A friend of mine recently told me how he was amazed to see three Rolls-Royce Phantoms all in a line on his first visit to Phnom Penh last year. While this is by no means an every day occurrence on the streets of the Cambodian capital, the last few years have seen a marked rise […]
Read the opening of To Cook A Spider, the debut novel by Mark Bibby Jackson, available at Monument Books in Cambodia and at Amazon.
David Puttnam is a self-confessed optimist; a quality he believes stood him in good stead in his successful career as a film producer. “People have got to believe in something,” he says. “It’s like movies. Midnight Express would not have been the success it was if he hadn’t got out of prison. Chariots of Fire, […]
The Sukosol hotel brand has developed a global reputation over the last 40 years, its executive vice president explains the secret behind its success.
The Thai wellness sector has a universal reputation for excellence, but within it there is sufficient space for visionary entrepreneurs to cut out a niche market for themselves. By MARK BIBBY JACKSON It seems appropriate that the managing director of Kamalaya Koh Samui uses an analogy drawn from nature to illustrate his point about business. […]
Thailand’s medical tourism industry is the world leader, but as a major Bangkok hospital demonstrates, safety is as vital as value for money.
At the Greater Mekong Investment Forum in Bangkok, experts agreed that Myanmar is not a country for those with short-term vision. BY MARK BIBBY JACKSON
2015 is a big year for the climate change agenda. In December, negotiators will descend upon Paris to sign a new universal and legally binding treaty to tackle the issue. Yet as oil apologists and environmental campaigners dispute the impact of greenhouse gas emissions, business people are seizing the advantage of government subsidies to profit […]
Launched in June, Thailand’s Licensing Facilitation Act promises to make doing business in the Kingdom, more transparent and accountable.
At the Greater Mekong Investment Forum in Bangkok, experts agreed that Thailand had a unique opportunity to secure its place at the centre of the sub-region.