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Bluport adds convention hall to Hua Hin mall
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 04/07/2024
» Hua Hin Asset, the developer and operator of Bluport Hua Hin Resort Mall, is adding a 3,000-square-metre convention hall to attract new target visitors and tenants, aiming to boost occupancy to 90% and reach the break-even point within three years.
The art of simplicity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 07/05/2024
» 'For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have," said the American essayist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Flights to avail Mae Hong Son
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 18/05/2023
» Tourism operators in Mae Hong Son expect a more active market during the cool season, with Bangkok Airways poised to revive flights from the capital after Nok Air ended operations in April.
CPN allots B30m for Q4 events
Business, Published on 18/10/2022
» SET-listed retail and property developer Central Pattana Plc (CPN) is highlighting the success of its Central Rama 3 department store, with a pledge to invest 30 million baht in events during the fourth quarter of this year.
Guitar Center prepares for possible bankruptcy filing
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 28/10/2020
» Guitar Center Inc, the largest musical instrument retailer in the United States, is considering options including bankruptcy to manage its debt load after it skipped bond interest payments this month.
Connecting in Covid times
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 06/05/2020
» In 2003 when Linden Lab launched the virtual world Second Life, it was a novelty and a huge success, with a community of over a million at its peak. A quaint convergence of unfettered imagination and dollar-powered real life -- through avatars, business, product sales, music, movies, and even news reporting and politics -- its ever-changing and expanding virtual world took off.
At Chiva-Som resort, healthy optimism amid disappointment
Business, William Hicks, Published on 18/04/2020
» 2020 was supposed to be a breakout year for Chiva-Som resort and its second-generation chairman, Krip Rojanastien.
Sports Industry Reels From Coronavirus Fallout
Business, Ben Cohen & Joshua Robinson & Joe Flint, Published on 31/03/2020
» The story of international sports over the past decade was one of unlimited growth, unrestrained spending and unwavering popularity. Coronavirus brought the sports business to an immediate standstill. The boom times went bust overnight.
Zen pivots to more affordable brands
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 17/03/2020
» The operator of Zen Japanese restaurants trimmed its investment budget by 60% this year as the economy weakens.
TAT uses entertainment to woo Japanese youth
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/07/2019
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to use music and outdoor events to attract first-time visitors, millennials and female travellers from Japan.