The Man Behind the Curtain of Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta
The Central Bureau of Statistics shows Yogyakarta as the country’s top travel destination in recent years. The number of tourist...
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88Spares: Taking Indonesia’s Textile Industry by Storm
Indonesia’s first B2B e-marketplace for industrial machine spare parts aims to broaden the horizons of the nation’s textile and garment...
Success is Passion Peppered with Sacrifice and Drama
Raised in a family largely involved in the hospitality sector and blessed to have travelled the world at a young...
This Entrepreneur Gives International Education to Students from All Income Levels
Since its inception in Indonesia, Singapore School Bona Vista has grabbed substantial financing from IFC, built schools across the archipelago...
This Entrepreneur Shares His Profit with Bali Locals
American expat Michael Lorenti Jr. is siphoning money from the booming cosmetics industry back into the pockets of locals in...
A Discreet E-Store for Nights of Passion in Indonesia
Intimacy e-commerce platform AsmaraKu aims to be the go-to purveyor of romance, health and wellness products in Indonesia. With a...
Jennifer Karjadi Aims to Create a Perfect Union
Jennifer Karjadi is a co-founder of Union Group, one of Jakarta’s most successful food and beverage businesses. Her passion for...
One Hotelier’ Take on Indonesia as an Emerging Market
One of the world’s largest resort companies and the third-biggest hotel chain in Europe, Meliá Hotels International says it is...
This Renewable Energy Firm is Focusing on Indonesia
Indonesia and its more than 17,500 islands is sometimes called the ‘Emerald of the Equator’ because the archipelago looks like...
Luca Pezzera: A Serial Restaurateur in Southeast Asia
Luca Pezzera, executive chef of the Union Group’s Caffè Milano and the recently opened Bistecca, shares his story of Italian...
Winning Hearts and Minds: Asok Kumar of PT Schenker Petrolog Utama
Asok is originally from Malaysia, although he has been an expat in Germany, the UK, Thailand and Japan before joining...
Navigating the UK Visa Minefield: PT AGS Visa Solutions
PT AGS Visa Solutions was founded in 2014 by Daniel Choat, former Country Manager of the UK Visa and Immigration...
The Perfect Brew: Primator in Indonesia
The Primator brewery was established in 1872 in the town of Náchod in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic....
The World is a Playground: Explora Play
Explora Play was officially launched in March 2015 and is the only design consultant and fabricator in Indonesia which specializes...
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Hatten Wines
Hatten Wines is 100 percent Balinese and owned by a prominent Sanur family. In 1968, Ida Bagus Oka Gotama...
Grabbing the Ground Transportation Market in Southeast Asia
Originally established in Malaysia in 2011 as MyTeksi, Grab is a Southeast Asia-focused transportation application founded by Harvard Business School...
Tax-Free Paradise: Lotte Duty Free Indonesia
Lotte Co., Ltd. is a multinational food, chemicals and shopping corporation, which is South Korea’s eighth largest business conglomerate. Their...
Mr. Hornby’ Opus: Global Jaya School
Established in 1995, Global Jaya School (GJS) is located in Bintaro, a suburb on the outskirts of Jakarta. GJS is...
Sax in the City: PT Java Festival Production
The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival debuted in 2005, staging 146 shows which were visited by 47,500 festival-goers. Arguably the...
Danone AQUA: Committed to Healthy Hydration
Bottled water company AQUA was founded in 1973 by the late Tirto Utomo. When Utomo passed away unexpectedly in 1993,...
Through the Grapevine: VIN+ Wine and Beyond
Middle class Indonesians are really starting to enjoy drinking wine, and this can be seen in the opening of many...