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Sep

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Famed New York's Dean & Deluca Opens In Bangkok

As we continue to roll into the decade of the Asian age, global gourmet legend Dean & Deluca have opened their first Southeast Asian outlet in Bangkok's MahaNakhon sales office. The urber development which will...
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Sep

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Bollywood Meets Phuketwood

India continues to be a rising star for Thai hotels and the effect can be felt on the resort island of Phuket. According to comments by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) over 10,000 Indian travelers visited the...
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Phuket's Zoning and Development Laws Under Fire

Developers and environmentalist's look set to do battle over the Provincial Government's sponsored dialogues on the existing General Development Plan 2005. It's understood that new zoning regulations for the island...
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Thailand's Minor Sri Lankan Expansion

Bill Heineke's hospitality focused Minor International Group have made a strategic investment into the developing Sri Lankan hotel industry back of a reported USD11.6 million deal inked with Cyprea Lanka Ltd....

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Phuket Group Building 350 Room Resort in Khao Lak

A resurgence in Greater Phuket is seeing new hotel development spur in Khao Lak. Owners of Patong's Graceland hotel have commenced construction of a 350 room project in Bang Sak north of Le Meridien, Sarojin and JW...

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Okura Obtains Controlling Interest in Nikko/JAL Hotels

In what many hotel industry analysts had pegged as a likely takeover target for global hotel players has turned into a domestic play with Hotel Okura now taking a leading ownership role in JAL Hotels. Back of much...

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The Green Report

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All Green Adoba Eco Hotel Brand

US based Atmosphere Hospitality have launched an all green, LEED certified hotel brand "Adoba Eco Hotel & Suites." Targeting the independent market sustainability drives many of the design led innovations...

Water Saving Investment Named Geohumus

This in from our friend Andreas Ruthe from TCM Asia who writes us "Coming back on call for Phuket landscape and garden designers to revisit their chosen plants for landscaping I want to highlight an absolute great...