📅 Published: 17th September 2025
📰 Media: The Sun
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Pragmatique’s managing director, Dr. Timmy Ho was interviewed in today’s copy of The Sun, Malaysia’s leading English daily.
In an interview titled “Embrace ESG and Hire Professional Asset Managers Right From the Start, Hotel Investors Advised“, Dr. Ho shares how a profitable hotel can still be disastrous for owners, his thoughts on the ESG landscape in relation to hotel funding, criticisms on current ESG reporting practices, the need for professional asset management, and trends shaping hotel futures.
Selected quotes:
- “Many investors assume that a profitable hotel automatically translates into value creation for owners. That assumption is flawed”
- “Failure to pay mortgages or coupon payments to bond holders can even result in losing the entire hotel asset to repossession or liquidation”
- “If a hotel developer ever hopes to receive funding in the future, they will have to be ESG compliant”
- “Trial and error is inapplicable when millions are at stake”
- “No guest at a luxury hotel wants to fiddle with a self-check-in kiosk after a red-eye flight. AI must support human warmth, not replace it”
Read the full article here: https://thesun.my/business-news/embrace-esg-and-hire-professional-asset-managers-right-from-the-start-hotel-investors-advised-DM14904896