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The news that Thai Aerospace Services has been chosen by Honda as the distributor of HondaJet in the SE Asian market has caught public attention. HondaJet was launched in December 2015; the manufacturer received 100 orders from all over the world. The plane…
One2car.com, the largest and most trusted website for new and used cars in Thailand and part of the iCar Asia Thailand network, has officially launched its new vehicle inspection service, which will be carried out by a certified and professional inspection…
By focusing on the “King of Fruits”, the durian, the company says it hopes to encourage fruit consumption on an international level. Together with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Commerce Ministry and Central Pattana, Central Food Retail is organising…
The parent company of Tops Supermarket, Central Food Retail (CFR), will invest Thb1bn (US$29.37m) in a new format Tops Plaza, and 176 new Superkoom supermarkets. The leading Thai retailer told that the new format will be community shipping mall, with the…
Shiseido Travel Retail has partnered with King Power International (Thailand) to deliver a major promotional campaign which aimed to capture the beauty of Thailand. For the initiative, Shiseido collaborated with Thai artist Riety Darisa K and influential…
UOB and UnionPay International (UPI) have revamped its UOB UnionPay Card as a simple, no-frills card. The UOB UnionPay Card offers a 2% cash rebate on local and overseas spend1, with no minimum spending restrictions, enabling customers to reap cash rebates of…
Hong Kong based on-demand delivery app Lalamove is moving its moves upwards to a new high. Lalamove is offering its growing customer base a special new cut-price for its pick-up rentals at just THB 450 plus THB15 per kilometer for the first 100 kilometers;…
Vietnam’s government investment arm SCIC, the state investor in the country’s biggest firm Vinamilk, has inked a deal with Thai Kasikorn Bank to unlock more investment opportunities in Vietnam. SCIC, or the State Capital Investment Corporation, said the…
otorcycle maker Harley-Davidson said on Thursday it will build a plant in Thailand, a major Asian automotive hub, to serve the growing Southeast Asian market, a move criticized by a U.S. labor union. The company did not give a figure for the planned…
IndieDish was announced winner of the TOP 100 Fight Club Thailand at Echelon Thailand 2017, an enriching two-day tech conference organised by e27, in collaboration with Startup Thailand and the National Innovation Agency. Echelon Thailand 2017 is a digital…
Indian automaker Tata is moving production in Thailand as part of a company reset that aims to increase its Thai sales 83% this fiscal year to roughly 3,000 units. With a 10-year contract up at the Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant in the south of Bangkok,…
Hitachi’s elevator and escalator distributor in Thailand is projecting aggressive sales growth to restore its top position in the local market in the next three years. Michael Tang, vice president of Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., who has taken on a new…
Mr.Nuntawat Chotvijit, Marketing Director of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited (second left) together with Ms. Prassanee Ouiyamaphan, Executive Vice President of Bangkok Bank (center), and Mr. Arjharn Petchdee, Senior Vice President of…
Thailand’s AIS is projecting a 5% increase in revenue and a 44% growth in ebitda this year as a result of strong growth in 4G customers. AIS VP of investor relations Nattiya Poapongsakorn as stating that the operator is expecting service revenue for the year…
Viu has officially launched in Thailand, offering premium Asian content with Thai subtitles, comprising the latest dramas and variety shows from Korea and Japan. This brings the service to 15 markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia,…
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, announced today at Thailand Mobile Expo 2017 that its first Nokia smartphone range – comprising of the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 – will be available in June in Thailand. Nokia 3 will be available second week of June…
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