STRA - Short Term Rentals Asia

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀.

Less superficial.
More honesty.

You do not need to explain what you do.

You move straight into the real conversation.

What is working.
What is not.
What needs to change.

That is where the value sits.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.
It is about access.

Where does your next 20–50 properties come from?

A lot of supply never reaches the open market.

It sits behind relationships.

Developers.
Investors.
Private networks.

The operators who scale understand this.

They do not wait for listings.

They position for access.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, Bali Villa Connect (26–27 May), hosted by BVRMA, will bring together operators, property managers, platforms, and partners within one of the region’s most established villa ecosystems.

The conversations around regulation, professional standards, sustainability, and the future of villa management in Bali are important not only locally, but increasingly across the wider Asian short-term rental landscape.

Great respect to 𝗞𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗸 𝗔𝗱𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗔𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮, Chairman and Vice Chairman of 𝗕𝗩𝗥𝗠𝗔, and both long-standing founders and operators within Bali’s villa management sector, for their continued non-profit efforts over many years helping bring greater visibility to Bali’s evolving villa and short-term rental ecosystem.

Both were also recognized as Founding Voices at the recent Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Summit in Bangkok for their contribution to the ongoing industry dialogue across the region.

As the sector across Asia continues to mature, regional dialogue and shared learning between markets will become increasingly important.

𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗶 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 & 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 - 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆



STRA - Short Term Rentals Asia 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗔𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀.

Not how to run the business.

But what the business actually is.

What would someone invest in?
What would someone buy?
How transferable is the operation?

Most operators do not think about this early enough.

And when they do, it is harder to change.

There is a difference between running a portfolio and building something that has value beyond you.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀?
Across Asia, the issue isn’t visibility anymore.

It’s access, to the right operators, the right conversations, the things that actually move a property management business forward.

That’s what we are building in Phuket.

For the GCG Operator Summit (27–28 October 2026), we have designed a series of Masterclass Roundtables. Small groups. Real operators. No stage, no noise.

We have a limited number of Lead Expert positions across these roundtables.

Each topic has one Lead Expert.
Not a speaker.
Not a sponsor.

A seat at the table, secured through a limited, paid position within the room.

You will rotate across groups of operators, leading discussions on what’s actually happening on the ground, compliance, yield, operations, scaling.

If that’s where you operate, you will know.

If it isn’t, this probably isn’t for you.

If it is, step forward.

Comment 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 and we will DM details to you.

Priority will be given to those who move early.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.
But most of it does not help run your business.

What matters is simple:

Net yield.
Cost after compliance.
Performance that holds.

Not headline ADR.
Not vanity metrics.

Real performance.

That is the difference between looking good and running well.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Eight operators per table.
One topic.
Experts rotating.

No presentations.
No selling.

Just real conversations.

Looking at:
how teams are structured,
what systems are actually used,
what gets removed,
what breaks at scale.

This is not passive.

It is active participation.

That is where the value is.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Not as an audience.

As the centre.

Because the people doing the work are still not clearly recognized.

Most of the time, they are being sold to.
Grouped together.
Generalised.

This is different.

This is where operators sit with operators.

Where the conversation starts at the level you are already operating.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather Connect Grow Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗼𝗸, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻.

Not to sponsors.
Not to platforms.

To property managers.

The message was consistent.

They do not want to sit in a room and be talked at.

They want to sit with other operators and work through real decisions.

What to fix.
What to remove.
What to change.

That is where the value is.

So that is what we built.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather · Connect · Grow by STRA Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
It built tools.

A PMS for listings.
A tool for messaging.
Another for cleaning.
Another for pricing.

Each solves a function.
𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. So, operators sit in the middle.

Connecting systems.
Filling gaps.
Managing exceptions.

At small scale, that works.
At larger scale, it becomes the constraint.

You do not scale efficiency.
You scale complexity. Until something breaks.

The next phase is not more tools. It is better systems.

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𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧: Gather Connect Grow Operator Series
Phuket, October 27-28, 2026
Amora Beach Resort Phuket

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.