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Fairmont Bangkok gets B6bn luxury makeover

SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) has launched the 6-billion-baht rebrand of Fairmont Bangkok Sukhumvit, its biggest investment since its initial public offering (IPO), targeting the luxury Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) segment.

Asset World Corp steps up hotel repositioning strategy

Asset World Corp steps up hotel repositioning strategy

SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) is accelerating its hotel repositioning strategy to unlock the value of existing properties, with upgraded assets recording average daily rate (ADR) increases of 135–430% from pre-development levels.

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Version of Australia's famed MONA destined for Bangkok

Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art has announced plans to develop MONA Bangkok on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.

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Avatar attraction to anchor Asiatique renovation

SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) is planning an 8-billion-baht investment to redevelop Asiatique The Riverfront, transforming it into a family-oriented destination through global intellectual property (IP) brands such as Avatar.

Bilby boom: breeding trial to reintroduce species to Mallee Cliffs national park shows signs of success

Fifty ‘founder’ bilbies were released in fenced breeding area in 2019 with the aim of establishing first wild population there in a century

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Cute marsupial went missing from Australian wildlife sanctuary for 80 years – but thanks to a well-placed trail camera, we know it’s back

The northern quoll has been captured by a trail camera, marking its return to this AWC-owned sanctuary for the first time in 80 years

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Extraordinary photo captures first appearance of Siberian peregrine falcon in Australia's arid center

An ecologist has captured a photo of a peregrine falcon subspecies in an unprecedented location.

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Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

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One giant leap for bettongs released into sanctuary as wildlife conservancy aims to operate on 5% of Australia

The ‘ecosystem engineers’ will roam a cat- and fox-free former sheep farm and help spread seeds and improve soils with their digging

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Carnivorous marsupials, cryptic birds and feral cats: wildlife cameras capture life on a Queensland cattle station

The monitoring program by Australian Wildlife Conservancy aims to show conservation and cattle grazing can coexist if properly managed

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'Lovely freak of nature': Mutant blue frog hops into wildlife sanctuary workshop

'Lovely freak of nature': Mutant blue frog hops into wildlife sanctuary workshop

Researchers in Australia spotted a magnificent tree frog with blue skin — the result of a rare genetic mutation called axanthism, which suppresses yellow pigments that usually tint the frogs green.

Carrying chickens by their legs should remain unlawful, say UK campaigners

Carrying chickens by their legs should remain unlawful, say UK campaigners

Defra proposal to relax farming rules accused of breaking Tory pledge to raise standards post-Brexit as the practice can cause pain

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Rambo part II: wildlife in the forest where the feral fox once roamed is thriving – but is a comeback tour likely?

Rambo part II: wildlife in the forest where the feral fox once roamed is thriving – but is a comeback tour likely?

Hunted for years in NSW’s Pilliga, Rambo has now disappeared. In his place is an explosion of native species. But why will no one call Rambo ‘dead’?

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Points failure at London Euston causes hours-long delays for rail travellers

Points failure at London Euston causes hours-long delays for rail travellers

Network Rail cautions passengers to check services as it reopens lines to and from station after disruption

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Fire in northern Australia’s tropical savanna is a threat to endangered fairy-wrens

Wildfire threatens the survival of endangered purple-crowned fairy-wrens living along the rivers and creeks of northern Australia, our new research has found.

Cross-cultural map is as functional as it is beautiful

In the Northern Territory desert, traditional knowledge and art are meeting Western science in a double-pronged approach to biodiversity conservation.

AWC preps regional wholesale food hub

SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) Plc, an integrated lifestyle real estate group, is scheduled to reopen its Pantip Pratunum IT centre, which will be rebranded as AEC Food Wholesale Pratunam in June this year.

AWC lays out expansion projects for Chiang Mai

SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) Plc, an integrated lifestyle real estate group in Thailand, is developing new projects in Chiang Mai similar to its flagship Asiatique open-air mall in Bangkok.

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Baby bilby at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary a beacon of hope for Central Australia

Ecologists say a $1.6 million federal plan to protect bilbies from predators and fire in Central Australia will build on a reintroduction program near Alice Springs, which recorded its first joey in December.

With Rambo the fox believed dead, major Pilliga forest conservation effort can begin

Shooters put in hundreds of hours and thousands of baits were laid, but none of it was enough to stop Rambo the fox running amok in a NSW conservation area, where he feasted on native wildlife with reckless abandon. Now, however, it looks like he's gone for good.

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‘It’s over’: five-year hunt for Rambo the feral fox paves way for greater bilby to roam free

Conservationists are confident invasive predator is dead allowing native creatures to roam free in NSW’s Pilliga Scrub once more

AWC unveils remaking of riverside

Developer Asset World Corp Plc (AWC) plans to build new riverfront projects near its flagship Asiatique open-air mall, starting with an investment of 800 million baht to refocus the riverside complex as an entertainment hub.

AWC plans B1bn revamp of The Empire

Developer Asset World Corp Plc (AWC) plans to spend more than 1 billion baht on renovating and adding lifestyle spaces to The Empire -- its largest office tower -- with the aim of attracting new tenants.

China market poised to surge in Q4

Luxury hotel operators are expecting the Chinese market to pick up stronger late this year as there were no notable bookings from the mainland in the first quarter.

AWC steps up for students

AWC steps up for students

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