Author: Peter Carlisle

An in-house hospitality brand 8over8 will provide management. Instead of selling property the offering is based on what the developer is terming HRU’s ( hotel rights of use).  In Singapore project showcases are taking place at the moment as part of a sales strategy in the regional market.  Two purchase options are available with the […]

COMO Hotels and Resorts, the award-winning five star hotel group based in Singapore, is to develop and manage a new property on the Yamu peninsula of Phuket in Thailand. Located in Phang Nga Bay on the northeast coast of Phuket, this property is the ninth member of COMO’s family of unique destinations and is scheduled […]

Phuket’s foreign property market will continue to improve with estimated sales of 5 billion baht in 2011 despite buyers’ confidence taking a hit from an increase in unfinished projects, says the Bangkok-based property developer Seacon Group. Executive director Piya Sosothikul forecast the residential market in Phuket would keep rising this year following 25% sales growth […]

Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport’s Airport Link has launched its full operations as its check-in service was opened for the first time, while passenger fares are now at full-fare level after a four-month reduced-fee introductory operation period. Airline passengers now may use the new check-in and baggage handling service systems at the City Air Terminal, also known […]

Thai listed firm MBK have opened a 47 room hotel at Loch Palm Golf Course in Phuket. The Tinidee Hotel@Phuket is a lowrise complex of four accommodation blocks overlooking a water feature. A target market of players for both MBK golf course Loch Palm and the highly rated Red Mountain are a key strategy for […]

People in Greater Bangkok are being warned of “nightmare” traffic jams for the next three years as construction on at least seven railway lines gets into full swing. Long-distance commuters can expect to spend four to six hours a day commuting until 2014, said Soithip Trisuddhi, director of the Transport Ministry’s Office of Transport and […]

The government is planning hundreds of billions of baht worth of megaprojects this year, aimed mainly at upgrading logistics and water systems, but analysts say uncertainty surrounds their feasibility.  Among the projects expected to be kicked off this year is the Green Line extension of the BTS SkyTrain’s existing Sukhumvit Line. The Transport Ministry will […]

Thailand will meet the schedule of having its first nuclear plant feed power into the system in 2021 if the government gives its approval, the technical adviser to the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office (NPPDO), Pricha Karasuddhi, has said. By The Nation In an interview to Energy Saving magazine, he said that once the government […]