Most restaurant owners measure success in two numbers: how many branches they’ve opened, and how much money landed in the bank at the end of the year. Maguro Group — the Bangkok-based company behind the Maguro sushi chain, the Hitori Shabu hot pot brand, and nearly a dozen other Japanese and Korean dining concepts — … Read more
Tucked behind Chiang Mai’s tourist-clogged night bazaar sits a neighborhood most visitors walk straight past: Chang Moi, a warren of aging shophouses that once thrived as the city’s river-trade hub before fading into the background of Thailand’s most photographed province. That is now changing on purpose. Chiang Mai’s city government has turned faded walls, old … Read more
BANGKOK — A coalition of 100 organizations wants to convince Thailand — and eventually the world — that living to 100 in good health isn’t a fantasy, it’s a business plan. On September 9, 2026, an industry group called the Sustainable Medical Tourism Innovation Association (a Thai trade body that promotes the country’s health and … Read more
On September 10, 2026, a Thai company most Westerners have never heard of struck a deal that says a lot about where global food money is heading. Pattaya Food Group (PFG) — a four-decade-old Thai seafood processor named after the beach resort city where it was founded — announced a strategic partnership and investment from … Read more