Chinese New Year is one of the best chances for traveling as this festival provides the week-long national holidays and a unique vibe of traditional and colorful festivities. As Chinese community in Thailand is one of the largest in the world, the capital…
Siam Piwat, the owner and operator of Siam Paragon, Siam Center and Siam Discovery, invested over 30 million baht in the greatest year-end marketing campaign, which integrates the customer-centric strategy. Interpreting the festive season as the time when…
Thailand’s first Jamie’s Italian restaurant has opened at the newly renovated Siam Discovery in Bangkok. It is being run by Hotel Properties in partnership with the mall operator, Siam Piwat. Jamie’s Italian began as a joint venture between UK celebrity chef…
Siam Discovery – The Exploratorium, Thailand’s first hybrid-retail destination and lifestyle specialty store which opened in May, has won two awards. A reincarnation of the old Siam Discovery, the store was named Best Retail Development and Best Commercial…
Thailand’s first world-class museum is to be built as part of the massive IconSiam development on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. The Fine Arts Department of the Thai Ministry of Culture and IconSiam Co have signed a memorandum of understanding…
Siam Center, the Ideopolis, sparks the creative ideas in “Siam Center Art Traction”, on the 1st and 2nd floor of Siam Center until July 2016. The exhibition displays a wide range of well-selected art pieces by several artists from various fields of art, such…
Siam Discovery in the heart of Bangkok officially opened last week – billed as a shopping centre experience like none other in the world. And when you took a walk through the THB4 billion (US$112 million) redevelopment, for once in this industry the…
After a Bht 4000 million (US$113 million) overhaul, Siam Discovery will re-open in Bangkok this month as a self-described “hybrid retail development”. As well as Thailand’s largest lifestyle speciality store, the complex will feature an “arena of lifestyle…
Siam Discovery will open its doors on May 28 and will become Thailand’s largest lifestyle speciality store. The 40,000-square-metre complex will also be the Kingdom’s “Biggest Arena of Lifestyle Experiments” in retail space. Mayuree Chaipromprasith, senior…
A lot of people thought we dreamed the impossible dream,” chuckles Chadatip Chutrakul, recalling initial reaction to her newest–and biggest–project, Icon Siam. The 55-year-old CEO of Siam Piwat is best known as first lady of Siam Paragon, her signature mall.…
Iconsiam Co has increased its investment by another 4 billion baht for more retail space in response to the long waiting list of foreign investors wanting to expand their businesses at its shopping project. Director Chadatip Chutrakul said the company…
Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and two property firms have raised their investment in Bangkok’s Icon Siam development to 54 billion baht ($1.6 billion) to expand its shopping malls, an executive said on last Tuesday during an official press. Despite…
The 18-year-old mall in central Bangkok has been closed for a Bt4-billion overhaul since May and expects to reopen under the new title “Siam Discovery – The Exploratorium” next quarter. “We want to create a unique shopping experience for all customers. To…
Siam Piwat Co., Ltd., the owner and operator of prestige retail developments such as Siam Paragon, Siam Center, Siam Discovery, and Paradise Park, as well as the joint venture partner of ICONSIAM, today, announced that it is introducing a revolutionary new…
Siam Piwat Company Limited—the operator of Siam Paragon and Siam Center—together with Muang Thai Life Assurance Public Company Limited, Kasikornbank, and Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited, sends happiness during Chinese New Year to welcome the…
‘A-very-wear’ – a new exclusive multi-label Siam Center fashion pop-up store – aims to showcase Asian designers in Thailand. Located in the Ideapolis A-very-wear, bears the motto of “A piece that is very you to wear” on the Siam Center’s first floor. Parisa…
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