THAILAND – RAILWAYS SRT: Airport Link ready for business The Airport Link connecting Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport is 100 per cent ready for the first day of commercial services tomorrow, State Railway of Thailand governor Yuthana Thapcharoen said on Sunday. “The stations, the rails and the overall train system are ready for service. The Airport […]
Continue ReadingDusit Hotel Group Adding Phuket and Samui Properties As reported in The Nation Newspaper a representative of leading Thailand chain Dusit Thani has said the group is in expansion mode in Phuket and Koh Samui. According to the story a core Dusit branded hotel on a conversion basis in Samui will be announced soon. While […]
Continue ReadingRedesign may delay Dark Green Line project, add cost The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will adjust the design blueprint of the Dark Green Line from Mo Chit to Saphan Mai in a bid to solve a land expropriation problem. The project has been held up as the MRTA could not expropriate a […]
Continue ReadingThai PM to visit China in September Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will visit China on September 4 to finalise details of the Thai-Chinese joint venture to invest in a high-speed train project in Thailand, said Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij. The joint venture’s shareholders will be state enterprises of these countries, including the State Railway of […]
Continue ReadingEleven firms in fray for Red-Line work Eleven leading construction companies picked up bidding documents for the first and second contracts involving civil work on the Red Line’s Bang Sue-Rangsit section worth a combined Bt45 billion. The sale of the documents closed on Tuesday after starting on August 2. Yuthana Thapcharoen, governor of the State […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
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Magnolia reviving dormant hotel Luxury condominiums part of mixed-use plan A Ratchadamri Road building that has been dormant for 15 years will be revived by a new investor, Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited (MQDC), owned by the Cheavaranont family, with an estimated investment of at least 4 billion baht for construction. The site between Peninsula […]
Continue ReadingBangkok developers grab Ratchadamri Road’s last plot Scene of some of the fiercest fighting in May’s bloody crackdown and home to some of Bangkok’s finest establishments, including hotels the Hyatt Erawan and Four Seasons and the soon to be completed St Regis Residences, Ratchadamri Road in the centre of Bangkok, is set for a new […]
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THAILAND – CONSTRUCTION Beer bars torn down to ensure hot spot doesn’t go up in flames Nana has facelift to stay youngOne of Bangkok’s most notorious nightspots, Nana Plaza on Sukhumvit Soi 4, is getting a facelift. Many of the mostly foreign customers who frequent Nana Plaza have been surprised to find that all the […]
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