Natthawut Taeja
The 15 things on Monocle’s 2025 travel wishlist
From Tokyo’s Nexpect Coffee to New York’s Clemente Bar, here are the 15 key places and objects on our radar this year.
Interview: Natira Boonsri, Central Group’s CEO, on the Thai retail giant’s future
"This year we will see single-digit growth, which is considered quite good."
A striking new restaurant in Aspen and Lisbon’s museum revival
Renovation: LisbonOpen arms Following a eight-year hiatus, Lisbon’s Museu do Design (MUDE) has finally reopened. The update has created space for a new long-term exhibition that displays more than 500 design and fashion pieces…
How three founders turned their passions into success stories
We visit the founders of three thriving firms who struck out on their own.
Is neutrality coming to an end as politicians look to put Thailand back on the map?
As geopolitical schisms widen, will an intermittent democracy with growing regional clout continue to conciliate – or is it time to take sides? Monocle meets the diplomats who will decide.
What’s on Monocle’s July/August radar: Architect Isay Weinfeld and the Paris Olympics
The price of tourists’ incivility, updates from Europe’s coastlines and more.
Home bodies
It’s the people behind the properties that make the industry tick. We meet the figures revitalising a 1980s mall, renovating homes with the environment in mind and lifting a San Francisco landmark to new…
Order Up!
Here our editors share 15 ideas, opportunities and places to drop anchor in 2024. Let’s get going.
Into the Unknown
All seasoned travellers know that the best destinations rarely stay the same for long. So before you plan your next escape, read up on the comings and goings in transport, hospitality and luggage. It…
