Briefs

Central Plaza Hotel achieved another impressive operating performance in the second quarter, with a 492-per-cent year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit, chairman Suthikiati Chirathivat said yesterday.
 When combined with the results for the first quarter, consolidated net profit in the first half increased by almost 100 per cent compared to the same period last year.
 During the second quarter, Central Plaza Hotel achieved consolidated revenues of Bt4.53 billion, an increase of Bt199.4 million, or 4.6 per cent year on year.
 Hotel business revenues contributed Bt1.9 billion, and food business revenues, Bt2.63 billion.
 This represents a total consolidated revenues mix of 42 per cent for the company’s hotels business and 58 per cent for the food business, compared to 40 per cent and 60 per cent respectively in the second quarter of last year.
 
BANGKOK INCLUDED IN DHL ROAD NETWORK
DHL Global Forwarding, a leading provider of air, sea and road freight services in Europe and Asia, has rolled out an integrated road freight network that links five key Asian cities – Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Hanoi and Shenzhen.
 The new service taps the acceleration of road freight growth in Asia-Pacific, which is forecast at an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent from 2014-2019 and is expected to drive the sector to a value of US$822 billion (Bt29 trillion) by the end of 2019, said the company.
 Delivered under DHL AsiaConnect’s less-than-truckload (LTL) service, the interconnecting five-city service offers a seamless interconnecting delivery service with improved time and cost efficiencies and assures a consistent level of service quality regardless of the destination, the company added.
DHL AsiaConnect was launched in 2011 connecting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and now links to the existing Vietnam-China connection.
 
DKSH HEALTHCARE TIES WITH ASPIDE MEDICAL
DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a leading partner for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia, will provide marketing, sales, distribution and logistics services to Aspide Medical in private and public hospitals across Thailand.
 France-based Aspide Medical designs, manufactures and distributes its implants all over the world in fields such as treatment of abdominal hernias and uro-gynaecological surgeries.
 “Driven by medical tourism and a growing middle class, Thailand has in recent years developed into a regional medical hub. DKSH’s reach into and relationships with the hospitals helps us tap into these opportunities. Most importantly, in DKSH we found a partner that takes quality and compliance as seriously as we do,” said Thierry Cafassier, area manager, Aspide Medical.
 The agreement between DKSH and Aspide Medical demonstrates DKSH’s ability to provide high-valued market-expansion services for healthcare companies that seek to expand in Asia.