Author: Mike Riemer

Loxley, teamed with Samart Corp, won bid for Thailand’s state-owned phone operator TOT Plc’s nationwide 3G rollout with Bt16.29 billion for a contract to be signed in February. TOT on Friday morning opened a 17.4 billion baht third-generation wireless-spectrum auction online (E-auction) for procurement to expand Thailand’s 3G network. The auction took place for only […]

Three Dolphins Group acquires Phuket landmark Mom Tri’s Boathouse Phuket, Thailand Khun Narong Pattamasaevi, the Executive Chairman of Three Dolphins Co., Ltd., which owns and operates world-renowned Trisara, Phuket, made the announcement the Three Dolphins Group has signed contracts to complete transactions to acquire 100% of shares in The Boathouse Inn and Restaurant Co., Ltd. […]

Phuket’s foreign property market will continue to improve with estimated sales of 5 billion baht in 2011 despite buyers’ confidence taking a hit from an increase in unfinished projects, says the Bangkok-based property developer Seacon Group. Executive director Piya Sosothikul forecast the residential market in Phuket would keep rising this year following 25% sales growth […]

Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Airport Link has launched its full operations as its check-in service was opened for the first time, while passenger fares are now at full-fare level after a four-month reduced-fee introductory operation period. Airline passengers now may use the new check-in and baggage handling service systems at the City Air Terminal, also known […]

Thai listed firm MBK have opened a 47 room hotel at Loch Palm Golf Course in Phuket. The Tinidee Hotel@Phuket is a lowrise complex of four accommodation blocks overlooking a water feature. A target market of players for both MBK golf course Loch Palm and the highly rated Red Mountain are a key strategy for […]

People in Greater Bangkok are being warned of “nightmare” traffic jams for the next three years as construction on at least seven railway lines gets into full swing. Long-distance commuters can expect to spend four to six hours a day commuting until 2014, said Soithip Trisuddhi, director of the Transport Ministry’s Office of Transport and […]

The government is planning hundreds of billions of baht worth of megaprojects this year, aimed mainly at upgrading logistics and water systems, but analysts say uncertainty surrounds their feasibility.  Among the projects expected to be kicked off this year is the Green Line extension of the BTS SkyTrain’s existing Sukhumvit Line. The Transport Ministry will […]

Thailand will meet the schedule of having its first nuclear plant feed power into the system in 2021 if the government gives its approval, the technical adviser to the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office (NPPDO), Pricha Karasuddhi, has said. By The Nation In an interview to Energy Saving magazine, he said that once the government […]