Thailand’s Kata Group plots growth on back of southern airports’ expansion 19 November, 2019 With the expansion of southern Thailand’s airports, Kata Group’s founder and president, Pramookpisitt Achariyachai, alongside son and heir, Pariyawit Achariyachai, who recently assumed the role of group business development director, are seeing an opportune time to expand the family-run hospitality business. […]
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SureStay Hotel by Best Western opens in Vientiane, Laos 19 November 2019 Best Western® Hotels & Resorts continues to introduce its innovative SureStay Hotel Group to exciting new destinations across Asia with the opening of a new property at the heart of Vientiane in Laos. Opening its doors on November 19, 2019, SureStay Hotel by […]
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Thai beach resorts pricing themselves out of the market – fact or fiction? 20 November 2019 Are Thai beach resorts pricing themselves out of the market? One tour company boss, Stephan Roemer, thinks so according to a report by Skift an online travel news service that quoted heavily from Diethelm Travel Group’s hotel price data. […]
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Marriott International expands portfolio with 3 new hotels planned across Thailand 19 November 2019 Marriott International will bring more than 1,500 rooms and debut three brands across Phuket and Pattaya in Thailand by 2024. Marriott has signed agreements with Asset World Corporation (AWC), Thailand’s leading integrated lifestyle real-estate group for the expansion. Under the agreements, […]
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B Grimm Solar Power buys project in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province 19 November 2019 Bangkok-based B Grimm Power Pcl’s wholly owned subsidiary, B Grimm Solar Power 1, has entered into a share purchase agreement with Pramote Laocharoenwong, who is not connected with the company, to acquire all shares of Cambodia’s Ray Power Supply Co Ltd […]
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Asian Development Bank and Gulf PD Sign Deal to Build 2,500 MW Power Plant in Rayong Thailand 18 November 2019 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf PD Company Limited (Gulf PD) today signed a $180 million agreement to build and operate a 2,500-megawatt (MW) combined cycle gas turbine power plant in the Rojana Rayong […]
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Thailand hopes to have bullet trains running by 2023 17 November 2019 After years of delays and much debate, it’s finally happening. Bullet trains are coming to Thailand. With one project under construction, another approved and others being considered, many in the country are questioning whether high-speed rail (HSR) will be the right fit for […]
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Kingsgate Consolidated’s gold mine arbitration with Thailand to be moved to Singapore 16 November 2019 Kingsgate Consolidated Limited of Australia and the Thai government have agreed to change the location of the arbitration hearings over the closure of gold mine operations in Thailand, from Hong Kong to Singapore, due to the intensifying protests in the […]
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Jump-start household solar in Thailand with loans, say experts 17 November 2019 The government must provide more incentives and loans to encourage households to adopt solar energy generation, according to experts. Decharut Sukkumnoed, lecturer on economics at Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Agricultural and Resource Economics, said the growth in solar-powered households would be much greater […]
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Airports of Thailand to spend Bt393 billion on expansion of six airports By THE NATION Airports of Thailand (AOT) will spend Bt393 billion on the expansion of six airports as part of its investment plan for 2017-33, the company’s president, Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, said. The plan, already approved by the board, aims to boost the airports’ […]
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