{"id":64541,"date":"2020-04-23T14:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T09:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64541"},"modified":"2020-05-06T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T08:15:43","slug":"zameens-parent-firm-empg-takes-over-thailands-kaidee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameens-parent-firm-empg-takes-over-thailands-kaidee.html","title":{"rendered":"Zameen.com&#8217;s parent company EMPG takes over Thailand&#8217;s Kaidee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), the parent company of Pakistan\u2019s top property portal Zameen.com, on Wednesday publicised its acquisition of Kaidee &#8211; Thailand\u2019s largest online marketplace; further notifying the closure of the deal in February this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaidee, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bangkok, rapidly gained recognition as one of the leading online marketplace platforms of Thailand in the years since its inception. The portal offers over 30 categories of goods and services available for instant ordering and fetches considerable web traffic on a routine basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameen-com-acquires-sales-rights-for-bromley-farms-isb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zameen.com acquires sales rights for Bromley Farms, Simly Dam Road, Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMPG is regarded as the leading digital property consortium in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia regions. Aside from Zameen.com in Pakistan, the group operates and runs several leading online real estate portals such as Bayut in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; Bproperty in Bangladesh; and Mubawab in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia \u2014 with its recent Kaidee consolidation definitively marking its foray into the online transactions marketplace proper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the acquisition, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) EMPG Imran Ali Khan, who also now numbers among Kaidee\u2019s board of directors, remarked that the group\u2019s approach to the digital marketplace was both locally targeted and consumer-driven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/river-hills-iv-bahria-town-rawalpindi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">River Hills IV-Bahria Town Rawalpindi gets on board with Zameen.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThailand is one of the most exciting, dynamic markets in Southeast Asia, and its real estate and auto verticals are some of the largest in the region,\u201d said Imran. \u201cKaidee has a rich history in Thailand and has built a very strong brand on the back of extraordinary focus on technology and connecting consumers, and we look forward to investing significant resources to take the business to the next level,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-Founder EMPG and CEO Zameen.com Zeeshan Ali Khan has welcomed Kaidee to the group and expressed good wishes for its future. He said: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameen-com-parent-group-empg-raises-100m-series-d-investment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMPG<\/a> is a rapidly growing family, and we are happy to see Thailand\u2019s largest market join its ranks. This acquisition comes with a number of opportunities to learn and grow for both parties, and capitalizing on them will be very important. We look forward to entering the broader dynamics of the market and, in turn, we hope to impart significant experience on the vertical real estate side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked for his take, CEO Kaidee Tiwa York&nbsp;expressed hope that this acquisition would pave the way for the company to provide top solutions in all market verticals across Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), the parent company of Pakistan\u2019s top property portal Zameen.com, on Wednesday publicised its acquisition of Kaidee &#8211; Thailand\u2019s largest online marketplace; further notifying the closure of the deal in February this year. Kaidee, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bangkok, rapidly gained recognition as one of the leading online marketplace platforms of Thailand in the years since its inception. The portal offers over 30 categories of goods and services available for instant ordering and fetches considerable web traffic on a routine basis. Read: Zameen.com acquires sales rights for Bromley Farms, Simly Dam Road, Islamabad EMPG is regarded as the leading digital property consortium in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South Asia regions. Aside from Zameen.com in Pakistan, the group operates and runs several leading online real estate portals such as Bayut in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; Bproperty in Bangladesh; and Mubawab in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia \u2014 with its recent Kaidee consolidation definitively marking its foray into the online transactions marketplace proper. Commenting on the acquisition, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) EMPG Imran Ali Khan, who also now numbers among Kaidee\u2019s board of directors, remarked that the group\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[27026,27024,27025,27023],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-bayut","9":"tag-emerging-markets-property-group-empg","10":"tag-kaidee","11":"tag-zameen-coms-parent-company-empg-takes-over-thailands-kaidee","12":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zameen&#039;s parent firm EMPG takes over Thailand&#039;s Kaidee- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EMPG, the parent company of Pakistan\u2019s top property portal Zameen.com, publicised its acquisition of Kaidee - Thailand\u2019s largest online marketplace\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameens-parent-firm-empg-takes-over-thailands-kaidee.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zameen&#039;s parent firm EMPG takes over Thailand&#039;s Kaidee- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EMPG, the parent company of Pakistan\u2019s top property portal Zameen.com, publicised its acquisition of Kaidee - Thailand\u2019s largest online marketplace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zameens-parent-firm-empg-takes-over-thailands-kaidee.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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