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Pata management shakeup aims to cut costs, Improve services
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/07/2012
» In the span of just two weeks, the financially strapped Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) has undergone a further reshuffling of its senior management as it struggles to cut costs, streamline working procedures and improve service delivery to its members.
How SMEs stand on world's tourism map
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 23/04/2012
» The importance of small and medium-sized enterprises to the Thai tourism industry is cited in a report issued by the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development on April 19. The reference is the only one to "tourism" in the entire report, Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2012 - An OECD Scoreboard.
Lifting the Barriers to cross-border movement
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 19/03/2012
» The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has urged Asia-Pacific governments to remove bottlenecks hindering the cross-border movement of people and products across continents, saying it will create billions of dollars in new wealth, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises and the less-developed rural areas.
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.
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.
Un Body Jumps on Sustainable Tourism Bandwagon
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 02/08/2010
» The already bloated deck of global, regional and local organisations focussing on "sustainable tourism" got even fatter last month with the UN Environment Programme announcing the launch of a "global partnership" that "aims to transform the way tourism is done worldwide."
ASEAN campaign could yield unwelcome results
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 15/02/2010
» The effort to rebrand Asean as "Southeast Asia" for tourism promotion is being closely watched by Burmese tourism authorities, who say they will hold the Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) responsible if the new marketing website is used for anti-Burma criticism.