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Thailand’s Central Group, Austria’s Signa acquire UK luxury retail store chain
Thai retail and hospitality conglomerate Central Group and Austrian property investment company Signa Group said on December 23 that they would jointly acquire UK...
Thailand expects stock listings worth over $5 billion this year
Stock Exchange of Thailand © Arno Maierbrugger
The Thai stock exchange is expected to see initial public...
Thailand’s Central Group invests $200 million in ride-hailing service Grab
Bangkok-based family conglomerate Central Group, which is active in retail, real estate, hospitality and restaurants and operates Thailand’s biggest shopping mall, plans to invest...
Leicester owner’s death comes as Thai duty-free monopoly is about to end
Thailand’s King Power International Group, the country's largest duty-free retailer, may find itself facing a challenge to win the upcoming new auction to operate...
Thailand to get charging network for electric vehicles
Pursuant to the international trend to adopt electric mobility, Thailand will see the creation of a network of charging stations for electric and hybrid...
Wealth of Thailand’s richest got another boost
The new Forbes list of Thailand's 50 richest persons is out, and - lo and behold - it shows that their collective net worth...
Thailand’s richest earned a few more billions in 2016
The new Forbes list of Thailand's 50 richest is out, and it shows that most of those who already possess a considerable fortune added...
Amid unrest: New luxury mall opens in Bangkok
Despite the ongoing unrest in Bangkok and a dire outlook for Thailand's political future, Central Group, Thailand’s top department store operator and its largest...
Centara to open 5-star hotel in Vientiane in 2017
Thai hotel operator Centara Hotels & Resorts is to have its first hotel in Laos in 2017 with the opening of the luxurious five-star...
Thai tourism numbers down another 9%
The number of international tourist arrivals to Thailand in March 2014 fell by 9.39 per cent year-on-year to 2.1 million due mainly to the...
Japan’s FamilyMart to expand in Thailand, Vietnam
Japan-based convenience-store chain FamilyMart will launch 1,000 more stores overseas, mostly in Thailand but also in Vietnam and China, the company said in a...
Thailand opens first resort-style shopping mall
Thailand now has its first resort-style shopping mall, the Promenada Resort Mall Chiang Mai which opened its first phase on June 7.
The Promenada is...
Thai Central Group in $1.3b expansion
Thailand's largest retail conglomerate, Central Group of Companies, has allocated $1.3 billion for the next three years to expand domestically and in ASEAN by...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...