About one-third of the leading business investors in the neighbouring Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) are interested in buying properties in Thailand, according to a survey by Thailand’s Agency for Real Estate Affairs (AREA). AREA president Sopon Pornchokchai said the survey was conducted among 150 leading Lao businessmen who attended a seminar on property […]
Continue ReadingMitsubishi Heavy Industries and EGAT will provide repair services for gas turbine components that are exposed to high temperatures. According to the Electric Light & Power dot com, the new joint venture company, which will be established in November, will target the launch of a service factory in 2012. MHI’s aim is to localize repair […]
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Bryan Lunt, chairman and CEO of Absolute World Group, collected the award from Terry Blackburn, managing director of event organisers Ensign Media. Among a prestigious cast of competitors, the Absolute Developments triumphed as Best Boutique Developer at the Thailand Property Awards 2010. Absolute was selected for its track record of completing good quality projects in […]
Continue ReadingSuntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. will supply 9.43 MW of solar panels and technical support for the second phase of a 44 MW solar power plant in Thailand. Owned by Bangchak Petroleum Public Co. Ltd. and integrated by Solartron Public Co. Ltd., the plant will be one of the largest in Thailand and southeast Asia, […]
Continue ReadingThe Real Estate Personality of the Year, chosen by the team at Property Report South East Asia magazine, was awarded to Khun Duangjai Kraus, Managing Director of Engel and Volkers. Pukhet’s Andara and Baan Yamu pick up 2010 Property Awards Terry Blackburn, Chief Executive Officer of organisers Ensign Media said: “This was the fifth year […]
Continue ReadingThai PTT’s sixth gas plant to start in early 2011 Most of the gas products to supply petrochemical plants Thailand‘s top energy firm, PTT Pcl, said on Thursday it expected its sixth gas separation plant to start commercial runs and operate fully in early 2011. The company has started test runs at the gas plant […]
Continue ReadingThai PTT’s sixth gas plant to start in early 2011 Most of the gas products to supply petrochemical plants Thailand‘s top energy firm, PTT Pcl, said on Thursday it expected its sixth gas separation plant to start commercial runs and operate fully in early 2011. The company has started test runs at the gas plant […]
Continue ReadingNothing haunts the Thai economy like the ghost of the 1997 Asian crisis. The illusory prosperity and good times were crushed overnight, leaving behind financial wreckage and dire distress in all economic sectors. And most would agree it was the region-wide rapid capital outflows and bursting asset bubbles that brought all of the tiger economies […]
Continue ReadingLooking as cool as a finlandia martini, the Aava resort and Spa is turning serene Khanom Bay into an even more attractive alternative to Thailand‘s busier tourist destinations. And if the property looks like something that Modernist Finnish architect Alvar Aalto might have sketched had he ever found himself swaying gently in a local hammock, […]
Continue ReadingLooking as cool as a finlandia martini, the Aava resort and Spa is turning serene Khanom Bay into an even more attractive alternative to Thailand‘s busier tourist destinations. And if the property looks like something that Modernist Finnish architect Alvar Aalto might have sketched had he ever found himself swaying gently in a local hammock, […]
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