CAT Telecom is considering blacklisting Marubeni (Thailand) and the Chinese equipment supplier ZTE for missing the March deadline for completing a national optical-fibre backbone network worth 2.1 billion baht. The default on the backbone network contract had resulted in extensive damage to the state telecom enterprise, said CAT. President Jirayuth Rungsrithong said the CAT board […]
Continue ReadingThe European hotel management company Langham Hotels International hopes its aggressive expansion in China will support its properties in Thailand. China is an important market for Langham, said Bob van den Oord, the company’s vice-president for sales and marketing. It strongly believes that Langham will be well received in China where people like European brands. […]
Continue ReadingA Space buyers claim promises are not met Residents of the a Space Asok-Ratchada condominium developed by SET-listed Areeya Property Plc will file a court case seeking a halt to the development of a 39-storey condo in front of their homes. The site, where residents were told a community mall was planned, and a roof […]
Continue ReadingFast emerging Hawaiian based hotel management company Outrigger are re-organizing their Phuket Asia regional office to manage their Australia and South Pacific properties. Two hotels in Australia and one in Fiji are already operating along with a development pipeline.
Continue ReadingBangkok‘s retail property sector had a generally positive performance in the third quarter, supported by the recovering economy and property markets, according to the global real estate firm DTZ. The improvement in sentiment helped fuel increasing interest from both domestic and international retailers. There was no new supply in both downtown and midtown areas in […]
Continue ReadingCentara 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 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 […]
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