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  • New 101 villa luxury property heading to Mai Khao, Phuket

    New 101 villa luxury property heading to Mai Khao, Phuket

    PHOTO: Viagens e Férias Global hospitality group Melia Hotels International  has signed a new 101 villa luxury property in Mai Khao, Phuket. The developer of the property is the Phuket Villa Group. Each of the hotel villas feature private pools. Slated for 2021, the group will enter the Phuket market with an exclusive luxury resort on the idealic Mai Khao beach, at the north end of the island.

  • Alibaba to invest 11 billion baht in Thailand

    Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has committed to invest a combined 11 billion baht in Thailand in a move that PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says could benefit the country’s small farmers and rural enterprises due to the firm’s expertise in diverse technology. “Jack Ma (Alibaba’s co-founder and executive chairman) told me he does not solely look for profits because Alibaba already has enough,” Prayut said after his meeting with the Chinese tycoon

  • Six arrested in 10 million baht Andaman tour scam

    Six arrested in 10 million baht Andaman tour scam

    Police have arrested six female suspects linked to a tour company that allegedly swindled customers of 10 million baht for bogus tour packages, Deputy Tourist Police chief Maj-General Surachet Hakpan told a press conference in Bangkok on Monday. The suspects named as executives of the tour company were Thanyarat Sansangwal, Nawanat Phosuk, Kwanreuthai Monkaew, Sathaporn Thongphrom, Thanipa Kanhachat and Monthathip Ployprapasmuk.

  • Fatties in Thai Business Class? Mai dai!

    Fatties in Thai Business Class? Mai dai!

    Passengers intending to fly business class on Thai Airways’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft will have to first pass the waist test (that’s ‘waist’ not ‘waste’!). Flight Lieutenant Pratthana Pattanasirim, THAI’s director of security and flight standard division, says that a passenger with waist bigger than 56 inches (142 cm) cannot fly business class on the fleet’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft. He explained that the business class seats have been installed with new safety belts and an airbag system by the manufacturer in accordance with the safety standards of the US Federal Aviation Administration

  • That was 2017. This is 2018. Thai Economy

    That was 2017. This is 2018. Thai Economy

    by Patrick Cooke, Regional Editor for Asia.

  • Saturday Morning Briefing – everything you need to know in 3 minutes

    Saturday Morning Briefing – everything you need to know in 3 minutes

    Welcome to Saturday. The forecast promises a 100% chance of rain but we’re sure there will be plenty of sunny breaks

  • Patong entertainment businesses say longer hours is the solution to corruption issue

    Patong entertainment businesses say longer hours is the solution to corruption issue

    The Patong Entertainment Business Association has weighed into the Patong Bribery scandal insisting that the the issue will never be solved unless the laws are changed – specifically the laws that will allow them to stay open longer. The President of Patong Entertainment Business Association, Weerawit Kruasombat, says that the law should be changed and the entertainment avenues should be allowed to close at 4 am as bribes have been paid from the businesses in order to extend their closing time. “This has happened for a long time.

  • Billion baht sports & conference complex to be built at Mai Khao Beach

    Billion baht sports & conference complex to be built at Mai Khao Beach

    Phuket’s Governor led a team to visit 150 rai of land on Mai Khao Beach today (November 8) to review the plans to build a sports complex with a 900 – 1,000 million Baht budget from the budget year 2019. The sports complex is expected to attract more sports tourism to the island featuring a sports centre, exhibition hall and conference centre using initial studies and designs that have been prepared several years ago.

  • Show and tell – Governor in BKK to promote Phuket Street Food

    Show and tell – Governor in BKK to promote Phuket Street Food

    Phuket’s Governor attended a press conference regarding the Phuket Street Food Festival 2017 in Central World Mall, Bangkok.

  • Is Bangkok’s property market cooling off? No, says Bloomberg.

    Is Bangkok’s property market cooling off? No, says Bloomberg.

    An update on the Bangkok property market from Bloomberg. “We’re still undervalued as a country, compared to Singapore and Hong Kong.