Thailand’s hospitality industry reached new highs in 2015, enjoying its best year in over two decades, according to research revealed exclusively by leading research institute STR Global at Thailand Tourism Forum 2016, held today at the InterContinental Bangkok. Thailand closed the year with an overall occupancy of 73.4%, an increase of 13.6% over 2014, as […]
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Planned rail system linking Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang & U-Tapao airports offers convenience to air travelers, but bottleneck in construction must be worked out first. TRANSPORTATION Military government set to build rail link between 3 airports Almost six years ago, the Airport Rail Link introduced a fast route to Suvarnabhumi airport, offering speedy trains taking travellers […]
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The Board of Directors of Ua Withya PCL (UWC) has approved the acquisition of two biomass power plants in Buriram province for a total consideration of 923 million baht ($25.46 million). The power plants, Advance Bio Power and Satuk Biomass, have a combined generating capacity of 17.4 MW, which will enhance UWC’s total capacity to […]
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A slew of factors is persuading companies to expand abroad to access the global market Rising costs and steep anti-dumping duties in the United States and Europe, coupled with a desire to expand overseas, are increasingly driving major Chinese solar panel makers’ new investments away from the domestic market, the world’s largest, to neighboring Thailand. […]
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Bangkok: One in five prisoners of war and forced labourers died on the Thai-Burma railway – one for every sleeper laid. Seventy years after jungle reclaimed the infamous death railway at the end of World War II, negotiations are under way to rebuild a track from Thailand to the country now known as Myanmar, as […]
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More than 30,000 foreigners had applied for work permits at Cambodia’s Labor Ministry in 2015 after the General Department of Immigration (GDI) had constantly inspected foreign laborers in the country, a GDI’s senior official said Friday. Speaking at the GDI’s annual meeting, GDI’s deputy director general Lt. Gen. Keo Vanthon said the fee for a […]
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Malaysian real estate investors have been purchasing property overseas for a while now but have traditionally looked to developed countries such as Britain and Australia. Interestingly, our northern neighbour Thailand is beginning to draw attention too. Keen to attract Malaysians to the real estate scene in the Land of Smiles, Sansiri PLC, one of Thailand’s […]
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Thailand was named the top destination in Asia in the recent Destination Index Survey by DMC Pacific World. China and India round out the top three in the December 2015 edition of the monthly survey that measures the number of event enquiries rather than the number of events taking place. Pacific World’s country manager Thailand, […]
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The US News & World Report’s study called “Best Countries” was compiled in collaboration with BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It sampled the perceptions of more than 16,000 people in four global regions, asking them to rank 60 pre-selected countries on a range of criteria. It then compiled a […]
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ALE’s Thailand branch office was contracted by CUEL to perform the load-out, transportation and weighing of 151 modules. The modules, which varied in weight from 24 tonnes to 1,928 tonnes, were moved using 120 axle lines of transporters and five power pack units throughout the operations. ALE’s contract completion coincided with the 30th sea voyage […]
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