After unveiling its first Myanmar property in Nay Pyi Taw, Berlin-based Kempinski Hotels AG will expand to Yangon by 2016, according to Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank. The bank announced it was lending US$60 million to transform a heritage building in Yangon into a Kempinski Hotel. The renovation of the building will be conducted by Thai-based […]
Continue ReadingA Singapore construction company and an affiliate of Changi Airport Group has won a $1.4 billion order to build a new airport in Myanmar’s Yangon as the country repairs its infrastructure after the easing of decades of sanctions. A man is seen above advertisement boards after landing at the airport in Yangon, Myanmar. The […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, 30 October 2014 (NNT) – The cabinet has approved a plan for a Thai-Cambodia railway bridge to achieve Southern Economic Corridor connectivity. In the meeting today, the cabinet approved in principle the construction of the Thai-Cambodia railway bridge as proposed by the Ministry of Transport (MOT). The MOT had proposed to the cabinet that […]
Continue ReadingTokyo, Nov 5, 2014 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501 / “Hitachi”) today announced that, together with a consortium of a local company, it has entered into a contract with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) for supply and construction of Chaiya Phum substations, which is an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract […]
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide recently announced that its global powerhouse Sheraton brand will re-enter Phuket with the signing of Sheraton Phuket Kalim Beach Resort. Scheduled to open in early 2018, the agreement with Phuket Advance Development Ltd. follows closely behind the recent announcement of the debut of the W Hotels brand in Phang Nga […]
Continue Reading03 November 2014 Construction of the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos is almost half finished, the developer behind it has said. Prasert Marittanaporn, senior vice president of the construction firm Ch. Karnchang, told the Bangkok Post late last week that the $3.8 billion hydropower project – which conservation groups fear will have […]
Continue ReadingThis story appears in the November 3, 2014 issue of Forbes Asia. Rail lines running north from Bangkok to Chiang Mai have become so decrepit that derailments occur regularly. But plans to upgrade are also sidetracked with high frequency. So Asian transportation experts, and railway buffs everywhere, were surprised by the Thai military government’s sudden […]
Continue ReadingGWE waste-to-energy technology nominated for global energy award Raptor anaerobic waste technology being used in Thailand waste-to-energy project. Global Water Engineering (GWE’s) Raptor anaerobic waste technology as applied in a starch processing waste-to-energy project in Thailand has been nominated as a finalist in the energy category of the prestigious 2014 IChemE global awards. Chok Chai […]
Continue ReadingSONGKHLA, 2 November 2014 – Over 3,000 people residing around the planned sites of the Thepha Coal Power Plant and its sea port in Songkhla participated in a public hearing forum held at the Subdistrict Administrative Organization office in Thepha District today. Organized by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), the forum was attended […]
Continue ReadingThree mass-transit lines will be tabled for cabinet approval this year so that bids can called early in 2015. The State Railway of Thailand has already sent the details of the three projects to the Transport Ministry, said transport permanent secretary Soithip Traisut on Saturday. Two of them are the Red Line extensions (Bang Sue-Hua […]
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