Minor International PCL

SET:MINT

Business Description

Sector

Consumer Discretionary

Industry

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

Headquarters

Thailand TH

Employees

64 700

IPO date

Oct 14, 1988

Minor International is a Thailand-based hospitality and consumer company that makes money mainly from hotels and restaurants. Through Minor Hotels, it owns, leases, and manages a large portfolio of hotel and resort brands, and through its food business it runs and franchises restaurant chains across several countries. It also earns money from hotel management fees, franchising fees, and food-service sales tied to those brands.

Its customers are travelers, holiday guests, business travelers, and everyday diners. In hotels, Minor serves people who book rooms, use resorts, or pay for hospitality services under brands such as Anantara, Avani, and NH. In restaurants, it sells meals and beverages through its own outlets and franchise locations, which gives it a steady consumer-facing business alongside the more asset-heavy hotel side.

What makes Minor different is that it sits on both sides of leisure spending: it owns real hotel assets and also runs brand-driven restaurant concepts. That mix lets it earn money from property-based hospitality, management contracts, and franchise-style food operations, rather than relying on a single business line. For investors, it is easiest to think of Minor as a Southeast Asian hospitality group with exposure to travel, dining, and branded consumer services.