The number of daily visitors to Pantip Pratunam saw a sharp fall from an average of 35,000 per day to 20,000. "We expect visitor traffic to return to normal after the relaunch of Pantip Pratunam," he said. Asset World Estate, the operator of Pantip Plaza, aims for Pantip Pratunam to be a place for customers seeking IT products and premium new technology IT gadgets including Internet of Things devices, smarthome equipment and virtual reality devices. The firm plans to introduce its virtual Pantip Plaza Mall by 2017 to help tenants boost sales, said Sansern Na Patthalung, managing director of Asset World Estate. Unsaid by management during Monday's celebrations, but on the minds of most old customers is the role of the new Pantip Plaza Pratunam as a source of pirated software and entertainment DVDs as in the past, above.

Source: Bangkok Post August 08, 2016 22:07 UTC