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Continue ReadingOne of Southeast Asia’s most charming cultural heritage destinations Luang Prabang is fast approaching a tipping point. According to the new Luang Prabang Hotel Market Update (download full report here) by hospitality consulting firm C9 Hotelworks, a large scale airport expansion and high-speed railway are leading indicators of imminent change. A runway expansion capable of […]
Continue ReadingThe inaugural Phuket Property Review by the island’s leading newspaper The Phuket Gazette has been released. Providing comprehensive information on real estate including a breakdown on what’s happened in the west, east, north, south and inland sectors, it’s a must read. Other features include design, finance and commentary by some of Phuket’s leading agencies. To […]
Continue ReadingIstana Phuket received top honours for all of Asia as Best Development (Multiple Units) Asia Pacific and Best Architecture Multiple Residence Asia Pacific. The project also won three Thailand-wide awards for Best Architecture Multiple Residence Thailand, Best Development Marketing Thailand, and Best Development (Multiple Units) Thailand. Prism Estates, developer of the Istana Phuket residential estate […]
Continue ReadingThe Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand is selling bid document to select the Green Line electric train project advisor during now until June 22. It expects the contract for the 12.6-km elevated Bearing-Samut Prakan project to be signed within October, said acting Governor Ronachit Yaemsaart. He said that the advisor will oversee the design […]
Continue ReadingMechanical diggers on the pristine beaches near the sleepy fishing town of Dawei are a sign that change is coming to the remote corner of Myanmar — but not necessarily for the better. The area has been chosen for a vast port complex that is the latest example of how foreign investment from Asian allies […]
Continue ReadingAs five-star award winners at country level, CBRE Thailand was nominated at the regional level and was subsequently awarded “Best Residential Real Estate Agency Website Asia Pacific” and “Best Property Consultancy Website Asia Pacific”. CBRE Thailand was named the winner for four categories at the country level including the top category five-star winners for “Best […]
Continue ReadingThailand must diversify the fuel it uses to generate electricity, or else domestic gas resources could dry up in about two decades, warns deputy energy permanent secretary Kurujit Nakornthap. “If the country continues pumping gas from the Gulf of Thailand at the present rate of 3,747 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) or 1.37 […]
Continue ReadingCorruption situation in the construction industry at present is getting severer with as high as one trillion baht lost to fraud each year. Former Engineering Institute of Thailand President Tortrakul Yomnak admitted that corruption exists in construction society where bribery is normal in auctions for construction projects while those refusing to pay bribes have no […]
Continue ReadingThe Srisoonthorn Bridge, which connects Phuket to the Thai mainland, will open this week as planned. Approved in 2009, at a cost of US$12.5 million, the 655 metre bridge was dubbed ‘Sarasin Bridge 2’ during construction. The Phuket Provincial Highways Office has announced that the new bridge linking Phuket to the Thai mainland will open […]
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