BPP in talks to buy gas-fired power plant in the US by end of 1H, mulls 25-30% stake of the project, sets $ 500m capex between FY24/25 for M&A and energy project, target 5,300mw by end of FY25 (4,500mw fossil & 800mw renewable) from current 3,632mw & 385mw. GUNKUL upbeats earnings visibility from Bt4.8b backlog […]

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ERW firms on plan to open 14 Hop Inn budget hotels in Thailand, Philippine & Japan this year, to upgrade mid-scale & luxury hotel group to improve room rate, target 5% RevPar growth this year. Comment: It’s genuinely remarkable how consistent this group has been. But let’s see still plenty of time to f things […]

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A wheel fell off a Yellow Line monorail train and hit a taxi in Thepharak, outskirt of BKK. The train is operated by a consortium headed by BTS (75%), STEC and RATCH. Comment: One hopes that this is a 1 off accident… But I’ll happily blame STEC (anutin) all day long. GUNKUL plans to raise […]

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AOT’s Chiangmai airport reports 47% of flights, 77 domestic and 24 overseas, during Nov 27-28 Loy Krathong, has been cancelled, due to safety concerns, related to flying of lanterns and balloons during the Loy Krathong festival. AOT: Air India confirmed new service flying direct from Delhi to Phuket starting Dec 15,23. Comment: Incredible Indiaaaaaa. Thailand […]

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ADVANC sold 33.33% of e-wallet Rabbit Line Pay to Line man (TH) & Line Company (TH), VGI also purged 33.33% to both parties. Comment: Looks like digital wallets and all these “fancy” things actually don’t make $….who woulda thunk it. BAFS maintain 4.2b FY jet refueling volume target +40% yoy from 2.99B FY22, sees rev […]

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Further delay to ADVANC’s takeover bid of 3BB is expected after NBTC’s sub committee tasked with scrutinizing the economic impact of the deal has asked NBTC board to extend its working timeline for another 60 days. Comment: Translation “We’ve been spending taxpayer money going on holiday in Europe with our families and forgot to do […]

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AOT: Malaysian low-cost airline MYAirline, launched daily four daily flights to BKK (2 SIA & 2 DMK) starts Jul 1, mulls flying from KL to Phuket & Chiang Mai by eoy. Comment: Great to see more competition (as an end-user). BCP expects to wrap up 65.99% ESSO stake buy in 4Q, while insisting that Bt9.94 […]

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ASIAN: local fund, KSAM, cuts holding by 0.0399% to 4.9908% on Jun 12. Comment: Taking advantage of the price recovery and/or doubting the potential upside should the industry recover? AUCT reaffirms solid 2Q from robust traffic thru auction yards on surging repossessed vehicles from financial institution, expects positive momentum continue in 2H. Comment: They are […]

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AGE sets 5.2m tons coal sale target this year to Bt23b, to Bt30b by 2025 with 7m tons sales target, mulls 1 M&A deal by end of year. Comment: And the good days of AGE are over for now (relative to 2021/2022) but realise that the figures are still going to be 3x higher than […]

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