Phuket’s Building Boom: No End in Sight By Chutima Sidasathian THE Baan Krating Phuket Resort, tucked away along the coast from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach, is adding 37 rooms, a sub-committee of the Governor’s Special Committee on Environmental Approvals heard today. The sub-committee also heard that application has been made to build another deep sea […]
Continue ReadingPhuket’s Building Boom: No End in Sight By Chutima Sidasathian THE Baan Krating Phuket Resort, tucked away along the coast from Phuket’s Nai Harn beach, is adding 37 rooms, a sub-committee of the Governor’s Special Committee on Environmental Approvals heard today. The sub-committee also heard that application has been made to build another deep sea […]
Continue ReadingChina-Thailand deal agreed in principle Thailand and China have agreed in principle on a 250-billion-baht joint investment in a high-speed rail project linking Nong Khai in the Northeast with Bangkok and continuing to the southern border town of Padang Besar, a total distance of 1,500 kilometres. The target speed of the rail project is 200-250km/h, […]
Continue ReadingSuthep hopes project will be finished by 2015 China is pushing Thailand to give its quick approval for an Asian railway project linking the Lao border in the northeast with Malaysia in the south. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday after returning from China that the government hoped to complete the Thai section of […]
Continue ReadingLuxury segment has ‘too many players’ Centara Hotels & Resorts hopes its latest launch of three-star Centra and Centara Boutique Collection brands will become its key revenue driver in hotel management over the next few years. Ronnachit Mahattanapreut, senior vice-president for finance of Central Plaza Hotel Plc (Centel), the parent firm of Centara, said it […]
Continue ReadingITD Cementation India has announced that the company in Joint Venture with its promoter, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Ltd, Thailand one of the leading contracting organizations in South East Asia, has been awarded a contract worth over Rs 228 crore by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of elevated road & metro viaduct for […]
Continue ReadingITD Cementation India has announced that the company in Joint Venture with its promoter, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Ltd, Thailand one of the leading contracting organizations in South East Asia, has been awarded a contract worth over Rs 228 crore by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of elevated road & metro viaduct for […]
Continue ReadingNong Khai-Padang Bezar high-speed train construction to be done in 4 years: Suthep Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said the construction of the Nong Khai(Thailand)-Bangkok-Padang Bezar (Malaysia) high-speed train will start next year and will be completed in four years. Suthep said he visited China to discuss the project in details on Saturday.
Continue ReadingStarwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide will unveil the 227-room St. Regis Bangkok, designed by Brennan Beer Gorman (BBG) Architects by early 2011, featuring the first Elemis Spa in Thailand. The new starwood property developed by Minor International PLC marks the first St. Regis hotel in Thailand and the Indochina region. To be opened on 1 […]
Continue ReadingChina has signed a US$2.4 billion loan agreement with Myanmar to finance the construction of a natural gas pipeline between the countries, media reports said Sunday. The loan was inked between the China Development Bank Cooperation and Myanmar Foreign Investment Bank on Nov. 30 in Napyitaw, the new capital, the Myanmar Times reported. The pipeline […]
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