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Tourism aches for shot in the arm
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 07/06/2021
» Thailand's economy relies on exports and to a lesser extent tourism. With the arrival of large shipments of vaccines, business leaders hope the economy finally has a salve.
Which new habits could last a lifetime?
Business, Published on 20/05/2021
» 'Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future," quipped Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist. It's a statement that certainly applies to anyone making forecasts, and particularly investors at this time.
Third wave to hurt demand for local tourism in May
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/05/2021
» The Bank of Thailand predicts domestic tourism will be weaker in May than the previous month because of the severity of the third wave.
Small pool of affluent for jab tours
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 12/05/2021
» High net worth individuals are predicted to be the most likely group to take Covid-19 vaccination tours overseas, spending a fortune in the hope of choosing their own vaccines and heading abroad, instead of waiting for local vaccinations.
BioNTech to build vaccine plant in Singapore
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2021
» Covid jab maker BioNTech said Monday it would build a southeast Asia headquarters and manufacturing site in Singapore to produce hundreds of millions of mRNA-based vaccines per year.
Thailand aims for wider tourism reopening from October
Published on 08/05/2021
» The country plans to waive its mandatory quarantine for vaccinated visitors to its capital Bangkok and top tourist destinations from October, deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Friday, in a bid to revive a key industry battered by coronavirus travel curbs.
NVI drives progress on new jabs allocation deal by June
Published on 07/05/2021
» By the end of 2021, the Ministry of Public Health affirms that Thailand will have procured 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
BioNTech Founders Expect Covid-19 Pandemic to Last Until Mid-2022
Business, Published on 06/05/2021
» The surge of coronavirus infections in developing countries such as India amid a relative scarcity of vaccine supply means that the pandemic will keep spreading until mid-2022, according to the inventors of the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the West.
Pfizer sees Covid-19 as 'durable' revenue stream as profits rise
AFP, Published on 05/05/2021
» NEW YORK: Pfizer sharply increased its 2021 profit projections on Tuesday, citing much higher Covid-19 vaccine sales which are on track to provide a "durable" revenue stream in the wake of the pandemic.
Analyst urges local vaccine output
Business, William Hicks, Published on 05/05/2021
» It will take Thailand two years to reach herd immunity for Covid-19 at the current rate of vaccination, but if local vaccine production plans ramp up and vaccination rates increase, hope remains for a quicker timeline, according to a report by Deutsche Bank.