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Touch-me-not travel
Business, Published on 12/05/2020
» As travel vaporises in the face of on-off lockdowns, airlines, airports and hotels are pondering the future of hospitality in these fluid and fearful socially distanced times. Professional hosts are examining how to safely distance yet offer hospitable warmth without turning everything into a set from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Terror in Spain, turmoil in Washington dent stocks
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 21/08/2017
» Recap: US political instability and a terrorist attack in Spain put pressure on global stock markets, with Wall Street hitting a three-month low and European and Asian bourses also sinking, though Thailand managed a small gain.
Boeing cuts back on large aircraft as demand drops
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 12/07/2017
» The era of very large passenger aircraft like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 is coming to an end.
Plane to Busan
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 09/03/2017
» Cargo cranes lift colourful containers into gigantic ships at the huge Busan port. Traffic slowly eases toward Gwangan Bridge, passing beaches and islands that scatter the coast. The Sun is about to set and darkness slowly blankets colourful houses on the Gamcheon Culture Village slope. Light from seaside skyscrapers reflects on the seawater at the marina, as restaurants and beach bars light up for the night. Tourists fill the streets, looking for fun.
Outgoing THAI chief on corruption
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/05/2012
» Piyasvasti says plane purchase was so bad that planes could not fly because fuel cost greater than money made on flights.
Suvarnabhumi: Tourist arrivals falling
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011
» Cancellations & falling bookings for trips to Thailand due to fear but Suvarnabhumi protected. Flood-free destinations promoted.
Be skinny and white!
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/03/2011
» The "skinny and white" ideal pushed by ad agencies and Thai Airways is a health hazard and discriminates against many regions in the country.