Hoteliers deride Thai governments proposal for dual pricing for foreign tourists and locals Hoteliers have expressed concerns about the government’s plan to set dual pricing for foreign tourists and locals, saying the move is “impractical” and demanding the administration roll out effective promotions to spur tourism sentiment in an effort to increase room rates. The […]
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Bangkok Mass Transit System hails ruling on cancelled bid of new section of the Orange Line from Bang Khun Non to Min Buri The Central Administrative Court (CAC) has ruled in favour of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) in a dispute over the cancellation of bidding early last year for the right to jointly […]
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Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to lift capacity by 15 million passengers a year in three years Suvarnabhumi’s east expansion gets boost The blueprint of the East Expansion project to enlarge the eastern section of Suvarnabhumi airport’s main terminal will be adjusted to increase the handling capacity of the country’s main gateway by 15 million passengers a […]
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Thailand’s Government pledges to finish high-speed rail link to China by 2028 The government has said it will complete its part of a much-delayed high-speed rail system linking the country to China through Laos by 2028, with bilateral trade and economic development key benefits. Officials pledged to finish the first of two stages to the […]
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Thailand’s Government plans to charge foreigners more than Thais for hotel rooms Foreign tourists may soon find Thailand a more expensive destination than in the past two years with the country now planning to raise hotel rates to pre-pandemic levels to support a faster recovery of the industry. The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to […]
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Thai Baht’s current slide is a grim reminder of its crash 25 years ago On July 1, at some point during the day, the baht fell to 35.66 to the dollar, its weakest in five years. It closed at 35.63 at the end of the trading session on the first day of this month, according […]
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Laos commissions new feasibility study into rail link with Vietnam The government of Laos has commissioned a feasibility study into the construction of an electrified rail link with Vietnam, the latter’s state news agency said. The Laos–Vietnam Railway Project (LVRP) would extend the country’s recently completed railway to Kunming, China some 330km as the crow […]
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Siam Yamato Steel signs contract with Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority to manage floating solar-generated electric power “Turning Water to Clean Energy, Combatting Global Warming” concept reaffirms SYS as a Thai steel manufacturer with Green Heart The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), represented by Mr. Sompong Dumrongongtragool, Deputy Governor (Business and Marketing), and Siam Yamato Steel Co., […]
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Samsung Engineering Acquires Stake in Vietnamese Water Treatment Company Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC & PM) companies, announced on June 30 that it has acquired a 24 percent stake in the Vietnamese water treatment company DNP (Dong Nai Plastic) Water for about US$41 million. A signing […]
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Former MP questions how a defective 12 billion baht parliament building was accepted from its builder, Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Former Democrat MP Watchara Petthong is seeking answers from the office of the secretary-general of the House of Representatives about how it can accept the delivery of the 12 billion baht parliament building from its […]
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