Lending credence to the promotional campaign that markets Thailand as the “Kitchen of the World”, the agricultural sector does indeed supply global kitchens with a great many products. Thailand is the world‘s largest producer of shrimp, processed chicken and canned tuna, and it has developed a reputation for turning out high-quality food products...
Worth $3bn, Thailand’s advertising industry continues to see strong growth. In line with the kingdom’s media trends, television remains the first go-to choice for advertisers, dominating both advertising spend and creative talent. Traditional print and radio formats are seeing a slow, inexorable decline whereas all other formats are experiencing...
With families increasingly choosing to live independently and with incomes rising, particularly upcountry, Thailand’s home improvement segment has emerged as a dynamic and particularly competitive one. In greater Bangkok alone, an estimated 80, 000-100,000 new houses and some 30,000-40,000 new condos are registered every year.
The scale of just two meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) events in Thailand in 2012 is daunting. To fly in all the delegates for Rotary International’s gathering in Bangkok and Amway China’s convention in Phuket would have taken more than two-thirds of every Airbus A380 airplane in service in the world, each configured to carry...
The government’s Renewable and Alternative Energy Development Plan 2012-21 is relying heavily on the agricultural sector to provide inputs for non-traditional fuels. To meet the aim of having 25% of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021, the state has put in place targets of 9m litres per day of ethanol and 5.97m of biodiesel, plus 25m...
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