Author: Peter Carlisle

BANGKOK – Premier Inn, the UK’s largest and fastest-growing hotel operator, continues the expansion of its Thailand portfolio with the announcement of its first hotel in Phuket. Due to open its doors in early 2017, the 350-room Premier Inn Phuket will be located close to several tourist attractions including the golden sands of Patong Beach, […]

Thailand based Fancy Wood Industries PCL , one of the world’s largest wood and rubber wood furniture producers, has set up a new subsidiary – Fancy Estate Company – to acquire two housing projects worth 355 million baht ($11.09 million), in Thailand. The new company, which has a registered capital of 10 million baht, will […]

Hot on the heels of a 12-year maintenance contract, France-based multinational power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure company Alstom has been awarded a €65 million contract by Toyo Engineering Corp., to supply France’s Gulf MP Co. Ltd. with 12 steam turbine generators. The earlier maintenance contract was for two of its upgraded GT26 gas […]

U-tapao airport in Rayong province will be upgraded to cater for more passengers. (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha) The Transport Ministry and the Royal Thai Navy will sign a cooperative agreement next month to expand the capacity of U-tapao airport, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said on Thursday. The date for the signing has not been set […]

At 314 metres, MahaNakhon is the tallest building in Thailand. The 22-billion-baht luxury mixed-use project is expected to hand off residential units to customers by year-end. Pace Development Corporation Plc has announced the successful topping off of MahaNakhon at 77 floors, the tallest building in Thailand. At 314 metres, the skyscraper surpasses the current champion, […]

The Dow Chemical Company yesterday officially inaugurated its new state-of-the-art polyether polyols plant at Asia Industrial Estate, Rayong, as part of its strategy of continued growth in Asia-Pacific. The plant, which recently started operation, has a production capacity of up to 200,000 tonnes per year, adding to the 25,000 tonnes at Dow’s facility in Map […]

Singapore’s upscale lifestyle hotel brand, Amara, has spread its wings to Thailand with the recent soft opening of the new Amara Bangkok, located in the Surawong district, parallel to Silom and Sathorn Roads in Bangkok’s Central Business District.  The hotel will be managed by Amara Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of Amara Holdings Limited. […]

German engineering conglomerate Siemens AG foresees continuous demand for rail systems in Thailand despite investment delays. A train approaches construction of the 26.3-kilometre-long Bang Sue-Rangsit Red Line mass-transit project. More rail projects are planned including a 900-km-long double-track railway. WICHAN CHAROENKIARTPAKUN Tomasz Mazur, head of the mobility division at Siemens (Thailand), said even though Thailand had delayed some […]