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Centara Grand Beach Resort Krabi is first in Thailand to get Gold Certification from EarthCheck

July 10, 2015August 4, 2015Peter Carlisle

For the past five years, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi has been working with EarthCheck to improve their sustainability efforts. After creating and implementing a large-scale environmental and social management system, Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Krabi has now achieved the status of “EarthCheck Gold”, recognizing the Resort’s successful five-year-long commitment to […]

Gamesa enters the Thai market with an order for the supply of 60 MW at three wind farms

July 9, 2015August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

Gamesa has achieved a new milestone in Asia by entering a new market – Thailand – where it has signed an agreement1 with Chinese developer PowerChina ZhongNan for the supply of 60 MW in total at three wind farms. Under the terms of the agreement, Gamesa will supply a total of 30 of its G114-2.0 […]

Six Thai airports to undergo major redevelopment in two years

July 9, 2015August 4, 2015Peter Carlisle

The Airports of Thailand (AoT) has outlined plans to complete expansion and development work across all of its six airports within the next two years. Established in 2002 following the privatisation of Airports Authority of Thailand, AoT operates Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and Don Mueang International Airport, the Phuket International Airport, Chiang Mai International Airport, Hat […]

Italian-Thai set to sign 50-year Dawei contract

July 9, 2015August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

Bridge construction site in Dawei (photo by Thiti Wannamontha) Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) through its subsidiary Dawei Development Co (DDC) will sign a contract with the Myanmar government by July 24 to develop and run the Dawei economic development zone for at least 50 years. DDC managing director Somchet Thinapong said on Thursday that the […]

New bus terminal to be built in Rangsit

July 8, 2015July 10, 2015Peter Carlisle

The Transport Ministry has found the 80-rai plot it needs to relocate the Mo Chit 2 bus terminal to the Rangsit area, to serve the North and Northeast. (Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd) The Transport Ministry has chosen the Rangsit area as the location for the new northern and northeastern inter-provincial bus terminal. The terminal, which will […]

All aboard: Kunming-Vientiane railway inches forward

July 7, 2015August 28, 2020Peter Carlisle

Although a bit trite with repetition, no saying better encapsulates the major obstacle facing Laos than “geography is destiny”. The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos is wedged between the vast rivers and expansive mountain ranges that demarcate its natural borders with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Because of its lack of access […]

MRTA spares city flyover in Green Line link

July 6, 2015July 10, 2015Peter Carlisle

Change of plans: Instead of knocking down the Ratchayothin flyover, the Green Line electric train will be built two metres above it, bridge over bridge. (Photo by Surapol Promsaka na Sakolnakorn) The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has decided to keep the Ratchayothin flyover, knocking back a proposal to demolish it for the northern […]

Southern property market comfort from tourism

July 4, 2015July 10, 2015Peter Carlisle

The southern property market has bottomed out after falling rubber prices threw the region’s economy into the doldrums in recent years, says the Bank of Thailand. Wajeetip Pongpech, the central bank’s director of risk management policy, said the property market, particularly in major southern provinces, was recovering thanks to tourism. “There’s still a silver lining […]

Thailand rejects China’s plan for 250 km/h railway

July 3, 2015July 10, 2015Peter Carlisle

Thailand has decided 180 km/h is enough to meet its cargo needs between Bangkok and the Northeast. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Thailand has rejected a Chinese proposal to increase the top speed of the new double-track railway from Bangkok to the Northeast and the Eastern Seaboard to 250 kilometres per hour from 180 km/h. Transport […]

Marina Bay Sands to Invest in Thailand Casino

July 3, 2015July 10, 2015Peter Carlisle

Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd., the company that operates Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s flagship integrated resorts, has expressed interest in launching a gambling venue and convention complex in Thailand. Krist Boo, Vice President for Communications for the company, told media that they would like to build and operate an integrated resort in Thailand, […]

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