The eleventh version of the PropertyGuru Asia Actual Property Summit (ARES 2025), supported by Sybarite Architects, highlighted PropertyGuru Week 2025 within the firm of consultants and business leaders from throughout Asia Pacific.
Often known as the thought management platform of PropertyGuru Group, ARES 2025 took over The Athenee Resort, a Luxurious Assortment Resort, Bangkok for a full day of professional talks, panel discussions, keynote displays, and networking classes on 11 December. The Summit served as a prelude to the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Closing and Worldwide Luncheon, each held on 12 December, which gathered the best actual property builders and design practices from 13 property markets throughout Asia Pacific.
Delving into this 12 months’s theme of “Trusted Marketplaces and Thriving Communities,” ARES 2025 attracted over 400 delegates desperate to converse about matters on the intersection of property, know-how, and design.
Syetarn Hansakul, senior analyst for South-East Asia at The Economist Intelligence Company Community, opened ARES 2025 with macro insights on a 12 months of world challenges and outlook for the area heading into 2026.
Simon Mitchell, co-founder of award-winning design observe Sybarite Architects, then put the Design Highlight firmly on “The Energy of Place,” highlighting award-winning commissions similar to SKP Wuhan.
A panel dialogue, “The Model Premium,” adopted, with Invoice Barnett, managing director of C9 Hotelworks, as moderator. Main voices from the hospitality business mentioned the way in which branded residences are rewriting the foundations of worth: Jael Fischer, head of improvement for Asia Pacific at Six Senses; Lee Lin, regional director for APAC at Nobu Hospitality; Penny Trinh, vice chairman of mixed-use improvement at Marriott Worldwide; and Saowarin Chanprakaisi, vice chairman of enterprise improvement at The Ascott Restricted.
In one of many Summit’s most anticipated parts, broadcast persona Duncan James Simpson, founder and director of CyberAI, addressed knowledge safety in an AI-driven market.
The afternoon featured a panel on rethinking fairness in Asian actual property, moderated by Dr. Nai Jia Lee, head of actual property intelligence at PropertyGuru Group. Contributing to the dialog have been Dr. Jing Yu, deputy chief of the Bangkok Programme Workplace of UN-Habitat; Marine Novita, co-founder and president director of MilikiRumah; Dr. Tan Tee Khoon, govt council member of the Singapore Institute of Property Brokers; and Anton Wormann, founder and CEO of Anton in Japan Media.
Additional discussions examined the wellness edge in creating communities, moderated by Viona Zhang, deputy managing director of C9 Hotelworks. The panel comprised Christine Li, head of APAC analysis at Knight Frank; Dino Sukosol, co-owner and director of Sukosol Motels; Kevin Tai, licensed bodily therapist and Mister International Taiwan 2023; and Pim Asavahame, host of the Pimchology podcast.
Ambassador Chantale Wong, former US govt director to the Asian Growth Financial institution, joined the next panel on resilient cities within the period of digital economies. Moderated by Sumitha Soorian, chief advertising and marketing and business officer of Headland, Phuket, the panel additionally included recent views from Cyndy Tan Jarabata, president of Tajara Leisure and Hospitality Group; Diep Do, inexperienced and resilient constructing program lead in Vietnam and Thailand for the Worldwide Finance Company; and Sanjay Popli, co-founder and group CEO of Cryptomind.
The summit concluded with a global keynote from two-time Olympic gold medallist Panipak “Tennis” Wongpattanakit, who spoke about constructing resilience by means of sport and group.
After the Summit, VIP friends have been invited to an unique cocktail afterparty on the Kandhavas Place of The Athenee Resort. The event additionally served to honour the 4 ARES Energy Ladies of 2025: Ambassador Chantale Wong; Marine Novita; Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, govt vice chairman of The Sukosol Motels & The Siam and honorary president of the Thai Motels Affiliation; and Ar. (Dr.) Serina Hijjas, principal director of HIJJAS Architects + Planners and president of the Malaysia Inexperienced Constructing Council.
PropertyGuru Week 2025 concluded on 13 December 2025 with Kevin Tai returning to the stage, this time at Cinema Oasis in Bangkok. The Creator Highlight elaborated additional on Tai’s expertise in well being and wellness areas in addition to the usage of well-liked platforms to advertise affect with no filters.
Jules Kay, basic supervisor of PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards and Occasions, mentioned: “We join know-how with design to convey finance along with sustainability, knowledge with human expertise, coverage with innovation. All these items come collectively at ARES.”
He added: “There are extra complexities dealing with Asia and extra challenges coming into the markets yearly. Whether or not you construct, finance, design, market, regulate, and even search a property, the influencing forces have an impact. Our job at PropertyGuru goes past itemizing properties that individuals should purchase. We need to scale back the uncertainty and create belief amongst the those that need to discover property throughout Asia. After we make trusted choices, these choices enhance and communities enhance. Thanks to your continued belief in us as we proceed to construct trusted marketplaces and, by means of them, thriving communities.”
The PropertyGuru Asia Actual Property Summit is held yearly as a part of PropertyGuru Week in Thailand, alongside the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards Grand Closing.
Through the years, ARES has advocated for innovation, inexperienced constructing, local weather motion, gender fairness, and sustainability. Showcasing progressive applied sciences in addition to up-and-coming leaders, the PropertyGuru Asia Actual Property Summit has been serving to the business advance by means of much-needed conversations on proptech and past.
ARES 2025 was supported by Sybarite Architects, together with companions similar to Bridges, BusinessWorld, Detik, D+A Journal, Sizzling Journal, Inquirer Property, Kompas.com, Kopi and Property, Luxurious Society of Asia, Manila Bulletin, Niaga Instances, Penang Property Speak, Prop2morrow, REm Thailand, SquareRooms, Tatler Asia Houses, TerraBKK, The Grid, The Malaysia Voice, The Philippine Star, and Top10 of Asia.
For extra info and on-line registration, go to asiarealestatesummit.com.
