Property Report
Property Report is an English language magazine and website brand started in Thailand in April 2004 by the company Ensign Media from its offices in Bangkok and Phuket.[1]
History
The magazine originally launched as Asia Property Report, a bi-monthly 16-page staple bound publication with a newspaper style layout aimed at the real estate industry throughout Asia.[2]
Within two issues, the title changed to Thailand Property Report and the readership focus shifted to investors as the company's expatriate British founders, Terry Blackburn and Duncan Worthington, sought to capitalize on interest in the booming resort and luxury condominium real estate market in Thailand at the time. The local property market had remained stagnant since the
In 2007, Ensign Media opened an office in Singapore in order to launch a sister magazine to Property Report Thailand, Property Report Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia. The publication's primary areas of focus were Singapore,
In June 2010, Ensign merged Property Report Thailand and Property Report Singapore, Malaysia Indonesia into a single publication, Property Report South East Asia. The magazine was distributed in five countries: Singapore,
Property Report.com
In 2005, propertyreport.com was launched under the original magazine branding of Asia Property Report Online and widened the editorial reach of the magazine to cover residential real estate throughout Asia, as well as carrying property and business listings. The website's most recent redesign was in July 2010, when it scrapped many of its superfluous sections and features to become more opinion, analysis and feature focused, and debuted a new property search engine and villa rental section.[4]
Thailand Property Awards
In 2006, Ensign held the inaugural Thailand Property Awards, to recognize achievements in residential real estate. In order to avoid accusations of favoritism towards advertisers, the organizers used a panel of independent judges and monitoring of the process[5] by auditing firm BDO Advisory[6] Whilst this occasionally produced controversial results, the awards continued to grow over the years and attracted over 500 attendees to the November 2010 gala dinner and considerable local and international media coverage for winners[7]
In November 2010, Ensign Media announced plans for the South East Asia Property Awards to be held in Singapore in 2011.[8]
Distribution
Property Report is available for sale in major English language bookstores throughout Thailand, including
References
- ^ "Property | Real Estate | Singapore | Thailand | Malaysia | Indonesia | News from Property Report". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "About Us | Property Report". www.property-report.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-10.
- ^ Editorial Team Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Property Report". Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ CNN Go
- ^ BDO Thai Tax
- ^ Bangkok Post
- ^ Ensign Media Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Property Report". Retrieved 12 February 2011.