Author: Peter Carlisle

News has just been released that Thai property developer, Amari Estates Company, has won the lease management contract for Herathera Island Resort in the south Maldives. Herathera Island, Maldives: News has just emerged that the Thai residential property developer, Amari Estates Company, has won the lease management contract for Herathera Island Resort in the south […]

China will build a “commercial city” in Thailand worth $1.5 billion that will allow traders to re-export Chinese-made goods and avoid costly tariffs, state media said Thursday. More than 70,000 Chinese traders are expected to operate in the China City Complex in Bangkok, helping them miss levies on products shipped directly from China, the China […]

As part of a strategic investment in the mining business, Caterpillar (CAT) will open a new manufacturing facility in Thailand. The company expects to start production from late 2012. To set up its first manufacturing facility in Thailand, an Australian subsidiary of Caterpillar inked a deal with Hemaraj Land & Development Pcl to buy land […]

Legal wrangling over the True-Hutch takeover deal looks set to grow more complicated with the telecommunications conglomerate proposing to invest in a third-generation mobile network for CAT Telecom on its own to accelerate planned 3G mobile services nationwide. The proposal is designed to be a win-win solution for CAT, enabling the state telecom enterprise to […]

The Nation Chinese enterprises are boosting their investments in Thailand in a big way, with the first of three joint ventures with Thai partners being for a sprawling wholesale trading centre worth 6.2 billion yuan (Bt28.8 billion) near Bangkok. The project will be officially launched today. This project will be followed by a Bt3-billion wholesale […]

Thailand’s Italian-Thai Development has won its bid to build an elevated expressway for about US$2 billion (Bt60 billion) in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot on Monday said he has been tasked by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on behalf of the Thai government to witness the signing of the contract for […]

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 […]