Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) articles from November 2007

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) archives from November 2007

New budget route to Ranong.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--Thai AirAsia (TAA) will launch service from Bangkok to Ranong, becoming the first airline to make scheduled flights to the southern province since Phuket Airlines backed out more than a year ago. The budget airline will offer three...

Alcatel: Mobile networks need upgrade to IP.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn Nov. 1--Faced with network quality constraints, Alcatel-Lucent has warned that local mobile-phone operators need to rush to transform to the Internet protocol (IP) transmission network to improve voice...

KBank cracking down on credit-card fraud.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Darana Chudasri Nov. 1--Kasikornbank is tightening its internal policies to clamp down on rising credit and debit card fraud. Kattiya Indaravijaya, a first senior vice-president at KBank, said it was considering reducing the...

Bangkok Post, Thailand, business briefs column.(Column)
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--BOND ISSUE TO TAME BAHT: The Finance Ministry is prepared to support proposals by the Bank of Thailand to float 500 billion baht worth of bonds to help guard against appreciation of the baht. Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn...

Major merges unit with Traffic Corner.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Woranuj Maneerungsee Nov. 1--Major Cineplex Group Plc, the country's largest cinema chain operator, will merge its subsidiary M Pictures with Traffic Corner Holding Plc (TRAF) in a share-swap deal that will add value to its movie...

New FIF to focus on Asian stocks.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Nuntawun Polkuamdee Nov. 1--UOB Asset Management, the country's leading foreign investment fund manager, announced its 13th FIF yesterday, with a focus on Asian equities and bonds. The UOB Smart Asia Active Allocation Fund, or...

AACP uses TV commercials to build brand.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Charoen Kittikanya Nov. 1--The insurer Ayudhya Allianz C.P. Life (AACP) has begun an 80-million baht TV advertising campaign and is set to invest up to 240 million baht in advertising including TV commercials next year. The...

CP taps big Chinese appetite for poultry.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--QINGDAO, China -- China's per capita poultry consumption is likely to treble in the next five years, with record high prices for pork lifting poultry demand by 20 percent this year alone, according to a senior executive of Thailand's CP...

SMEs urged to look at new areas in China.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Aranee Jaiimsin Nov. 1--Small and medium-sized business operators seeking to invest in China will have a greater chance of success if they look beyond well-established cities such as Beijing and Shanghai and target four newly...

Staff turnover hurts Thai firms.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Somporn Thapanachai Nov. 1--High employee turnover in Thailand will cost the country in terms of human resource development and reduce the nation's global competitiveness, says Tayat Sriplung, managing director of Watson Wyatt...

Tourism outlook still favourable.
November 1, 2007... Nov. 1--Investors and international hotel operators remain positive about the long-term prospects for the Thai tourism market, despite weaker performance with only 2.3 percent increase in total tourist arrivals in the first eight months,...

Strong growth for European arrivals.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Chatrudee Theparat Nov. 1--The number of European visitors to Thailand is likely to grow by 20-25 percent in the coming high season and could compensate for falling arrivals from East Asia, said the Tourism Authority of Thailand...

B8.7bn from Oil Fund to finance rail projects.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Yuthana Praiwan Nov. 1--The Energy and Transport ministries have agreed to transfer 8.7 billion baht from the state-run Oil Fund to the Energy Conservation Fund, which will then lend the money for skytrain and dual-track rail...