Total Access Communication PLC (Dtac), the provider of the Happy Tourist SIM, has joined hands with the Central Group to launch a special campaign for customers using the service.

Property developer Frasers Property (Thailand) has formed a 51-49 joint venture in a partnership with PBA Group, a Singapore-based technology provider of robotics and automation solutions across all industries.

SCG Cement has launched the “Bag to the Future” project, in collaboration with the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) and three of Thailand’s leading fashion brands – Issue, Kloset & Etcetera and Urface.

Minor Hotels and NH Hotel Group have signed an agreement to operate the Villa Padierna Palace, a hotel in Marbella in the south of Spain.

Economic growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific is projected to soften to 6 per cent in 2019 and 2020, down from 6.3 per cent in 2018, largely reflecting global headwinds and a gradual policy-guided slowdown in China, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

THE SIGNING of two agreements to liberalise investment and services trade within Asean was the highlight of the 25th Asean Economic Ministers’ Retreat (AEMR), which concluded yesterday.

ASEAN CHAIR Thailand has lined up 13 ambitious goals to achieve regional integration as the 25th Asean Economic Ministers’ Retreat (AEMR) kicks off today in Phuket, where two pacts are set to be signed to enhance services trade and investment within the group.

German camera maker Leica has become the latest company to draw fire over an advertisement deemed offensive in China, distancing itself from a short film that broaches the taboo subject of the 1989 Tiananmen protest crackdown.

Credit card firm Krungthai Card Pcl (KTC) has joined hands with Bangchak Corporation Pcl to jointly celebrate 35 years of success at Bangchak to give back to members through a promotion scheme.

A Myanmar migrant in Tak’s Mae Sot district was severely injured with a pair of scissors in what his wife claimed was a self-inflicted wound.

Govt offers longer period to pay licence fees; ailing TV channels allowed an exit option

Thai Airways International PLC president Sumeth Damrongchaitham and representatives of underwriters KBank, Bangkok Bank and Krungthai Bank announced that THAI debentures would be issued to investors.

The Chinese chemical industry park where an explosion last month killed 78 people and left hundreds injured will be closed, authorities have said.

Four in five Thai consumers (78 per cent) tried going cashless in 2018, compared to only 50 per cent in the previous year, as confidence in digital payments grows, according to the 2018 Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes study.

Lazada, an online shopping and selling platform, and Mastercard have announced a five-year partnership.

Dtac has introduced the Sim Go Inter for travellers to 67 countries.

Starbucks Coffee is introducing coffee meets ice cream with arabica coffee and vanilla ice cream.

Thailand ranks fourth on a list of countries in the Asia-Pacific region from which DDoS attacks originate.

Thailand will propose its school meals programme to the World Food Programme (WFP) as an example of success in combating child malnourishment that can be shared internationally.

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, to offer customers cash pay-out remittance services in Thailand.

Medtronic plc, a global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and the Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs) Infection Reduction Outcomes Protection Programme with the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, one of Thailand’s leading university hospitals.

CP Land Co Ltd, the property arm of Charoen Pokphand Group, remains firm on its Bt6-billion plan to develop an industrial estate in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

In our Economic & Strategy note this month, we had said that the probability of a recession/slowdown in the next few months as indicated by inverted yield curve in the US was elevated but probably overstated. 

Thailand will not cancel the 23rd Asean Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai this week despite that province and others in the North being in the grip of severe air pollution for several consecutive days, an official at the Finance Ministry said.

The SET Index is expected to continue moving sideways. Shortterm investors may continue to hold stocks, while longterm investors wait to accumulate stocks when the index reaches 1,620 points. Local political factors continue to erode foreign investors’ confidence, especially the vague voting count of the election. 

SEVERAL FACTORS contributing to political uncertainty could delay investment decisions and stop consumers from spending, business leaders warn.

KBank has introduced face recognition technology to verify the identity of customers who open deposit accounts at branches. To enhance customer verification, KBank is in the process of linking their identity data across all banks and its digital platform, starting with deposit account opening.

Sansiri announced the completion of the Monument Thong Lo, a condominium jointly developed with BTS Group Holding, the latest development in the Sansiri Luxury Collection.

Pitak Ratchakitprakarn, CEO of PTG Energy, said that the company has kicked off franchise businesses of Pun Thai Coffee and Coffee World to encourage anyone who wants to run a coffee shop.

DKSH, a market expansion services provider with a focus on Asia, is partnering with China-based Han’s Laser Smart Equipment Group to offer laser-cutting technology to Thai manufacturers.

Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT) will have to postpone the March 19 to April 1 window scheduled for the sale of terms of reference envelopes for bidding on commercial space at Suvarnabhumi and duty-free stores at Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Had Yai airports.

CANADIAN and Thai trade negotiators believe the Kingdom can play a leading role in reforming the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to save it from complete collapse.

EXPERTS PREDICT that Brexit will have a limited impact on the Thai economy, saying that the biggest loser will be the United Kingdom itself. 

A network of tobacco farmers is calling on political parties to help ease the impact of the 40 per cent excise tax rise on cigarettes that is scheduled for October 1 this year.