Thai Industry News

Bangkok contains the most office space of any ASEAN city, including Singapore, according to research by Colliers International throughout Asia Pacific.

Hotels are reporting signs of recovery throughout the country, Thai Hotels Association president, Prakit Chinamornpong, told in the association's bimonthly meeting Tuesday.

Thai Airways International should shed its status as a state enterprise so the government would stop meddling in its affairs, advocates a think-tank for the Finance Ministry.

Small and boutique hotel operators need business strategies that |capture the right targets to survive in this difficult time, hotel experts say.

Thailand's largest coal miner, Banpu, is confident of strong demand from Japan in the next few years as the country will either have to increase the capacities of existing power plants or build new ones to make up for the shutdown of the disaster hit Fukushima nuclear plant.

The first community mall developed by relatives of whisky tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi will open in downtown Bangkok in May.

Radioactive contamination has been detected in udo - a type of Japanese vegetable -brought into Thailand by Japanese passengers. Thais are advised not to eat it, regardless of the source, the Food and Drugs Administration warned Thursday.

Amid a recovery in the UK property market, Sansiri Plc will launch its first project in London this year - six apartment units worth a combined 600 million baht.The company is looking at New York as its next destination, with a net profit target of 15%.

While world markets for office space continue their slow recovery from the global financial crisis, Bangkok is found to contain more office space than other ASEAN commercial citiesm including Singapore, according to international property agencies.

The government will come under increasing pressure to end its diesel subsidy as the Oil Fund's net cash flow has fallen to just Bt2.3 billion.