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The APAC Market-Entry Checklist

Before a technology or consumer brand commits to Asia Pacific hospitality, run through this. It’s the readiness check we walk every market-entry client through, built from entering the region for real brands, not from a template.

Is the business actually ready to enter?

The home-market product is stable, supported and profitable enough to fund a 12–18 month regional build.
There is executive sponsorship for APAC, with the patience for a region that rewards relationships over quarters.
Someone senior owns the region end to end. Entry stalls when it's a side-of-desk responsibility.
You can name the specific outcome that makes year one a success, and it isn't just “signed a distributor.”

Do you understand the market, and the buyer?

You know that APAC is twenty distinct markets, not one, and which three or four you are actually entering first.
You can map the buying unit for your product: the technical champion, the economic buyer, and who signs.
You understand that the person who loves the demo usually cannot sign the contract.
You have tested pricing against local norms, not just converted your home-market list price.

Is the commercial and partnership structure right?

You have decided between direct, distributor, and hybrid, and can defend why for each market.
Any partnership has a real agreement: commission structure, deal protection, IP ownership and market addenda, not a letter of intent.
Incentives are aligned so the partner is rewarded for the outcome you actually want, not just for signing.
You know how you exit or change a partner if it isn't working, before you sign, not after.

Localisation, compliance and operations

The product meets local data-residency, privacy and integration requirements in each target market.
You have a plan for in-language support and in-region implementation. Remote-only rarely survives contact with a hotel.
Contracting, invoicing and payment work in each jurisdiction without a three-month legal detour per deal.
Your integrations cover the PMS, POS and systems your buyers actually operate, not just the ones in your home market.

Go-to-market execution

There is a functioning commercial programme: sales workflow, materials, CRM and governance, not just a strategy deck.
You have real buyer relationships to open, or a partner who does. Cold entry into hospitality is slow and expensive.
The first proof point is scoped: a reference site or pilot you can win, verify and talk about.
You have a realistic funnel and cash runway for a sales cycle measured in quarters, not weeks.

Proof and scale

You can measure and independently verify the result of the first deployment, not just claim it.
You know which market you scale into next, and what has to be true before you do.
You have decided what you will stop doing if a market underperforms, and when you'll make that call.
The regional build is designed to hand over to a local team, not to depend permanently on head office.

How to read it: if you can’t tick most of the first two sections, you’re not ready to sign a distributor. You’re ready for a market-entry diagnostic. The gaps are the work.

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