Thai PTT’s sixth gas plant to start in early 2011 Most of the gas products to supply petrochemical plants Thailand‘s top energy firm, PTT Pcl, said on Thursday it expected its sixth gas separation plant to start commercial runs and operate fully in early 2011. The company has started test runs at the gas plant […]
Continue ReadingLooking as cool as a finlandia martini, the Aava resort and Spa is turning serene Khanom Bay into an even more attractive alternative to Thailand‘s busier tourist destinations. And if the property looks like something that Modernist Finnish architect Alvar Aalto might have sketched had he ever found himself swaying gently in a local hammock, […]
Continue ReadingThe railroad is many things to people in Cambodia: playground, garbage dump, open-air toilet, livestock grazing ground, a dry path for traversing swampy terrain. What it has not been for many years is working transportation for either people or freight. In fact, train service was halted completely last year. That may change soon. Development specialists […]
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Cambodia provides ‘missing link’ in Iron Silk Road rail project By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent Cambodia‘s railway – for so long the victim of war, turmoil and the neglect that has beset the country – is poised to get moving again. Officials yesterday formally opened the first section of a new network that will stretch […]
Continue ReadingThe mixed use Spinnaker development in Pattaya which was to have a separate hotel and residential components has now been integrated into a single 42 story complex. A new plan sees the 115 apartments and 260 room merged into one high rise. Individual purchasers can enter a rental pool arrange for the property which is […]
Continue ReadingTOKYO, Oct 06, 2010 Japanese firms Mitsui & Co. (TSE:8031) and Toyo Engineering Corp. (TSE:6330) said Tuesday that they have jointly won contracts to build seven highly efficient natural-gas-fired power plants in Thailand. Each signed the deals — estimated to total roughly 70-80 billion yen (US$841-961 million) — with wholly owned units of Gulf JP […]
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Centara Hotels & Resorts has announced that it has been awarded a contract to manage “The Residences at Fairways and Bluewater”, the combined Beach and Golf Resort complex at Boracay in the Philippines, effective from 1 October 2010. Under the contract, signed on September 15 by Centara and New Coast Properties,Inc.(NPI), a subsidiary of the […]
Continue ReadingLao PDR’s Pakse Airport is now ready to offer services to support a range of mid-sized aircraft of about 150 seats thanks to the Thai government which has been providing financial support to its landlocked neighbour, the Lao PDR, in an attempt to expand transportation routes and other related projects. The airport upgrade in the […]
Continue ReadingGulf JP Co, a subsidiary of Electric Power Development Company of Japan, is preparing to invest in nine gas fired power plants in Thailand from now to 2014, with a combined generating capacity of 3000 MW. The company also plans to add another 1000 MW under the small power producer (SPP) programme, said president Sarath […]
Continue ReadingLuxury hotel chain Kempinski officially opened its Bangkok property this week with a huge party attended by Thailand‘s Crown Princess and 2,000 other guests. The Siam Kempinski Bangkok is Kempinski’s first venture into Thailand and will be one of the most luxurious properties in the Thai capital.
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