The News Review:

- Thai hotel first to deploy 802.11n in Asia
- … news and business from Indonesia Philippines Thailand…
- IFA Hotels & Resorts hands over first property on the Palm…

Thai hotel first to deploy 802.11n in Asia
Bangkok Post – Jan 23, 2008
11n-based Wi-Finetwork. It has installed Cisco Aironet 1250 Series access points throughout thehotel to allow guests to be connect wirelessly as they move around thepremise according to a statement on Cisco’s Web site. Tatchapol Poshyanonda managing director of Cisco Thailand said the Cisco Aironet 1250 Series supports the 802.

… news and business from Indonesia Philippines Thailand…
Asia Times nline – Jan 23, 2008
8 million and is being financed with a loan from the ADB along with funds from the Chinese Thai and Lao governments. The completed sections of the road have gone from being little more than a dirt track a few years ago to a two-lane road complete with concrete shoulders drainage and concrete bridges. The journey from the Lao border town of Huai Xai to the southwestern Chinese border village of Boten situated in southwestern Yunnan province took as long as two days on the old mostly dirt road depending on weather conditions. The new roadway has shortened that trip to a trade-promoting five to six hours… A 2002 ADB report estimated that 2502 people or 502 households might have to be relocated due to the road project – though some monitoring groups put that figure much higher. Although resettlement plans were drafted by the ADB to compensate for the loss of houses land rice granaries and shops it is not clear that the funds are truly reaching the people who have been most affected. In one major resettlement the original Lao inhabitants of Boten village at the border with China have been moved a kilometer or more down the road to make way for the construction of a Chinese-owned casino hotel and rows of shop houses. Resettled villagers have complained that the new relocation site lacks services and the land set aside is smaller and less fertile than their repossessed original land. thers gripe about rampant land grabbing of plots adjacent to the new road by government-connected traders and businessmen who have established shops and other businesses on the newly prime real estate. Lack of proper land deeds and a court system that is inadequately equipped to handle land disputes means there is little or no recourse for displaced locals. That legal vacuum has also paved the way for a growing influx of Chinese migrants many of whom first arrived to work on the road and who have since settled to set up shops and other businesses along the road.

IFA Hotels & Resorts hands over first property on the Palm…
AME Info – Jan 23, 2008
IFA Hotels & Resorts listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in January 2006 with a market capitalisation of over US$ 1 billion. The company also listed on the South African JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) during 2006 with plans to list on other major exchanges in the future. In January 2007 the company invested in listed Thai developer Raimon Land. Globally IFA Hotels & Resorts has entered into strategic alliances and joint venture partnerships with leading companies such as Kingdom Hotel Investment Group (Saudi Arabia) Nakheel (UAE) Istithmar (UAE) United Investments (Portugal) a strategic alliance with RCI (part of the Cendant’s Group) Moreland Developments (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) Boschendal Ltd. (South Africa) Raimon Land (Thailand) and most recently hlthaver & List (Namibia). IFA Hotels & Resorts aims to link its resorts to new parts of the globe such as the US the UK the Indian cean and Eastern Europe. This will offer investors and tourists access to world class facilities through a network of hotels residential resorts vacation and residence club destinations.

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