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One of the top event organizer in the world that is based in Germany has expressed hopes that businessmen in Thailand will visit Frankfurt, Germany, to participate in the Light+Building 2010 exhibition of architecture and electrical technology for homes and building. The event is organised by Germany’s leading trade fair organiser, Messe Frankfurt and will take place ... Full story

MAJORITY of property developers in Thailand are confident that the economy of the country will bounce back in 2010 and tyhey will earn better revenues next year. Preuksa Real Estate director and chief operating officer Prasert Taedullyasatit revealed his company's presales might exceed its target of Bt18 billion before the end of this year, after presales of ... Full story

Hemaraj Land And Development, Thailand´s leading developer of industrial estates, has joined forces with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (I-EA-T) to open Environmental Monitoring & Control Centre (ESIE), also called E:mc^2, at the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong). Being the country’s first environmental real time monitoring unit within a private sector industrial estate, the centre concentrates ... Full story

SIX top resorts in Thailand get a much needed boost in its quest for tourists by its membership to the prestigious Registry Collection, the world´s largest luxury exchange programme and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands. Registry Resorts pride itself of having a long list of  global network of luxury properties. Geoff Ballotti, President and CEO, ... Full story

Accor, the largest operator of hotels and resorts in Asia Pacific, plans to expand the  Mercure brand with five new hotels in China, Thailand, South Korea and India. Gaurav Bhushan, senior vice president, Accor Asia Pacific, said the Mercure brand had achieved several milestones this year.  “A record number of 11 Mercure hotels will open this year ... Full story

One of the leading housing developers in Thailand is eyeing to construct 10 new condominium projects worth nearly Bt11 billion next year. Sansiri executive vice president for business and project development (high rise) Uthai Uthaisangsuk said the company will shell out nearly Bt11 billion in 2010 for the said projects. Uthai revealed those located close to the planned ... Full story

A recent study has shown that tourist arrivals in Thailand will drop by 10-15% this year to 12.5 million, lower than the forecast of 14 million by the Tourism and Sports Ministry. Based on the study by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) tourist arrivals should revive to grow at least 3-7% year-on-year in ... Full story

According to a latest study Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan provinces are the most popular locations for holiday homes in Thailand where 133 projects totalling 57.38 billion baht have been developed. Based on the data gathered by the Agency for Real Estate Affairs (AREA) 9,804 units have been constructed from Cha-am, in Phetchaburi province, down to Pran Buri, in Prachuap ... Full story

To make life easy for the residents, businessmen and tourists the national government of Thailand will soon launched a massive infrastructure project in the Southeast Asian country. According to reports, the first contracts under the Thai government´s Bt1.45tr infrastructure programme have been approved by the cabinet and are expected to be awarded within the next three months, it was announced ... Full story

One of the leading property developers in Thailand is eyeing on foreigners as potential clients on its  Tanyathani Home on the Green project in Pathum Thani's Lum Luk Ka district. The move of the property firm NC Housing comes after nearly 20 per cent of the 203 units available in the first phase went to foreigners. One hundred ... Full story