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Sultan of Brunei makes bid for New York’s Plaza Hotel
The Sultan of Brunei is making a play for one of the world's most-storied hotels, people familiar with the matter said. An investment vehicle...
Brunei hotel boycott spreads to London
The boycott of Brunei-owned hotels has spread to London, just weeks after properties in the US were the subject of a backlash by celebrities...
Brunei-owned Beverly Hills hotel loses $1.5m
The losses faced by the Beverly Hills Hotel due tot a boycott over Brunei’s anti-gay laws have reached an estimated $1.5 million, local media...
Beverly Hills City Council tells Brunei to clear out
The Beverly Hills City Council has condemned the government of Brunei for its "extreme and inhumane" Shariah laws and urged the nation's sultan to...
US fashion industry boycotts Brunei-owned hotels over Shariah law
US fashion designers as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists are taking a stand against the leader of Brunei who plans...
Brunei family buys entire London street
A family from Brunei has reportedly bought 75 per cent of property along Queensway, the west London thoroughfare, in a series of deals worth...
Sultan of Brunei on hotel buying spree
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who via the Brunei Investment Agency controls the Dorchester Collection, chain of currently 9 luxury hotels in the US and...
Brunei eyes Four Seasons New York
The flagship luxury hotel Four Seasons in midtown Manhattan has obviously become a target of the Brunei Investment Agency, the sultanate's sovereign wealth funds...
Hotel investors eye East Asia and GCC
Great potential for new hotel projects has been identified by prestigious hotel groups as an effect of rising tourist numbers, healthy investors interest and...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...