Complete market coverage the key for Erawan The Erawan Group Plc (ERW) operates more than 5,000 hotel rooms ranging from budget to luxury, and aims to become Thailand’s leading hotel developer and investor. President Kamonwan Wipulakorn discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. Please explain Erawan’s business model. Erawan operates in the hotel industry and focuses […]
Read More →ACD ACD expects to show net profit in 3Q15 backed by property management fees of Bt35mn. It plans to buy three hotels in Phuket, expected to be finalized in 4Q15. It plans to acquire more property business in Laos and Cambodia. It is confident 2015 revenue will be higher than Bt1bn and expects to wipe […]
Read More →AQ AQ says AQ Aria Asoke, valued at 1.6bn, sold out within 1 week after launch. It plans to launch new projects focused on single detached houses and townhomes. (Khao Hoon, 08/07/15) Comment: Location is still the most important part of property regardless of the brand name, AQ has done a decent job getting its […]
Read More →ABC ABC expects shareholder approval to increase capital and list ABC-W2. The company hopes to use the capital to expand its property business. It has land of over 4,000 rai in Hua Hin. It is ready to push M-Commerce business to be its main source of revenue in the future. (ThunHoon, 23/04/15) Comment: So this […]
Read More →AAV AAV’s net profit was Bt183mn in 2014, down 82% YoY, dragged down by weak operations in 1H14 from the political unrest. (Kao Hoon, 26/02/15) Thai AirAsia will open new route Bangkok-Burirum on April 2, its eighth route into the northeast of Thailand. Thai AirAsia will then cover all major cities in the northeast. It […]
Read More →Note: Scroll down to see commentary for the past 3 days. Stocks in the news (amata, arrow, bay, bkd, cbg, ecl, kbs, ldc, pf, ptg, ptt, spali, super, tcap, thai, ttcl, wha) 27.01.15 AMATA AMATA plans to invest in industrial estate in Myanmar, in addition to its existing investment in Vietnam to prepare for the […]
Read More →AOT released their latest passenger figures, go the link below, and every analyst today was going on about how travelers are back with numbers +11% for October 2014. Do take things with a grain of salt and realise that if you take the full year figures, passenger arrivals are up only +0.14%. But what does […]
Read More →CBG CBG closed at Bt32.50/share, above its IPO price of Bt28/share. The company plans to lead the energy drink market within five years and expects revenue of Bt10bn in 2017. (Kao Hoon, 24/11/14) Comment: We still think its going to trade in a similar manner to ICHI for the next few months CHO CHO reports […]
Read More →AGE AGE expects 2014 coal sales to hit target of 4mn tons, supported by strong demand from China. It expects revenue for the year to reach Bt7bn. Next year, it expects to start booking Bt60-70mn in revenue from its biomass power plant in Sukhothai. (Kao Hoon, 03/11/14) Comment: Nothing exciting happening here anymore. AKR Solar […]
Read More →Having just spent the long weekend in Samui a few things crossed my mind (other than just the sand & the beach), the island was buzzing and yet still peaceful, were hotels still performing alright? Are there plenty of travelers? How many more hotels are building here? And..whats the best direct play on this place? […]
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