Adam Quek, the general manager and commercial director of KOHLER Kitchen and Bath in Southeast Asia, discusses smart bathroom technology that has paved the way for touch-free toilet experience at home and in commercial centres.

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The need for intelligent toilet amenities in the age of the pandemic

With the entry period for the second annual Indonesia Property Awards now open, we speak to two members of the judging panel about he slowdown in Jakarta, the rise of its luxury residential segment and what the future holds for a city that could potentially house 30 million people by 2025.

Jakarta: the dozing giant

With the long-awaited elections in Myanmar over, we speak to Savills Myanmar country manager Richard Emerson about how this historic event will impact Myanmar’s fledging business community, the reaction on the ground and how the real estate industry can continue to grown under the leadership of a party with little to no government experience.

What now for Myanmar's property market?

The 'father of Lan Kwai Fong', celebrated entrepreneur and luxury property developer, Zeman is rarely short of appellations. We recently caught up with him to discuss the state of Hong Kong's market a year on from the Occupy movement, why Thailand remains one of the region's most desirable destinations and what he would've done differently if he were to get another shot at developing Lan Kwai Fong.

Dr Allan Zeman: from ladies' lingerie to Lan Kwai Fong

In the latest Property Report podcast, associate editor Richard Allan Aquino spoke with Elsa Tian, associate director of international projects marketing at Knight Frank China. Tian, who has lived in Shanghai for a number of years, discussed where and why affluent Chinese investors are currently investing in properties outside of Mainland China. She also shared her thoughts on Chinese residential real estate investment trends in the last five years, as well as some general projections for the future.

Chinese offshore investments and luxury home market trends

Property Report recently attended the launch of Nikki Beach Club Phuket and caught up with Chris Comer, CEO of project developer Castlewood Group, to discuss the company's collaboration with the renowned brand and its hotel investment scheme.

Live from the Nikki Beach Phuket launch party

This week, Property Report spoke with Israeli-Canadian “starchitect” Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects. Safdie illustrates his vision and discusses how his contemporary designs have achieved the goal of ‘humanising the mega-scale’ especially in the world’s most densely-populated urban areas.

Moshe Safdie on humanising the mega-scale

This week, Property Report attended the Fenn Young Designers Awards in Bangkok. Established in 2008 by Fenn Designers, with the aim to assist and develop young designers and foster a forum for creative minds, the awards welcomes applicants aged between 18 and 33 from around the world. We sat down with Fenn Designers' creative design director Dr Chafia Ferhat to discuss this year's theme, some of the most noteworthy submissions and the response from Thailand's budding architects and designers.

Fenn Young Designers Awards

How to define luxury in Thai real estate by Property Report

How to define luxury in Thai real estate

This week we spoke with Marc Townsend, managing director of CBRE Vietnam. Townsend, who has been based in the country for 11 years, discussed the gradual restoration of market confidence, investment treads over the last 12 months and the upcoming implementation of a new milestone foreign ownership law.

Vietnam's new foreign ownership law

Sonu Shivdasani on Soneva, Thai politics and the SLOW LIFE philosophy by Property Report

Sonu Shivdasani on Soneva, Thai politics and the SLOW LIFE philosophy

Deputy editor Liam Barnes this week spoke with James Harvey, who recently joined Savills Japan as its new head of international residential sales. Harvey, who has been based in Japan for more than a decade, discusses, amongst other things, Tokyo's emergence as one of the region's most attractive residential markets, the pros and cons of the pending consumption tax and the impact hosting the 2020 Olympics is set to have on the city.

The rise of Tokyo's property market

Property Report went to International CES--the world's largest consumer electronics show--to find the best tech tools for property owners.

Tech tools for property owners

Property Report deputy editor Liam Barnes last weekend attended the inaugural Pattaya Property Show down on Thailand's Eastern Seaboard. While at the event, he sat down, on the rooftop at the Hilton Pattaya, with co-organiser Mike Bridge to discuss how the show was going and what trends he expects to see in the market through 2014.

Live from the Pattaya Property Show

Jules Kay talks to Bill Barnett—acclaimed regional hospitality consultant and a regular columnist for Property Report. Bill recently released his second collection of regional property market insights as an e-book called: "It Might Get Weird". His intriguing and often entertaining observations are available online via property-report.com or as a free download with the Property Report iPad app.

Bill Barnett looks back and forward

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