BANGKOK, THAILAND – Thailand’s based hotel management company, Well Hotels & Resorts announces the opening of its first property “Well Hotel Bangkok” which is set to open in Q4/2015. Debuting in Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2015 on 3-5 June 2015, the feedback was very positive from travel agents and media due to the nice design […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s property developer Sena Development PCL signed a partnership deal with U.S.-based First Solar and private equity firm Confidence Capital to develop a solar rooftop business in Thailand, it said on Tuesday. Sena is one of several Thai companies diversifying into solar and renewable energy in Thailand to boost revenue growth. “The outlook for the […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s prime minister, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, detailed some of the port buildings and initiatives the Thai government is undertaking, in his weekly TV broadcast. These are all to support Thailand’s special economic zones (SEZs) development project. Of those developments already under way, a key focus is Songkhla in southern Thailand. “The SEZ for Padang Besar […]
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Steps towards a major overhaul of the Airport Rail Link will start to unroll within three or four months, according to the line operator. Construction bids for an Airport Rail Link extension between Don Mueang, Bang Sue and Phaya Thai are expected to be called by September or October, said Pakorn Tangjetsakao, acting president of the State Railway […]
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The banner is clear: Huai Khwang residents want the Orange Line rerouted, and vow to fight any attempt to lay down tracks they say will affect 1,000 families. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul) Residents of Soi Prachasongkhro 21 of Huai Khwang district who are affected by the planned construction of the Orange Line vowed Sunday to […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, 12 June 2015, (NNT) – Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong yesterday visited the construction site of the Pattaya – Hua Hin ferry pier. He disclosed that the Marine Department has been given two months to conduct a feasibility study of the project to construct ferry piers in Chonburi province’s Pattaya municipality and […]
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Vows Satun project will finally go ahead Pak Bara is known for its fabulous beaches, and as a kickoff point for trips to lesser known Andaman Islands, but Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong says he needs a deepwater port here. (Photo courtesy Tourism Authority of Thailand) Transport Minister Prajin Juntong has asked the […]
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A passenger buys a ticket at BTS Bearing Station, the destination of the current extended skytrain route. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Transport Ministry will ask the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) next week to take over the entire Green Line train project, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said yesterday. ACM Prajin said he will meet City Hall […]
Continue ReadingA collaboration to develop the Dawei megaproject is due to start on time, with the two leading Thai construction companies and the Myanmar government set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) next month. The Myanmar government and Thai companies Rojana Industrial Park Plc and SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) are scheduled to sign the […]
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A Thai construction company began working on a second Maesot-Myawaddy Friendship Bridge project on the Thai side of the border in early June. Local residents on the Thai side of the Moei River that separates Burma from Thailand said large earth moving machinery began leveling the ground while surveyors measured land and concrete workers started […]
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