The 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, […]
Continue ReadingItalian-Thai Development Pcl, Thailand’s biggest construction company, signed an $8.6 billion contract with Myanmar’s government to build a deep-sea port and industrial estate, Vice President Anan Amarapala said. The project will be located in Dawei, less than 300 kilometers (186 miles) west of Bangkok, offering another route for exporters to ship goods to Europe and […]
Continue ReadingCB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has been named the top real estate advisor and consultancy firm at the global, regional and local level in the 2010 Euromoney Real Estate Awards. This is the fourth time the company has won this prestigious title since Euromoney began the awards in 2005. CBRE was also voted the number one […]
Continue ReadingAirport Railway Link’s new route, or phase 2, is under construction even though its date of completion has yet to be finalized. The new route is expected to help promote Thailand as an aviation hub in the Southeast Asian Region. On August 23, 2010, Thailand’s long-awaited project has finally opened its door to the public. […]
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Starwood has opens the doors of the highly-anticipated W Retreat Koh Samui, the first W in Southeast Asia. An all-villa beachfront resort uniquely located at the peak of the north shore of Thailand’s famed Samui Island, W Retreat Koh Samui brings an alluring new dimension to Thailand through its location, forward-looking design, and vibrant contemporary […]
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