- Business
- Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT) is a Thailand-based multinational hospitality, restaurant and lifestyle company that operates through subsidiaries Minor Hotels, Minor Food and Minor Lifestyle; it owns, manages and invests in over 560 hotels and resorts with more than 80,000 rooms across brands including Anantara Hotels & Resorts, Avani Hotels & Resorts, NH Hotels, NH Collection, nhow Hotels, Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, Oaks Hotels Resorts & Suites and Elewana Collection in 65 countries spanning Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe and the Americas; provides food and beverage services through over 2,660 restaurants and outlets featuring international brands such as The Pizza Company, Sizzler and Riverside; and distributes lifestyle consumer brands in fashion, cosmetics and household products via 284 retail trading points, wholesale, direct marketing and contract manufacturing primarily in Thailand, alongside related operations in entertainment venues, spas, property rentals, real estate development, shopping malls, vacation clubs, airport lounges and healthcare. The company, founded in 1978 and headquartered at 88 The Parq Building in Bangkok's Klongtoey district, generates revenue from hotel ownership and management, mixed-use developments including residential projects and plazas, restaurant franchising and sales, as well as retail distribution targeting leisure, business and consumer markets globally. Recent developments include the February 2025 formation of joint venture Royal Minor Hotels with Japan's Royal Holdings to develop up to 21 Anantara, Avani and Tivoli hotels by 2035 via asset-light partnerships; the October 2025 establishment of four new subsidiaries—Ocean Gate Hospitality, United Growth Hospitality, Splendid Hospitality and Sunnies Universe (Thailand)—to support hospitality investments and Sunnies-brand distribution; a proposed tender offer announced in December 2024 to delist Minor Hotels Europe & Americas shares and unify its global identity following the April 2024 rebranding of NH Hotel Group; a sustainability-linked bond issuance in July 2024; and new Avani hotel projects in Singapore with partners Kajima and Alwathba in August 2024.