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#BTLuxe: Bryan Lee: Putting faith in Eastern wellness principles The low-profile businessman reveals his ambitious plans for two heritage properties in Labrador Park and beyond. 🐍 BT Luxe CNY 2025 is out now! bt.sg/luxe

Beaches, parties and nose jobs: How Bali woos tourists with thriving cosmetic surgery scene In this fifth part of BT’s series on Asia’s medical tourism hubs, we spotlight Indonesia, where Bali’s healthcare scene is start…

Japan’s NTT appoints banks for US$1 billion data centre Reit IPO in Singapore: sources The listing could help spur IPO activity in Singapore, where US$152.3 million in IPO proceeds were raised last year, up 37.7% from US…

2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid review: Fresh face, familiar feels The interior deserves applause. The last Camry’s cabin looked like several people were in charge of the design but none of them were on speaking terms, but thin…

#BTLuxe: Pranai Phornprapha: Finding ‘soul’ in Thai cuisine Siam Motors Group’s scion had an epiphany in Son Doong Cave in Vietnam where there were no proper bathrooms or electricity. That hospitality at its core is abou…

Mergers and acquisitions expected to rise in South-east Asia in 2025 Market watchers notice a flurry of activity among sovereign wealth funds and that capital is waiting to be funnelled into M&As

The wayang of board evaluations The script is predictable. Directors extol their own virtues, politely applaud the stage master (chairperson), highlight successes (real or imagined), and gloss over failures with vague pl…

How the Fed will help Singapore Reits outshine banks From nursing homes in Japan to data centres in Ireland and grocery stores in the US, S-Reits give investors access to all sorts of rental streams.