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Fashion Island (Thailand)
Fashion Island is a shopping mall located on Ramintra Road, in Khan Na Yao District outskirt of Bangkok, Thailand. Fashion Island is currently ranked as the Twenty-sixth largest mall in the World along with ''Dubai Mall'' and ''West Edmonton Mall'' (once biggest mall in the world until 2004). The shopping mall featured an amusement park with a monorail circling around the mall. It was in length with four stations. The amusement park and monorail were both shut down after an accident. On 26 June 2002, a short circuit caused one train to catch fire. The train had no circuit breaker, and the passenger compartment was not protected by fireproof insulation. Two girls, six and eight years old, died in the fire, and two more children were injured from jumping out of the train. Fashion Island is also located near the Outer Ring Road - Ram Inthra Station of the Pink Line Monorail that connected Nonthaburi and Bangkok. Anchors * Robinson Department Store ** Tops (Old Tops Market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Na Yao District
Khan Na Yao ( th, คันนายาว, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Bang Khen, Khlong Sam Wa, Min Buri, Saphan Sung, and Bueng Kum. History Khan Na Yao was separated from Bueng Kum on 14 October 1997 announcement, effective 21 November 1997, together with Saphan Sung. Its name means "''long paddy-field ridge''", describing the geography of the district; Khan Na Yao was an agricultural district. Administration The district is divided into two sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Places * Wat Rat Sattha Tham * Navatanee Golf Course * Siam Park City * Fashion Island * Bangchan Industrial Estate District council The District Council for Khan Na Yao has seven members, who each serve four-year terms. Elections were last held on 30 April 2006. The Thai Rak Thai The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big C
Big C ( th, บิ๊กซี ซูเปอร์เซ็นเตอร์), is a grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Big C is as of 2016 Thailand's second-largest hypermarket operator after Lotus's (formerly known as Tesco Lotus). It has operations in four countries, namely Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The company was founded by Central Group in 1993 and the first Big C opened on Chaengwattana Road in Bangkok in 1994, prior to the company becoming listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in 1995. Big C operates 153 hypermarkets, 63 Big C markets, and 1,018 Mini Big C stores. History Beginning Central Group opened the Central Superstore at the Wong Sawang intersection in 1993 as a Central Department Store subsidiary. It began selling groceries from Central Supermarket and private label clothing from Central Department Store and Central Trading, under the self-service store concept. The Big C brand was first laun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Establishments In Thailand
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Shopping Malls Established In 1995
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.Jones, C. and Spang, R., "Sans Culottes, Sans Café, Sans Tabac: Shifting Realms of Luxury and Necessity in Eighteenth-Century France," Chapter 2 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999; Berg, M., "New Commodities, Luxuries and Their Consumers in Nineteenth-Century England," Chapter 3 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999 Online shopping has become a major disruptor in the retail industry as consumers can now search for product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Na Yao District
Khan Na Yao ( th, คันนายาว, ) is one of the 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other Bangkok districts (from north clockwise): Bang Khen, Khlong Sam Wa, Min Buri, Saphan Sung, and Bueng Kum. History Khan Na Yao was separated from Bueng Kum on 14 October 1997 announcement, effective 21 November 1997, together with Saphan Sung. Its name means "''long paddy-field ridge''", describing the geography of the district; Khan Na Yao was an agricultural district. Administration The district is divided into two sub-districts (''khwaeng''). Places * Wat Rat Sattha Tham * Navatanee Golf Course * Siam Park City * Fashion Island * Bangchan Industrial Estate District council The District Council for Khan Na Yao has seven members, who each serve four-year terms. Elections were last held on 30 April 2006. The Thai Rak Thai The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Malls In Bangkok
Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.Jones, C. and Spang, R., "Sans Culottes, Sans Café, Sans Tabac: Shifting Realms of Luxury and Necessity in Eighteenth-Century France," Chapter 2 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999; Berg, M., "New Commodities, Luxuries and Their Consumers in Nineteenth-Century England," Chapter 3 in ''Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in Europe, 1650-1850'' Berg, M. and Clifford, H., Manchester University Press, 1999 Online shopping has become a major disruptor in the retail industry as consumers can now search for product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Largest Shopping Malls In Thailand
The following is a list of Thailand's largest shopping malls, ranked by gross leasable area (GLA). See also * List of shopping malls in Bangkok * List of shopping malls in Thailand * List of the world's largest shopping malls A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to ref ... References {{Shopping malls in Thailand Thailand, largest * Shopping malls, Thailand Shopping malls, largest Shopping malls, largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shopping Malls In Thailand
The following is a list of notable shopping malls in Thailand, by province: Bangkok Chiang Mai Province * Central Chiang Mai * Central Chiang Mai Airport Chiang Rai Province * Central Chiang Rai Chonburi Province Chonburi * Central Chonburi Pattaya * Central Marina, Central Pattaya * Central Pattaya, Central Pattaya * Terminal 21, Central Pattaya * Mike Shopping Mall, South Pattaya * Royal Garden Plaza, South Pattaya Khon Kaen Province * Central Khon Kaen Nakhon Ratchasima Province * The Mall Nakhon Ratchasima * Terminal 21 Korat Pathum Thani * Future Park Rangsit Phitsanulok Province * Central Phitsanulok Prachuap Khiri Khan Province Hua Hin * Hua Hin Market Village Songkhla Province Hat Yai * Diana Shopping Mall Surat Thani Province Surat Thani * Central Suratthani Udon Thani Province * Central Udon See also * List of shopping malls in Bangkok References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Shopping Malls In Thailand * Shopping malls Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Cineplex
Major Cineplex Group Public Co. Ltd. is the largest operator of movie theaters in both Thailand and Laos. Combined with its subsidiary, EGV Entertainment, the company has 490 screens around Thailand. Among its properties is Thailand's largest multiplex, the Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon, with 16 screens and 5,000 seats, along with the IMAX theater. The second-largest chain in Thailand is SF Cinema City. History Major Cineplex was founded by Vicha Poolvaraluk (or Poolvaraluck) in 1994. A member of a family with roots in the movie business (the family was involved in film studios as well as several single-screen theaters), Vicha started out in property development. In 1992, he was asked by his father, Charoen Poolvaraluck, to take over the movie theater business. Vicha decided on a concept of large movie complexes that could offer a range of entertainment services, including not only movies, but also bowling alleys, karaoke rooms, restaurants and shopping. The first such complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Line (Bangkok)
The MRT Pink Line is an elevated mass rapid transit monorail train line under construction in Bangkok and Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. The monorail line will be long and have 30 stations. It will run in the northern part of the city from the Nonthaburi Civic Center in Pak Kret District Nonthaburi Province, Nonthaburi along the major east–west transport corridor of Chaeng Wattana and Ram Intra roads to terminate at Min Buri District, Minburi District in east Bangkok. The line is designed to link the northern areas of Bangkok and Nonthaburi by connecting with five mass transit lines. At Nonthaburi Civic Center the line interchanges with the MRT Purple Line and the proposed MRT Brown Line. The line also interchanges with the SRT Dark Red Line, the Sukhumvit Line, BTS Sukhumvit Line and the planned Grey Line (Bangkok), BMA Grey Line. At the Min Buri terminus, the line interchanges with the under construction MRT Orange Line. Construction of the MRT Pink Line began in December 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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