Cover Edgar “Injap” Sia II's Hotel 101 (Photo: Booking.com)
Edgar “Injap” Sia II's Hotel 101 (Photo: Booking.com)
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Homegrown condotel Hotel 101 will soon open in California following its plan to provide services globally
Tatler’s Asia’s Most Influential (AMI) honourees Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan-Caktiong have set their sights on providing Hotel 101’s services across the globe. In 2022, DoubleDragon Corp announced that it had just acquired 9,000 sqm of land in Hokkaido, Japan. This year, two more expansions are in the making: one in California, US and another in Madrid, Spain—all of which align with their ambitious goal of reaching more than 100 countries by 2040.
Sia founded Mang Inasal, an affordable unlimited rice-and-chicken franchise that grew to more than 300 branches in the Philippines. His partner, Tan-Caktiong, on the other hand, owns Jollibee Foods Corp. The two later joined forces to establish DoubleDragon Properties, the developer behind the CityMall chain.
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Above Injap Sia (Photo: Tatler archives)
Above Tony Tan-Caktiong (Photo: Tatler archives)
Injap Sia (Photo: Tatler archives)
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In an interview with Inquirer, Sia explained that Niseko, Madrid, and California were chosen as their first overseas sites for their "good connections" to the Filipino community and familiarity with the hospitality services being offered by DoubleDragon and Hotel 101.
He also described the locations as "bridge projects" that will jumpstart their global expansion. In 2026, the businessman is eyeing Hotel101 in at least 25 countries.
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“Hotel101 is like the Toyota Innova of the global hotel industry that delivers real unbeatable value and above average satisfaction to consumers, and at the same time delivers the scale volume with durable, simple design, versatile, easy and highly efficient to build, maintain and operate,” he explained.
Above The facade of Hotel 101 (Photo: Hotel 101 official website)
The facade of Hotel 101 (Photo: Hotel 101 official website)
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The company bared its plans to put branches in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, Germany, China, and France.
Above Injap Sia and Tony Tan-Caktiong pose for a photo (Photo: Hotel 101)
Injap Sia and Tony Tan-Caktiong pose for a photo (Photo: Hotel 101)
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According to Sia, the team is now ready to take what it has learnt in the Philippines to countries abroad. He believes in the "first-hand" experience Hotel101 gained from building a start-up in the Philippines multiple times. “Our team is determined to use our valuable first-hand learnings these past years to plant Hotel101 Global seeds to the rest of the world,” he said.
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Jove holds a degree in Journalism and is currently pursuing graduate studies in Philosophy at the University of the Philippines–Diliman. She has flair for in-depth, interview-driven stories that explore politics and culture, shaped by her background in national broadsheets.
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