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Landmark uses Thai-inspired design ideas
Business, Published on 26/12/2017
» Landmark Lancaster Hotel Group seeks to differentiate itself from competitors by integrating Thai design into its Lancaster Bangkok hotel.
Best of both worlds
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 30/10/2017
» Smart manufacturing does not always involve robots replacing people. Instead, robots should be viewed as enablers instead of disruptors, with productivity and efficiency enhanced by automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Adapt or die fighting the giants
Business, Published on 25/09/2017
» Thai banks have one to two years to adapt to the disruptive digital platform, which is changing the way people spend, live and make payments, as they face a do-or-die scenario regarding technology, warns Siam Commercial Bank's (SCB) chief marketing officer Thana Thienachariya.
Reaching out from Victoria
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 18/09/2017
» You don't meet very many Australian politicians who can speak Thai, but Philip Dalidakis, the minister for small business, innovation and trade with the Australian state of Victoria, has a lifelong connection with Thailand. It started two decades ago when he came to the northeastern province of Udon Thani as an exchange student in 1994.
How to cultivate digital talent and skills (Part 2)
Business, Published on 14/09/2017
» There can be no successful digital transformation without the right people. New technologies and business models quickly become commodities that are available to all industry players. The difference between winners and losers is the ability to identify, recruit and retain the digital talent that makes the technology work -- and use it to develop new ideas and create new opportunities.
The growing chain of restaurant struggles
Business, Published on 12/09/2017
» Legacy chain restaurants are struggling to adapt in the rapidly shifting food and beverage marketplace as consumers pivot towards more unique, digital-friendly restaurants and buffet outlets.
Escape from poverty
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/09/2017
» It was a cold winter night when Ji Seong-ho lost both of his left limbs. He was trying to jump onto a moving freight train to steal coal being transported from North Korea to China. He slipped on the snow and tumbled under the wheels of the carriage.
Advertisers need new tricks to meet digital media challenge
Business, Published on 31/08/2017
» Digital media has made succeeding in advertising harder because it has opened the market for creative content to a wider field. At the same time, it has made measuring impact a more precise process, essential for ad buyers who are increasingly focused on return on investment.
How awful was rice pledging, really?
Business, Published on 25/08/2017
» The verdict from the Supreme Court is out today on whether former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is guilty for her handling of the contentious rice-pledging scheme, one that officials say cost taxpayers more than 500 billion baht.
Australia's e-envoy
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 10/07/2017
» Step into the office of Tobias Feakin during lunchtime and you might hear the pulsing bass of Jack Bruce from 1960s legends Cream or the latest album by Circa Waves, a Liverpool-based indie rock band of more recent vintage. Listening to music, he says, helps him unwind, and a taste for British bands reflects his time spent studying in the UK.