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Iran sanctions Unfair to Thai businesses
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 05/03/2012
» The chairman of the Thai Iranian Business Council has called on the Thai government and the many Thai economic, social, educational and cultural organisations to do an objective evaluation of their future relations with the Islamic world in order to take advantage of the many positive opportunities that await.
ILO launches 'Toolkit' to ease tourism industry's woes
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 27/02/2012
» The International Labour Organisation has released a comprehensive training toolkit to promote decent work in the tourism industry and contribute to poverty reduction via the promotion of jobs in rural areas.
For malaysia, The destination is south asia
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 20/02/2012
» Malaysia is seeking to reverse a stagnation in visitor arrivals from South Asia with a rapid-fire marketing and promotional tour through five primary and secondary cities of India and Pakistan, its first overseas roadshow of 2102.
As tourism booms, An Old 'Crisis may resurface
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 13/02/2012
» As Thailand's tourism industry gets set to soar again, a regional meeting on the global AIDS pandemic organised here last week has refocused attention on a rarely discussed subject: the extent to which Thailand's nightlife and entertainment industry contributes to the global spread of HIV/AIDS.
Indian travel and leisure companies start knocking on thailand's door
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 06/02/2012
» More Indian companies are set to open shop in Thailand to explore business opportunities here and across the Asean region in the wake of the wide-ranging economic, cultural and educational agreements signed between the two countries last month. That will pave the way for a boom in Indian leisure and business travel, convention and exhibition delegates and VFR travel to, from and within the India-Asean circuit.
Opportunities abound for health tourism
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 30/01/2012
» The Thai tourism industry's efforts to promote more niche-market visitors is set to take a step forward when the Global Alcohol Policy Conference convenes in Bangkok between Feb 13-15 this year.
Asian event organisers see gloomy prospects travel monitor imtiaz muqbil
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 23/01/2012
» Exhibition and events organisers in Asia reported good operating profits in 2011 but are now increasingly concerned about the impact of ongoing economic conditions for this year, according to a Crisis Barometer survey by UFI, the global exhibition industry association.
Asian airports to lead spending spree
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 16/01/2012
» Global airports are expected to incur more than US$134 billion in capital expenditure between 2013 and 2016, with most of the money being spent in the smaller airports with annual capacity of 5-15 million passenger, according to annual survey released by Airports Council International last week.
India seeks tourism industry's help to save water resources
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/01/2012
» Delegates attending the inaugural session on water conservation at the annual caucus of overseas Indians here were surprised to find that the chief guest was Indian Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai.
Impressive safety record bodes well for the future
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 04/01/2012
» After the casualty count of the annual long holiday road carnage is tallied, Thailand may find it sobering to compare the final tally to the number of accidents and fatalities in the scheduled commercial air transport sector worldwide.