CYNTHIA CHUA
Founder and chairman of Spa Esprit Group
Cynthia Chua has the Midas touch. The relentless entrepreneur is a tastemaker in the truest sense of the word. Since 1996, the savvy founder of the Spa Esprit Group has built an entire lifestyle empire encompassing some of the city’s most noteworthy F&B venues as well as beauty and wellness brands. The 16 brands (and counting) span over 100 outlets in 10 cities including Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Chua has an uncanny ability to give consumers what they don’t know they want yet. She has dynamically introduced new concepts— to much fanfare—into the Singaporean market such as natural wine bar Drunken Farmer, farm-to-table dining experiences Noka, and Open Farm Community, and gut-friendly and gluten-free venue The Butcher’s Wife. The group, one of the brunch and coffee culture pioneers in Singapore, opens the seventh Tiong Bahru Bakery at the foothills of the historic Fort Canning Hill in April, and a new Common Man Coffee Roasters in Joo Chiat this month.
RISHI NALEENDRA
Chef-owner of one Michelin-starred Cheek Bistro, fine dining restaurant Cloudstreet, and Kotuwa, Singapore’s first full-service Sri Lankan restaurant
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A Classic Redefined
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Oak Artistry
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Full Potential
Philippine tourism is buzzing with activity, and Christina Garcia Frasco is at the forefront of it all
Live & Learn
When Anthonia Hui and Leonardo Drago still lived in Hong Kong nearly three decades ago, they came across a beggar on the streets. “Just as I was about to pull out my wallet, Leo held my hand and said, ‘How do you know he’s not scamming you?’”
Hip to Be Square
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Marine Wonders
Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative and Mission Blue join forces to support the conservation of Indonesia's island paradise of Nusa Penida and its magnificent biodiversity
Deep Purpose
Rolex champions environmental conservation through its Perpetual Planet Initiative, which supports ocean-focused organisations such as Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue and Titouan Bernicot's Coral Gardeners
Grand Designs
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