Minor Hotels is rebranding Anantara Vacation Club to Minor Vacation Club to reflect expanded access across its full portfolio, with two new Club Resorts launching in Japan later this year.
Minor Hotels signs two Thai resort properties in partnership with Rasa Group, marking Colbert Collection's Asian debut on Koh Samui and adding Avani Koh Phangan.
The 170-key property will open in 2030 near Phuket airport and extends IHG's Thailand pipeline to 37 hotels with AssetWise as development partner.
Lever Foundation's scorecard shows 69% of Thailand's hotel rooms are covered by cage-free egg commitments, with six groups already completed transitions.
Thailand's international visitors fell 7.25% year-over-year to 31.9 million through November, with Chinese arrivals down 34% as competition intensifies in Bangkok's 83,000+ key hotel market.
Post-pandemic Thailand faces 83,000+ rooms in Bangkok alone with 751 more keys opening by 2025, driving strategic repositioning over organic recovery.
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