Bangkok Airways consortium ‘best’ bidder for Thailand’s U-Tapao International airport hub project A three-party consortium that includes Bangkok Airways has emerged as the bidder that made “the best offer” to develop an aviation hub at Thai airport U-Tapao International. Along with with BTS Group and Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction, the carrier submitted a joint bid […]
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Construction of Vietnam’s My Thuy Seaport kicked off The construction of My Thuy International Seaport in the central province of Quang Tri has been kicked off on February 27, 2020. The project costs VND14, 234 billion (US$613 million), including VND2, 143 coming from the My Thuy International Port Joint Venture Company and VND12, 091 billion […]
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Vietnam May Back Off From Coal-Fired Power Plants It’s becoming harder to finance projects as banks avoid coal Falling cost of renewables is reducing coal’s price advantage Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it more difficult to build plants. […]
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Bangkok Lighthouse Club Networking Evening – March 11, 2020 – SPONSOR The Beaumont Partners Co Ltd Please see details for our 11th of March 2020 event. We are going to mix things up a bit and go to the new TBP offices [please see map attached] We need all members to show their support for […]
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Thailand’s Centara Hotels & Resorts to open new hotels in Cha Am and Krabi’s Ao Nang Thailand’s leading hotel operator reveals plans to add almost 2,000 new rooms across multiple markets in 2020, as it moves towards its target of becoming a top 100 global hotel group As the world enters a new decade, Centara […]
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Thailand’s CK Power’s net profit rises 28% from operations of five new solar plants and electricity import deal from Laos CK Power (CKP), the power generation arm of Thai construction firm Ch. Karnchang, reported an increase in net profit of 28% last year, thanks to the operations of five new solar plants and a deal […]
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Thailand’s richest man plans Bangkok’s tallest skyscraper next to Asiatique riverside mall Thailand’s richest man wants to set another record. Billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, via his recently listed property unit Asset World Corp, has his sights on building the nation’s tallest skyscraper. Details are scant — no official height has been set and completion isn’t expected […]
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BPP Vinh Chau commences construction of wind power plant in Vinh Chau, in Vietnam’s Soc Trang province BPP Vinh Chau (BPPVC), a subsidiary of Banpu Power of Thailand, began construction of a wind energy plant in the city of Vinh Chau, in the Vietnamese province of Soc Trang. The first phase of the wind farm […]
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Hua Hin Airport expansion to help transform Thailand’s sleepy east coast resort into a truly international tourist destination Often considered a quieter alternative to the likes of Pattaya, Phuket or Chiang Mai, the days of Hua Hin being known as a more laid back destination may be about to end. On Saturday, Thai news site […]
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Navarang Asset launches trendsetting Bangkok riverside condominium Na Reva Charoennakhon Standing in a CBD-equivalent prime area with unit prices starting at 3 million baht Navarang Asset Company Limited is livening up the market for premium condominiums in high potential locations in the first quarter of this year by launching the Na Reva Charoennakhon project (Charoennakhon […]
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