Real Estate
 Thailand’s government has decided to cancel the tax incentives given to the property sector when they run out on March 28, 2010. Other measures introduced to assist poor people, however, will be extended until the end of June. |  Conrad Koh Samui Residences, aimed to set a new benchmark for luxury resort living on Thai island of Koh Samui, will launch at the Conrad Hotel in Hong Kong on March 6-7. |
Thai property tax reform must precede liberalisation Bangkok Post 16.02.2010 | Astudo Hotel & Resort forms group called SRSB in Thailand Hospitality Biz India 16.02.2010 |
 The government should put in place tax measures including the land and building tax and inheritance tax before liberalising foreign land ownership in Thailand, suggests Sopon Pornchokchai, chairman of the consultancy firm Agency for Real Estate Affairs (AREA). |  Astudo Hotel & Resort Group, one of Thailand’s leading hotel management, consulting and property development companies, joined hands with 10 resorts in the Prachuap Khiri Khan province to form a group called SRSB (Stylish Resorts, Secrets Beaches). |
Promotions target end of property tax incentivesKanana Katharangsiporn Bangkok Post 12.02.2010 | Deal reached to save Los Angeles' mid-century Century Plaza Hotel from wrecking ballJACOB ADELMAN Los Angeles Times 12.02.2010 |
 THAILAND - Property developers are preparing strong campaigns to push homebuyers to commit before the current property tax incentives end on March 26. |  The Los Angeles hotel that hosted a welcome-home party for the Apollo 11 astronauts and other historic events will remain standing under a deal reached between the mid-century landmark's owners and preservation groups that sought to stave off the structure's demolition. |
Renaissance Hotels Opens Second Thailand HotelMeagan Drillinger TravelAgentCentral 11.02.2010 | Golden Tulip Expands in Thailand with 2 New HotelsOzgur Tore Focus on Travel News 10.02.2010 |
 Thailand recently welcomed the new Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel, the second Renaissance Hotels property in the country. |  Global hospitality management conglomerate Golden Tulip has continued its strategic expansion into South-east Asia with the recent signing of two hotels in Thailand's popular resort destination of Pattaya. |
World's tallest tower in UAE closes Al Jazeera 09.02.2010 | Baan Taling Ngam Resort on Koh Samui to be first local Lehman Brothers asset put on the blockKanana Katharangsiporn Bangkok Post 08.02.2010 |
 The world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, the tower's owner said. |  Baan Taling Ngam Resort on Koh Samui, owned by the defunct Lehman Brothers (Thailand), will be offered for tender later this month. |
