VGI VGI ramps up skytrain, Airport Rail Link coverage — VGI will begin selling ads in cross-category packages for the skytrain on October 1. The move will help to increase its gross profit margin by 1-2% and boost revenue to Bt1bn this year. In its cross-category package, clients can buy ad spaces on billboards and […]

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AMATA AMATA gears up for rush of land sales — AMATA said hundreds of land sales are expected to be sealed in the second half of this year, mostly in the car industry. Viboon Kromadit, a director and senior VP said each deal will require hundreds of rai of land, with the largest deal at […]

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This came across my desk yesterday. MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Standard) Add : HMPRO, MINT, INTUCH, TRUE Delete : None MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Small Cap) Add : ANAN, BMCL, EASTW, EA, GRAMMY, GUNKUL JMART, KTC, MALEE, N-PARK, OFM, OISHI, SAMTEL, SPCG, TFD, THRE, UMI, UV, VGI, WHA Delete : BLA, BTS, VNT  

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BAY BAY opens Laos venture — Krungsri Consumer, an unsecured loan lender under BAY, plans to commence its auto and personal loan joint venture in Laos in July. BAY’s two financial arms – Krungsri Consumer and Ahudhya Ca;pital Auto Lease (Krungsri Auto) – each own 35% of Krungsri Financial Service (Laos), with the balance held […]

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CENTEL Food, hotels getting equal slice of Centel’s Bt24bn pie — CENTEL has earmarked Bt24bn to expand its hotel and food businesses through next year. Of the total, half will be spent this year and the other half next. The investment budget has been evenly allocated to hotels and food at 50:50. It plans seven […]

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CPALL CP outlines Bt2.5bn expansion — CP All, the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, intends to invest Bt2.5bn to build four distribution centers across the country to support its future expansion in which the number of stores would reach 10,000 by 2017. The first center, which is under construction at a cost of Bt1bn in […]

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