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Maturing Thai mobile market raises risks for telcos

Thai telecom operators are likely to continue to face pressure on mobile-service revenues, beset by slowing growth in data revenue. The country’s third-largest operator, Total Access Communication Public Company in particular, will be the most affected due to its large exposure to mobile revenues said Fitch Ratings in a note on Monday. Advanced Info Service […]

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Spat, uncertainty slow Thai growth

Thailand’s economic growth is expected to slow in 2019 because of rising global trade tensions and domestic political uncertainty, with local business operators suffering from negative momentum from the US-China dispute, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.  Mr Somkid plans to meet with officials from the Commerce Ministry this month to revise the export growth target […]

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Thailand: Small developers urged to maintain liquidity and diversify

With myriad challenges in the property market, small and medium-sized developers should focus on maintaining financial liquidity and diversify to non-residential development, say developers and experts. Pornarit Chounchaisit, president of the Thai Real Estate Association, said the domestic market this year will be unfavourable because of a spate of risk factors, while the two government […]

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Dusit inks deal with Vietnam developer for hotel near Hoi An

Dusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, has signed a hotel management agreement with Vietnam-based property developer Hoi An Royal Group to operate Dusit Thani Hoi An, the first Dusit Thani branded hotel in Vietnam. Located in a prime beachfront setting in Dien Ban Town near the ancient trading port of […]

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New approach needed as trade war wallops Thai exports

THE RECENT escalation of the US-China trade war may lead Thai exports to grow by only 0.5 per cent in 2019, warned Aat Pisanwanich, director of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce’s Centre for International Trade Studies (CITS). Meanwhile, Bank of Thailand’s assistant governor for corporate strategy and group relations, Chantavarn Sucharitakul said […]

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