Here we give you the biggest renewable energy projects that came online in 2010 in the all the renewable energy industries. Renewable energy development continued at a good pace this year, with record-breaking projects announced almost as often as once per week. The editors of the renewable energy world network put our heads together to […]
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s Four Points by Sheraton brand has debuted in Thailand with the opening of the Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15. Located in Sukhumvit, Bangkok’s prime entertainment and commercial district, the 268-room property will offer great convenience to both leisure and business travellers.
Continue ReadingChina will not dance alone to the music of quick tempo. The Lao National Assembly last week gave its permission to a plan of high-speed railway construction linking China to its capital of Vientiane. The project, 421 km in length, will be launched in April 2011. This followed Thailand’s approval of a negotiation framework for […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s prosperity has never been more prominent. Thailand’s largest and wealthiest island boasts the country’s greatest concentration of multi-million-dollar holiday homes dotted across the landscaped plots of Phuket’s coast. Furthermore, over the past couple of decades I have witnessed Phuket evolve into a marine playground for the global jet set. The “Pearl of the South”, […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s InVision Hospitality Group led by founder Kevin Beauvais has merged with Cinnovation | CG Zinc Hospitality brand controlled by Nepalese multimillionaire Binod Chaudhary. The combination of the two companies will see 30 branded hotels under management in the next 36 months and a capital funding mechanism for expansion. A new re branded platform will […]
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Thailand would do best to focus on further developing Suvarnabhumi Airport as its sole hub in the long run while maintaining the status quo of Don Mueang in the short to medium term to provide relief capacity. IATA believes Suvarnabhumi’s annual handling capacity must rise to 60-65 million passengers from 45 million to serve the […]
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Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Airport Link will open and operate its check-in service for the first time on Jan 4, while passenger fares will be raised as it rises to full service after a four-month introductory operation period, according to Permanent Secretary for Transport Supoj Saplom. Mr Supoj, in his capacity as board chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingTOT Plc opened the sale of bidding documents yesterday for its 3G nationwide network expansion project worth 19.98 billion baht. Bid document sales will run until Dec 27. Bidders buying the documents are required to submit their technical and financial proposals back to TOT by Jan 10 along with the details of their creditor banks. […]
Continue ReadingBangkok announced a new 660,000 kilowatts of supercritical power plant will use Experion? Process Knowledge System (PKS) for the control run. The plant is located in Rayong Matta House (MaptaPhut, Rayong), Thailand’s electricity supply company organized by the Glow Group subsidiary GHECO-One independent power producers to operate. The power plant plans into operation in 2011, […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s Building Boom: No End in Sight By Chutima Sidasathian THE Baan Krating Phuket Resort, tucked away along the coast from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach, is adding 37 rooms, a sub-committee of the Governor’s Special Committee on Environmental Approvals heard today. The sub-committee also heard that application has been made to build another deep sea […]
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