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New GMs for Hotel G in Yangon, Singapore

June 28, 2018 by Thiha

Hotel G Yangon has welcomed a new cluster general manager, Serge Rigodin, who will also lead the nearby Inya Lake Hotel. A native of Grenoble, France, Rigodin has managed a number of other GCP Hospitality properties, most recently the 308-room Hotel G Singapore. Prior to Singapore, Rigodin was director of residences at Embassy House, a […]

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Bangkok Airways to fly direct between Yangon and Phuket

May 28, 2018 by Thiha

Thailand’s Bangkok Airways will start direct flights between Yangon and Phuket starting on November 17, Varong Israsena, the Bangkok-based regional airline vice president of sales told The Myanmar Times in Yangon. State-owned Myanmar National Airlines started operating a direct flight between Yangon and Phuket a month ago. “MNA sees the potential and increase in traffic […]

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Yangon Water Bus Operational Soon

August 1, 2017 by thiha

As the launch day for Yangon’s first ever water taxiing services draw near, Tint Tint Myanmar scrambles to get everything ready. According to chairperson Tint Tint Lwin, everything is good to go except a couple of jetties. “It is Water Bus launch day soon and there are difficulties in two or three jetties but the […]

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Italthai aims to double revenue

March 9, 2017 by Thiha

Under the plan, the group wants to deepen its presence in the immediate region with a focus on the so-called CLMV countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. For its construction-equipment and construction business operations, Laos and Myanmar, in particular, are recognised as key markets for expansion. The group has Asia more broadly in its sights […]

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Myanmar ripe for investments in services sector as economy grows

July 21, 2016 by thiha

MYANMAR IS in need of more investments, especially in the service sector, as the economy is showing strong growth, Aung Kyan San, managing director of Crown Education, a business and consultancy firm based in Yangon, said last Friday. “Foreign investors still have a lot of opportunity in Myanmar thanks to the growing economy, and this […]

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Thai tourism firms urged to look into Myanmar and Cambodia

February 15, 2016 by thiha

Thai tourism and hospitality businesses are being urged to tap into Myanmar and Cambodia to cash in on growing tourism in the two neighbouring countries. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said Myanmar and Cambodia were in dire need of tourism-related investment and hospitality knowledge from Thailand to upgrade their tourism destinations. Cambodia’s tourism minister […]

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MyanmarCarsDB Pulls Ahead With Frontier Digital’s Investment

February 23, 2015 by thiha

Humble founders of digital startups can take heart: Just because a deep-pocketed foreign company plants web stakes in a less developed country doesn’t necessarily spell doom for the little guy. There’s a significant proviso, though, that wasn’t true a decade ago: the first mover startup needs to attract generous angel investors pretty early on. Despite […]