Author: Peter Carlisle

Thai contractor Demco keen on expansion in renewable energy sector SET-listed Demco, a contractor and engineering service provider, is expanding its clean energy business following diversification into this sector by joining the government’s promoted renewable power development scheme. The company proposed power generation projects in an auction for the 5.2-gigawatt renewable power scheme, overseen by […]

Opening of Lewis Hotel Pattaya,Thailand’s First Radisson Individual Property This week, Radisson celebrates the opening of its first-ever Radisson Individual Hotel in Thailand—the Lewis Hotel Pattaya. The hotel, which his now welcoming guests, is the first Individual property in the country but the seventh hotel overall for Thailand in the country following recent openings in […]

Thai Contractor Prime Road Power targets 1,800MW renewable power by 2027 SET-listed Prime Road Power, an operator of solar farms and provider of solar panel installation services, aims to increase its renewable power generation capacity to 1,800 megawatts by 2027, up from 304MW, thanks to campaigns for fossil fuel reduction to fight global warming across […]

Thai contractor Nawarat Patanakarn anticipates upsurge in state projects in second half 0f 2023 SET-listed contractor Nawarat Patanakarn (NWR) anticipates a surge in new construction jobs from the government sector, with contracts awarded by state agencies in the second half after a new government is installed. Pasan Swasdiburi, senior vice-president of new business and strategic […]

Couple did the impossible and restored a century-old Bangkok river-stilt home. Now it’s a six-bed holiday villa for families and groups 6-bedroom villa in 100-year-old canal-side traditional home the fruit of a 5-year transformation, and offers families and groups a different travel experience Philippine-born Irma Go fell in love with Bangkok’s old houses when she […]

State Railway of Thailand has edge in land dispute in Buriram The Central Administrative Court has favoured a petition from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) against the Department of Lands (DoL) and its director general for dereliction of duty regarding plots of land totalling 5,083 rai in the Khao Kradong area of Buri Ram’s […]

Breaking the cycle of land inequality in Thailand Thailand’s land ownership disparity is one of the worst in the world. As such, land reform should be a crucial campaign policy for the upcoming general election. Unfortunately, it is not. As the campaign heats up, the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) announced in February that it […]

Ayutthaya condo market sees rebound Industry, tourism drive upswing The growing industrial sector and a tourism recovery helped the Ayutthaya property market register a strong rebound for condos priced 1-1.5 million baht in the second half last year. Somphon Rattchathapimolchai, chief marketing officer of Ayutthaya City Park Shopping Complex, said the industrial and tourism sectors […]