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WashXpress to open 100 new launderettes this year
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 21/01/2026
» MAI-listed Laundry You Plc (WASH), operator of the WashXpress launderette chain, expects the Thai market to grow this year despite a sluggish economy, and plans to open 100 new branches in 2026.
Phuket tourism ramps up sustainability drive
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 24/11/2025
» The pandemic served as a catalyst for tourism operators to re-evaluate their sustainability strategies and implement new initiatives aimed at preserving natural resources and attractions, many of which showed signs of recovery due to periods of reduced tourist activity.
Joint initiative aims to inspire franchises
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/10/2025
» The Commerce Ministry, in collaboration with the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME D Bank), plans to offer loans worth over 239 million baht at a fixed rate of 3% to prospective franchise businesses.
Laundry You IPO funds to be used to grow store network
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 17/10/2025
» Laundry You (WASH), operator of the WashXpress launderette chain, is to list on the Market for Alternative Investment with an initial public offering (IPO) price of 7.50 baht a share.
Samsung unit upbeat on outlook
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 09/10/2024
» The initial phase of the government's digital handout scheme is expected to benefit Thailand's home appliance market, according to Samsung, South Korea's largest company by market cap.
Otteri Wash & Dry plans further expansion in Asia
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 30/07/2024
» Otteri Wash & Dry, a Thai retailer of laundry and dryer machines and a franchiser of laundry self-services under K-Nex Corporation, plans to open eight more branches in Cambodia this year, and wants to expand to another Asian country in 2025.
Rainbows that don't wash away
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 27/05/2024
» In the streets of many cities around the world, rainbow flags billow throughout June as a celebration of Pride Month, which symbolises the struggle for civil rights and the ongoing pursuit of equal rights for LGBTQIA+ people.
Is greenwashing taking travellers to the cleaners?
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 13/03/2024
» Every hotel wants you to save the planet. The messianic messages are everywhere -- on little tent cards on the desk, proud notices on the bathroom door, and in dolorous the-end-is-nigh letters from the GM. Every hotel is saving the Yanomami Indians, Atlantic salmon and mountain gorillas.
OR plans $100m oil depot investment in Cambodia
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/08/2023
» SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail (OR) plans to spend US$100 million to develop an oil depot in Cambodia following its co-investment in an aviation refuelling service in the country, says president and chief executive Disathat Panyarachun.
OR opens laundry service in Cambodia
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 04/07/2023
» SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) continues to expand its non-oil businesses overseas by opening a laundry service at its filling station in Cambodia.