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Thailand’s largest contractor seeks buyers for 15% of potash mine project Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the country’s largest contractor, is offering for sale 15% of its delayed $800-million potash mine in Udon Thani with a plan to begin construction early next year. The company has been approached by both Thai and foreign partners who want […]
Continue ReadingAs five-star award winners at country level, CBRE Thailand was nominated at the regional level and was subsequently awarded “Best Residential Real Estate Agency Website Asia Pacific” and “Best Property Consultancy Website Asia Pacific”. CBRE Thailand was named the winner for four categories at the country level including the top category five-star winners for “Best […]
Continue ReadingA new Japanese solar power device can generate twice the electricity of current models thanks to moving mirrors that follow the sun throughout the day, according to its developers. Smart Solar International, a Tokyo start-up that also has an office in California, will start producing the system in Japan in August, hoping it will be […]
Continue ReadingA new Japanese solar power device can generate twice the electricity of current models thanks to moving mirrors that follow the sun throughout the day, according to its developers. Smart Solar International, a Tokyo start-up that also has an office in California, will start producing the system in Japan in August, hoping it will be […]
Continue ReadingDespite an abundant supply, Vietnam is still among the world’s most expensive place to rent offices. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are ranked 19th and 21st respectively among the world’s 100 cities having the highest office rental, according to UK-based property market consultancy Knight Frank. The monthly average rentals in the southern hub and […]
Continue ReadingSalamander Energy has signed a contract for the construction of its Bualuang Bravo Platform in Thailand. It is also hoping to complete imminently arrangements for a new debt facility. The Group’s producing assets have performed broadly to plan. During 1Q 2011 production averaged 19,434 bopd. The Group reiterates its average production forecast for 2011 of […]
Continue ReadingMissing links in Thai hub plan Thailand has long aimed to establish itself as a regional trade and investment hub, leveraging into the country’s central Southeast Asian geography and East meets West openness. While a political push and expanding regional trade has given new life to those ambitions, its not clear to most analysts Thailand […]
Continue ReadingMoevenpick Hotels & Resorts is undertaking management of the 39-Residence The Palm Beach Club and rebranding it Moevenpick Residences Laguna Beach Phuket with immediate effect. The property will ideally complement the Moevenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket, the first property the company opened in Thailand in 2006. Both Phuket properties harmoniously blend Thailand’s gentle […]
Continue ReadingThe Thai embassy in Vientiane, Laos is no longer issuing 60 day tourist visas to applicants who have 3 previous visa stickers already on their passport. Tourists returned from Vientiane said that the embassy had taken a stern stance towards tourists who have been using tourist visas to stay indefinitely in Thailand. An embassy spokesperson […]
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Lower costs plus export opportunities Knocked-down houses made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam have been a small and struggling niche market for three decades but builders today are seeing brighter opportunities to expand their reach to overseas customers. The Cement Foam Design Association, a group of small and medium-sized companies, says 20 of its members […]
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