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Centara Hotels and Resorts adds three properties
Group executives will today give details on the Bhundhari Spa and Villa Resort Samui, Centara Pariya Resort Koh Pha-Ngan and Centara Udon Thani Hotel as well as other developments.
The openings are expected to help the group to revitalise revenue after swallowing a bigger net loss of Bt166.2 million in the third quarter, compared to the loss of Bt118.5 million in the same period last year, due to the booking of an extraordinary expense item.
Centara Hotels and Resorts is adding three properties in Thailand
The closing of its Pizza Hut operations in the first quarter as well as another brand in the second quarter also chopped 6.8 per cent from food business revenues.
via Centara adding 3 projects – Nationmultimedia.com.
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Thai Government Launches “Factory Sandbox” Scheme to Protect 3 Million Jobs
The plan will focus on plants which employ at least 500 people and will build confidence among both Thai and foreign investors at a time when supply chains in rival countries are shutting down.
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s government has launched a pilot “Factory Sandbox” program to test, vaccinate and isolate factory workers, with the aim of limiting COVID-related disruptions to Thailand’s important export-driven manufacturing sector.
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The environmental case for remote working
Anyone searching for a silver lining to the pandemic should look to the clear, blue skies above them. A reduction in pollution worldwide has been an unintended benefit of the lockdowns and stay-in-place orders imposed to control the spread of COVID-19.
During the pandemic, the environmental and societal benefits of working at home quickly became apparent. How can businesses protect these benefits in the future?
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