Bangkok’s Chinatown

by Bill Barnett of c9hotelworks.com (First appeared on linkedin.com) The emergence of boutique hotels, hostels, hip bars and cafes has revolutionised the way Chinatown, Bangkok is...

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