Author: Peter Carlisle

Dusit International has worked with EarthCheck since 2009 to implement a sustainability management system which aligns to the group’s corporate social responsibility approach. Dusit International has become the first hotel group in Thailand to have multiple properties awarded Gold Certification by EarthCheck, the world’s leading environmental management and professional service group. Nine Dusit International properties […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) (TOKYO:7011), Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) (TOKYO:6501) and Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) (TOKYO:8053) were awarded a contract by State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to design and build an Electric and Mechanical (E&M) system, as a full turn-key package, for Red Line Construction Project. The contract price is approximately 32.399 billion Thai Baht and […]

The government yesterday reaffirmed its decision to go ahead with the first high speed train from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima or Korat. The affirmation came as former finance minister Korn Chatikavanich called on the government to revise, reasoning it is not worth investment, and will bring the country in heavy interest burden. Transport minister Arkhom […]

The cabinet yesterday approved several economic stimulus packages that include the construction of the Pink and Yellow electric rail routes. Finance Minister, Apisak Tantiworawong said the packages has been proposed by the Finance Ministry. He said the Pink Line will connect Khae Rai in Bangkok’s west to Minburi in the eastern part of the capital. […]

Competition in the warehouse market, particularly in Samut Prakan and the Eastern Seaboard, is expected to heat up this year as local developers get in on the act, according to property consultant Knight Frank Thailand Co. Increased investment in warehouse projects outside traditional areas is also expected, thanks to the government’s planned 2-trillion baht investment […]

Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday (March 29) approved a 111 billion baht (S$4.3 billion) project to build two new rail lines in the Thai capital, part of a wider infrastructure push by the ruling junta as it seeks to boost a sluggish economy. Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said the Cabinet approved construction of a Pink […]