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William Heinecke
William Ellwood Heinecke ( th, วิลเลียม เอ็ลล์วู๊ด ไฮเน็ค; born 1949) is an American-born Thai businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Minor International PCL. The company includes Minor Hotels, Minor Food, and Minor Lifestyle. Eary life Heinecke moved to Bangkok in 1963 at the age of 14 with his family, having previously lived in Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. Heinecke's father spent 25 years in the United States military, serving in World War II and the Korean War. When he retired, he joined the foreign service. His mother was an Asia correspondent for ''Time'' magazine. Heinecke studied at the International School Bangkok, and persuaded the editor of the now-defunct Bangkok World to let him write a weekly column on go-carting. In return, he received advertising space alongside it. Career At age 17, while still a high school student, Heinecke took over from the Bangkok World's advertising manager. One year later, he found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pizza Company
The Pizza Company ( th, เดอะ พิซซ่า คอมปะนี) is a restaurant chain and international franchise based in Bangkok, Thailand. With focus on pizza and Italian-American cuisine, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ''Minor International'' (merged with The Minor Food Group). Its branches are spread all across Asia. History Established in 1980, the company had operated Tricon Global Restaurants’ franchised Pizza Hut brand since its introduction in Thailand, and when their agreement was terminated, The Pizza Company was established as the company's own brand in 2001. In 2004, The Pizza Company began to expand and franchise internationally and today the restaurant has franchises in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Laos, China, Bahrain, Myanmar and Cambodia. There are also multiple locations in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City. The Pizza Company is currently the largest pizza fast food restaurant chain in Thailand. International o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American chain of soft serve ice cream and fast food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc. (a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since 1998) which also owns Orange Julius, and formerly owned Karmelkorn and Golden Skillet Fried Chicken. Its corporate offices are in Bloomington, Minnesota. The first DQ restaurant was in Joliet, Illinois, a suburb in Chicago. It was operated by Sherb Noble and opened on June 22, 1940. It served a variety of frozen products, including soft serve ice cream.DairyQueen.com page:History of Dairy Queen, IDQ." History The soft-serve formula was first developed in 1938 by John Fremont "J.F." "Grandpa" McCullough and his son Alex. They convinced friend and loyal customer Sherb Noble to offer the product in his ice cream store in Kankakee, Illinois. On the first day of sales, Noble sold more than 1,600 servings of the new dessert within two hours. Noble and the McCulloughs went on to open the first Dairy Queen store in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sizzler
Sizzler USA Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Sizzler, is a United States-based restaurant chain with headquarters in Mission Viejo, California, with locations mainly in California, plus some in the nearby states of Washington, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Oregon, Alaska and Puerto Rico. It is known for steak, seafood, and salad bar items. Since 2011, Sizzler restaurants outside of the United States are currently owned by Australia-based Collins Foods and are no longer related to the American firm. In September 2020, Sizzler USA, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to the COVID-19 pandemic hurting sales. The bankruptcy filing does not affect the similarly named Collins Foods affiliated restaurants that are located outside of the United States. History The chain was founded in 1958 as Sizzler Family Steak House by Del and Helen Johnson in Culver City, California. At its peak, the chain was composed of more than 270 locations throughout the U.S. Most of Sizzler' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swensen's
Swensen's Inc. is a Canadian-owned global chain of ice cream restaurants that started in San Francisco, California, United States. History The company started in 1948 by Earle Swensen, who learned to make ice cream while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Swensen opened his first shop at the corner of Union and Hyde Streets, along the cable car tracks in Russian Hill in San Francisco at what had been a failed ice cream parlor. Although vanilla was his lifelong favorite, he developed more than 150 flavors, which he marketed under the motto "Good as Father Used to Make". The original store sold ice cream and other frozen dessert specialties (such as sundaes and banana splits), with primarily take out service. Later other Swensen's franchisees added indoor seating and offered various types of food, including sandwiches and hamburgers. Swensen sold the rights to franchise Swensen's Ice Cream Factories and Restaurants to William Meyer and investors in the 1970s but re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonchon Chicken
Bonchon Chicken () is a Dallas-based South Korean international fried chicken restaurant franchise. According to the company, Bonchon is a Korean word meaning "My Hometown". History The Bonchon Chicken restaurant began in 2002 in Busan, South Korea. The first location in the U.S. was in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It later spread to California, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Delaware and Washington state. The Korean fried chicken franchise currently operates in 21 states in the U.S. and 8 countries internationally. Jinduk Seo is the founder of Bonchon Chicken and Flynn Dekker is currently the CEO. In 2021, Bonchon moved its global headquarters to Dallas, Texas. Locations Asia * South Korea: 1 sauce manufacturer * Cambodia: 12 stores * Myanmar: 7 stores * Philippines: 168 stores * Singapore: 6 stores * Thailand: 101 stores * Vietnam: 7 stores Oceania * Australia: 2 stores Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Express
Thai Express is a chain of restaurants serving Thai cuisine. It opened its first restaurant at Holland Village in Singapore in May 2002. Since then, there have been other outlets in Malaysia, China and Vietnam. History The idea of a restaurant was conceived in 2000 by Grace Goh and Ivan Lee who were classmates at the National University of Singapore. They decided to serve Thai food due to its popularity in Singapore. The first Thai Express restaurant opened in Holland Village in May 2002. Lee would become the company's CEO while Goh returned to University to study law. In May 2008 the company was sold to Minor International. Type of restaurant A restaurant review characterize Thai Express as breaking "away from the traditional Thai style of communal dining by serving items in individual portions for those who may want to dine alone." "In place of fine dining, which may be intimidating to some, Thai Express is all about being fresh, contemporary and fuss-free." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benihana
is an American restaurant company founded by Hiroaki Aoki in New York City in 1964 and currently based in Aventura, Florida. It owns or franchises 116 Japanese-influenced restaurants around the world, including its flagship Benihana Teppanyaki brand, as well as the Haru (fusion cuisine) and RA Sushi restaurants. Benihana introduced the teppanyaki (colloquially known as ''hibachi'') restaurant concept, which had originated in Japan in the late 1940s, to the United States, and later to other countries. History The company was founded in 1964 on West 56th Street in New York City by 25-year-old Hiroaki Aoki, the father of Steve Aoki and Devon Aoki. Aoki, a wrestler who had qualified for but did not attend the 1960 Summer Olympics, started the restaurant with earned from driving an ice cream truck in Harlem. The first restaurant, Benihana of Tokyo, was named for the red safflower that was the name for the coffee shop owned by his parents in Tokyo. Aoki's concept was for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coffee Club
The Coffee Club is an Australian multinational coffeehouse-style café chain. Originally created in 1989 as a place to get "an excellent coffee", the concept includes cafébar/restaurant stores with expanded menus and full table service. In 2005, The Coffee Club franchise was brought to New Zealand by Brad Jacobs and Andy Lucas opening their first store in Wellington. As of 2021, they have over 65 stores all around New Zealand. History In 1989, friends Emmanuel Kokoris and Emmanuel Drivas were searching for a late-night cup of coffee in Brisbane. Their unsuccessful attempt led them to plan a new business venture: The Coffee Club, which rested on the Greek concept of philoxenia''' - hospitality to strangers. The first store opened on 2 November 1989 at Eagle Street Pier in Brisbane. On 1 July 1994 The Coffee Club became a franchise. In November 2005 the first international store was opened in Wellington, New Zealand, by master franchisees Bradley Jacobs and Andy Lucas. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NH Hotel Group
NH Hotel Group is a Spanish multinational hotel company headquartered in Madrid, that operates over 350 hotels in 28 countries, currently under the Anantara, NH Collection, nhow Hotels, Tivoli, NH Hotels, Elewana Collection and Avani brands. The company is a subsidiary of a Thailand hotel group, Minors International. Operations NH Hotel Group offers luxury and up-scale modernly-furnished hotels, located primarily in Europe and Latin America. The company also manages luxury venues such as the prestigious Casino de Madrid. NH Hotel Group ranks third in the European ranking for business hotels. The group has 380 hotels in 29 countries with over 53,000 rooms. History NH ("Navarra Hoteles", named after the region in Spain) was founded in 1978 by Antonio Catalán. Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, it made a series of acquisitions (Jolly in Italy, Krasnapolsky in the Netherlands, Astron in Germany) which increased its size to close to 400 hotels. In 2014, three brands were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites
Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites is an accommodation provider with over 60 properties predominantly located in Australia and New Zealand, and a smaller number of sites in the United Arab Emirates, India, Qatar and Lebanon. Originally founded in Australia in 1991, Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites form part of a larger global company, Minor International. Introduction Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites is a hospitality chain that specialises in self-contained apartment accommodation. The company is a Management Letting Rights (MLR) business and its portfolio features 52 properties (as of 30 November 2015) under its management in cities across Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. History Oaks Hotels, Resorts & Suites was founded in 1991 on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, and was subsequently acquired by Minor International in July 2011. In addition to its Australian and New Zealand properties, Oaks also has apartments in Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avani Hotels & Resorts
AVANI Hotels & Resorts is a hotel and resort chain with 34 properties in over 15 countries. The majority of the properties are based in Thailand, whereas a smaller number of properties are established in a few other countries. Avani is a part of the hospitality chain Minor Hotels. The group's portfolio, as of 2021, includes 34 properties, mainly across Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates and a few properties in other parts of the world. AVANI Hotels and Resorts was launched in 2012 with their first property in Bentota. In 2010, Minor Hotels acquired 80% stake in Serendib Leisure Kalutara, which is now known as AVANI Kalutara Resort. Recent awards 2015 * Mozambique's Leading Hotel 2015 – AVANI PEMBA BEACH HOTEL & SPA * Indian Ocean's Leading New Resort 2015 – AVANI SEYCHELLES BARBARONS RESORT & SPA * Best Luxury Design Hotel at World Luxury Hotel Awards – AVANI BENTOTA RESORT & SPA 2016 * One of Asia's Top Emerging Hotels by Now Travel Asia – AVANI R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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