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Rayong hotels hit by oil sector woes, economic slowdown

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Published Wed, Jun 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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HOTELS in Rayong province are struggling as the economic slowdown and lower oil prices hit spending by companies at nearby industrial estates.

Wiwat Tangjitkobboon, Cape & Kantary Hotels' corporate group director, said that hotel demand had plummeted in the past two years.

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