Virus cases soar to 84, latest patients quarantined in Preah Sihanouk hotel
Twenty-nine French tourists and two Cambodians being quarantined at a hotel in Preah Sihanouk province’s Sihanoukville have tested positive for the virus after coming into contact with two COVID-19 patients, raising the tally to 84, according to a Health Ministry’s statement. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50704525/virus-cases-soar-to-84-latest-patients-quarantined-in-preah-sihanouk-hotel/
Authorization for the hotel to receive care and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients
On 01 September 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the authorization for the hotel to receive care and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients. The Ministry of Health will allow a number of hotel located in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap to provide ...
Ministry of Health
Over 10 Phnom Penh condos, hotels raided over trafficking, online ‘services’
Hundreds of foreign nationals have been removed from Phnom Penh compounds as police acknowledged detention, torture, extortion and human trafficking in several arrests. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/over-10-phnom-penh-condos-hotels-raided-over-trafficking-online-services/
Onyx looks to Asean presence
Onyx Hospitality Group is looking to expand its portfolio to the “CLMV” countries of Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, as well as to Malaysia, as it positions itself to reap the benefits of upcoming Asean economic integration The Thailand-based hotel group, whose goal is to become ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Onyx-looks-to-Asean-presence-30192840.html
Koh Russey Resort to exhibit in Hong Kong
Cambodia’s Koh Russey Resort development project is aiming to attract large foreign investment by exhibiting in Hong Kong. The resort will showcase its properties and facilities at an exhibition from November 29 until December 1, according to the real estate company CBRE. Expert staff of all departments ...
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/koh-russey-resort-exhibit-hong-kong
Hun Manet: Sihanoukville is not Macau
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces chief of joint staff Hun Manet has said he disagrees that Preah Sihanouk province, where Chinese investment in hotels and casinos has skyrocketed, will become a second Macau. Lieutenant General Manet made the comment on Monday during a ground-breaking ceremony for the ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112151/hun-manet-sihanoukville-is-not-macau/
Lao, Cambodian families pay for summit luxuries
As Asian and European leaders gather for high level meetings this month in Cambodia and Laos, the luxury living quarters and extensive security arrangements made for their arrivals have come at considerable human and environmental expense. Government authorities went on a building spree ahead of this ...
Fire equipment still lacking
Two years since the government passed a law on fire safety – and hot on the heels of a recent spate of fires at local garment factories, neighbourhoods and nightclubs – a recent informal survey has found that even high-end hotels still widely lack required ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-equipment-still-lacking
Announcement on the launching of the building of THE GREAT DUKE Hotel (formerly InterContinental Hotel) as a hospital for caring and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients
On 07 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the use of building THE GREAT DUKE Hotel (formerly InterContinental Hotel) as a hospital for caring and treatment of mild COVID-19 patients to prepare appropriate locations to prevent further transmission in Phnom Penh ...
Ministry of Health
Chinese squeeze out tour groups in Siem Reap
Japanese and Korean tourists are being turned away from hotels in Siem Reap City due to an increase in bookings by Chinese visitors, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Wednesday. Speaking at the tourism industry’s three-day expo on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich island on Wednesday, Mr. ...
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/chinese-squeeze-out-tour-groups-in%E2%80%88siem-reap-69544/
Angkor Village strikers sued
The foreign owner of a luxury Siem Reap hotel has sued four workers he sacked last year, alleging they damaged his property during protests in which they accused him of firing them for unionising. In total, 67 workers were sacked last year by Ankor Village hotel ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022054601/National-news/angkor-village-strikers-sued.html
China's ICBC offers RMB transfers
A new banking settlements system called CHANCES, dealing exclusively in the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB), aims to make trade between China and the ASEAN countries easier and less expensive. Owned and operated by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the CHANCES system stands for ...
Project to stop violence against women launched
A new project aimed at reducing violence against women in the Kingdom was launched yesterday at the Hotel Cambodiana. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26174/project-to-stop-violence-against-women-launched/
South coast holds development key
Real estate and hotel developers have identified the southern coast of Cambodia as having tourism potential to encourage more business investment. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36111/south-coast-holds-development-key/
Khmer New Year tourism up in Siem Reap
A giant traditional sticky rice cake weighing two tons, the largest num ansorm ever made, was unveiled at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province yesterday as visitors flocked to the area to mark Khmer New Year. Visitor numbers for the three-day holiday ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/khmer-new-year-tourism-up-in-siem-reap-56531/
Cambodia-Korea forum looks at new investment opportunities
The ASEAN-Korea Centre held a Cambodia-Korea Investment Forum at the Raffles Le Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 2. ...
Rachel Lee
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/02/176_197946.html
Plans for US resort
A large US-based international hotels and resorts group plans to invest close to $120 million in a multi-resort development project in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27906/plans-for-us-resort/
Indian company plans to invest $1 billion in Cambodia
An India-based company is exploring investment opportunities in Cambodia’s real estate and hotel market and says it will invest $1 billion over five years. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22859/indian-company-plans-to-invest--1-billion-in-cambodia/
NagaCorp raises $156 million from top-up placement
NagaCorp, a gaming and entertainment hotel complex operator in Cambodia, has raised HK$1.21 billion ($156 million) from a top-up placement, after fixing the price at the bottom of the indicative range. The deal was launched at around 6pm yesterday in Hong Kong time, and the ...
http://www.financeasia.com/News/336436,nagacorp-raises-156-million-from-top-up-placement.aspx
CIMB says Local Investors Bring More Franchises to Cambodia
The steady growth of franchises from overseas is likely to continue as young, moneyed Cambodians seize the opportunity to bring name brands into the country, a bank official said yesterday. Hoping to help its customers and others invest in franchises, Malaysia-based CIMB Bank yesterday organized ...