Mr. Man Pattanothai, Deputy Minister of Finance, who looks after the Treasury Department said that there was a need to hasten the Phuket International Conference Centre construction, worth 1.6 billion baht (previous reports said 2.6 billion baht). The Finance Minister, Korn Jatikawanich, had reiterated to the department to follow up on this since it takes […]
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A new private hospital under construction in Krabi Town has prompted talk among local residents of less reliance on medical facilities in Phuket. The 120-bed facility, under construction by Krabi Nakharin Company, will be located on Pisalpop Road. The management company has links with, but is independent from, the group that runs the 135-bed Nakharin […]
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You may have wondered where we got to on our recent holiday, well read on… This was our 3rd visit to Centara Chaan Talay Resort & Villas Trat, the closest thing we’ve come across to feeling like you are on an island when you are actually still on the mainland. Expect to take about 4-5 […]
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We find the best-value hot spots for retirees. For sale Set in four acres, with stunning views of the Pyrenees and surrounding countryside, this impressive 18th-century house in the southern Gers embodies French charm. There is even a separate pigeon-house, awaiting renovation. £877,700 with Savills (020 7016 3740; www.savills.co.uk) Different people picture their retirement in different […]
Continue ReadingThe resort development will be on approx. 100 Rai (160,000 square meters) of prime land covered with beautiful mature tropical hardwood trees, and most of the hotel rooms will overlook Patong Beach and Town. Mai-BS (Thailand) signed an agreement with Yangrangsi Company Limited based in Phuket, Thailand for the development of a new 350 Room […]
Continue ReadingBy The Nation Parliament will delay the decision on negotiating a framework agreement between Thailand and China on a high-speed train project as the opposition and senators have not obtained details of the multi-billion-baht venture, which they say relies too much on Chinese technology. With the Senate and the House of Representatives planning to request […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s hotel pipeline continues to surge with the announcement of a new 350 key luxury resort in South Patong. Developed by a Thai consortium under the Yangrangsi Company Limited plans call for 100 private pool villas and 250 key of a 5 star standard. Work is set to commence within the next month and the […]
Continue ReadingDistinctive Phuket lifestyle resort, Indigo Pearl, has been honoured as Asia’s Leading Design Hotel at the World Travel Awards 2010, Described as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel and tourism industry. The World Travel Awards which is monitored and independently audited is the foremost and most prestigious awards program in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry […]
Continue ReadingJFE Steel Corporation has announced that it will construct Thailand‘s first continuous galvanizing line for automobiles at the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate of Rayong Province in southeastern Thailand. JFE Steel’s wholly owned subsidiary JFE Steel Galvanizing (Thailand) Limited will handle construction and operation of the facility, as well as sales of hot dip galvanized […]
Continue ReadingThe railroad is many things to people in Cambodia: playground, garbage dump, open-air toilet, livestock grazing ground, a dry path for traversing swampy terrain. What it has not been for many years is working transportation for either people or freight. In fact, train service was halted completely last year. That may change soon. Development specialists […]
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