Green light for Bt37-bn Thailand wind farm projects Wind Energy Holding (WEH), a member of the KPN Group and one Southeast Asia’s leading renewable energy companies, today announced that it has successfully closed financing for five of the company’s onshore wind farms totalling 450 megawatts. The investment for all five projects will total Bt37 billion. […]
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Best Western raises Asia hotel pipeline total to 24 Following a year of strong growth across Asia, Best Western Hotels & Resorts has even more new hotels lined up to launch in key business and leisure destinations across the region. Across Asia, Best Western opened nine new hotels this year in Myanmar, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand […]
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Yoma awards building contracts worth over US$400m for new Yangon developments SINGAPORE – Yoma Strategic Holdings on Wednesday (Nov 29) announced the signing of an agreement with two global construction companies to build its integrated real estate development Yoma Central, and The Peninsula Yangon, the former headquarters of the Burma Railway Company which will be […]
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POSCO Daewoo Gets Hotel Biz Rolling in Yangon The five-star hotel is comprised of two buildings, 15-story hotel with 343 guest rooms and 29-story serviced apartment bloc with 315 units A view of the Hotel Lotte Yangon Complex in Yangon, Myanmar, which was built by POSCO Daewoo Corp. and to be managed by Lotte Hotel […]
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Lancaster Bangkok opens for business BANGKOK, 22 December 2017: Landmark – Lancaster Hotel Group quietly opened Lancaster Bangkok, last month, a property that stands on the site of the group’s former Siam Hotel. A brand new five-star hotel, it was in the construction pipeline for at least six years before it embarked on a low-key […]
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New Condominium Rules allow more flexibility for foreigners in Myanmar Foreigners receive more attractive investment options under the new Condominium Rules. Foreigners will be given more flexibility to invest in the local property sector, according to new rules under the Condominium Law announced Thursday. The Condominium Rules are the final steps of the implementation of […]
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GE Scores Largest Renewable Wind Energy Order In Thailand 14 December 2017 – GE announced on Wednesday that it had received its largest renewable energy order in Thailand to build the three 90 megawatt clusters for the Theparak Wind farm in Central Thailand. GE Renewable Energy and GE Power have announced that they have received […]
Continue Reading30-Room Riverside Resort Opens in Chiang Mai, Thailand The 30-room X2 Chiang Mai Riverside Resort has opened. The resort boasts a prime waterfront location just a 20-minute drive from Chiang Mai International Airport and 10 minutes from the centre of the old city, the Sunday Night Walking Street, and famous Night Bazaar. The X2 Chiang […]
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Energy Ministry to decide on South power plants in three months It is necessary for more power generating plants to be built in the South of Thailand and the Energy Ministry will have to decide the locations of the plants and the types of fuel to be used with them in three months, Energy Minister […]
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AccorHotels plans 3 new mid-range hotels in Cambodia AccorHotels, a French multinational hotel group, plans to open new branches of its famous chained-brand hotels in Cambodia, as it moves to seize opportunities in a sector that is set to continue to expand in spectacular fashion with the number of foreign visitors markedly on the rise. […]
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