AOT Board to discuss 2nd phase investment of Suvarnabhumi airport today after Minister of Transport Prajin approved a multi-function terminal at a cost of Bt70bn instead of east building expansion. (Kao Hoon, 16/10/14) BA Investors interested in IPO — Its solid fundamentals have created interest in investors in subscribing to the IPO shares of Bangkok […]
Read More →BJCHI BJCHI bidding for projects in Australia and Brazil valued at Bt10bn and expects to obtain Bt6.9bn. The company is confident that 2014 revenue will be Bt4.5bn, +15% YoY, as it has backlog of Bt5bn. It expects net profit to be near 2013’s Bt1.2bn. (Kao Hoon, 09/09/14) Comment: BJCHI is a smaller version of STPI, […]
Read More →BMCL BMCL upbeat on profit after 2017 — Bangkok Metro Plc (BMCL), the country’s subway operator, expects its balance sheet to become profitable after 2017 as more new train services are added. Service on the Purple Line from Bang Sue in the capital to Bang Yai in Nonthaburi province is expected to start in December […]
Read More →BGH Subsidiary sells shares in Save Drug — BGH says wholly owned Royal Bangkok Healthcare Co, Ltd. has signed an agreement to sell all shares of Save Drug Center Co, Ltd., for Bt380mn. (Kao Hoon, 21/08/14) BLAND BLAND expects to sell the first REIT (for Impact Arena and Convention Center) worth Bt20bn on 8-19 September […]
Read More →AAV AirAsiaGo taps booming middle class – AirAsiaGo, one of Asia’s fast-growing online travel portals, is expediting its expansion in Thailand to catch in on the trend for online travel booking. Yesterday’s announced launch of a US$10mn technology platform, engineered by travel technology giant Expedia, will be instrumental to its aggressive growth plan. (Bangkok Post, […]
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? […]
Read More →CGS CGS cuts market share target for brokerage to 3% from 3.5% after the resignation of its marketing team. It is ready to become a holding company in October, and is interested in energy and telecommunication businesses. (Kao Hoon, 07/08/14) Comment: As is always the case, whenever a new brokerage firm pops up, brokers move around and […]
Read More →AAV TAA trims growth targets — Thai AirAsia (TAA) has scaled down its expansion this year, cutting targets for fleet growth and passenger volume to reflect sluggish demand triggered by the political unrest in much of the first half. The country’s largest low-cost carrier will take delivery of five Airbus 320 jets instead of eight […]
Read More →Yesterday the junta/government decided to waive visa fee’s for 3 months as part of an attempt to revive tourism. What has happened since, every hotel stock (centel, mint, erw) performed well, most airline names (aav, thai, nok) have performed ok too. Now this isn’t the first time that Thailand has done something to boost tourism, […]
Read More →I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Heinecke on two occasions and have been following MINT (its former ticker was RGR when I started working) and I’ve seen how MINT has grown and grown and grown to the point where Central Group mimic’s their business model with Centel, to the point where almost every Thai […]
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