Centara Hotels & Resorts, a member of the Dubai-based Luxury Hotels by Dnata, is opening a brand-new hotel in Phuket on October 15 – the Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket. Designed in a colonial style with Sino-Portuguese architecture, the Centara Grand Beach Resort is Centara’s fourth property in Phuket. The resort is one of the […]
Continue ReadingTOKYO, Oct 06, 2010 Japanese firms Mitsui & Co. (TSE:8031) and Toyo Engineering Corp. (TSE:6330) said Tuesday that they have jointly won contracts to build seven highly efficient natural-gas-fired power plants in Thailand. Each signed the deals — estimated to total roughly 70-80 billion yen (US$841-961 million) — with wholly owned units of Gulf JP […]
Continue ReadingNovotel Bangkok Impact will be located within one of Asia’s largest dedicated Event, Convention and Exhibition Centres Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Thailand, announced today the signing of Novotel Bangkok Impact. Being developed by IMPACT Exhibition Management, Novotel Bangkok Impact will open in early 2011. This newly built hotel with 380 guest rooms […]
Continue ReadingAn environmentalist yesterday blamed Suvarnabhumi Airport for the flooding in many areas in Bangkok. Speaking at a seminar on “Bangkok: The Underwater City”, Stop Global Warming Association president Srisuwan Janya said he and affected people would sue Suvarnabhumi Airport executives in a bid to get the government to take responsibility for the damage it had […]
Continue ReadingEnvironmental and conservation networks in six countries have vowed to fight a big dam planned across the Mekong River at Sayabouri in Laos. “We have been gathering signatures of people who are against this dam,” Thailand’s Chiang Khong Conservation Group leader Niwat Roykaew said at an international meeting in Mexico. “We will fight to the […]
Continue ReadingDLA Piper has bulked up its capabilities in Thailand with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate consultant Tim Dobson. Dobson has joined DLA’s corporate group in Bangkok as a senior consultant, where he will work alongside the firm’s three resident partners in the region.
Continue ReadingToyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO, President & CEO Yutaka Yamada) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (MITSUI, President & CEO Masami Iijima) have entered into the power plant construction contracts with specific purpose companies (SPC) wholly owned by Gulf JP Co., Ltd. (Gulf JP). Gulf JP is an independent power producer in Thailand whose major owner is […]
Continue ReadingShowa Shell Seikyu KK and Marubeni Corp. have received orders for the construction of a vast solar power plant in Thailand‘s Phetchabun Province from local heavy electrical machinery company Gunkul Engineering. The total order is for 39,000 solar panels capable of generating a total output of 3.4mw. Showa Shell will deliver the panels within the […]
Continue ReadingRamaland Development will not renew Pan Pacific Hotels Group’s agreement to operate Pan Pacific Bangkok Hotel, Thailand. Pan Pacific, which has run the site since 1995, was unavailable to comment on why the contract, which was up for renewal this year, will be pulled.
Continue ReadingInterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announced that a Crowne Plaza hotel will replace the Pan Pacific Bangkok, marking the entry of the brand to the capital of Thailand. The rebranding will come into effect 1 January 2011, making Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park the fifth IHG property in Bangkok.
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