Author: Peter Carlisle

Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit ready to open in March 2020 11 December 2019 Singapore’s Carlton Hotels will open its first hotel in Thailand in March 2020 and is offering a 15% deal on the best available rate with additional perks. Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit is located in the heart of Bangkok’s ‘golden mile’, tourist district […]

Bangkok’s Thammasat University has Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm. The 7,000 sq mt (75,000 sq ft) space mimics rice terraces in northern Thailand and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such […]

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to call rail construction bids worth more than 200 billion baht in 2020 09 December 2019 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will call bids for rail construction projects worth more than 200 billion baht, including high-speed train and double-track rail projects, next year. Acting SRT governor Worawut Mala said […]

Legal experts to look at the construction delay of new Thailand parliament complex Sino-Thai blames lawmakers for ‘hindering’ construction 09 December 2019 House speaker Chuan Leepai wants legal experts to scrutinise another request to extend the deadline for construction of the new parliament complex, after several reports blamed “irregularities” for the delays. The move was […]

JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok Completes Renovation The JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok recently completed an extensive renovation. All 441 guestrooms and suites were refurbished, along with meeting spaces, the lobby, and some of the F&B outlets. The lobby has been enriched with new objects d’art, while dark and light wood tones are accentuated by pops ofcolor […]

Siam winery signs long-term deal for rooftop solar power Singapore-headquartered Cleantech Solar has entered into a 20-year rooftop solar power purchase agreement with a winery in Thailand. Under the agreement, Cleantech Solar will install a 1-megawatt (MW) peak, on-site, rooftop system for the Siam Winery, which was set up in 1986. Its winery is located […]

Changing Bangkok’s MRT line route near Kasetsart will cost Baht 10bn The government is looking for a way out of a problem facing the 50-billion-baht MRT Brown Line, after the project’s environmental impact assessment report was rejected due to concerns raised by Kasetsart University over a possible negative impact on the university. Roengsak Thongsom, director […]

Rise in Thailand’s minimum daily wage deemed acceptable By THE NATION The rise in daily minimum wage announced yesterday (December 6) was set at an appropriate rate, said Thanawat Pholwichai, director of the Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. He estimated that the hike would see […]