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Singapore Air adds flights to Bangkok, Phuket
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2022
» Singapore Airlines Ltd will add flights to East and Southeast Asia, including Bangkok and Phuket, from early next year and trim some services to the United States as it tweaks routes and plane allocations to get a head start over rivals as nations ease travel restrictions.
Cathay Pacific sees clearer skies
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 16/09/2022
» Cancellation of the mandatory quarantine in Hong Kong is the key to recovery for Cathay Pacific as the airline has prepared both seat capacity and is recruiting more air crew for business resumption.
EEC holds promise as aviation hub
Business, Published on 19/03/2021
» Thailand has an opportunity to become an aviation and logistics hub, thanks to its prime location in central Southeast Asia and infrastructure development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), but the country needs to adjust to the pandemic crisis.
Most airlines likely to pare back networks
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 18/05/2020
» Most airlines are expected to shrink their networks with more compact fleet sizes, while the aviation industry is predicted to be 20-30% smaller.
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.
High price of progress
Asia focus, Nithi Kaveevivitchai, Published on 23/03/2020
» Over the past two decades, Asia's growth story has caught the world's attention as the region has become bigger, richer and more connected. But this remarkable development has come with some unwelcome by-products for many people.
On a mission to fine-tune local TV content
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/03/2020
» After 50 years in the TV industry, Channel 3 is facing its toughest challenge with the global trend of digital disruption. A lot remains to be proved for Ariya Banomyong, president of Channel 3 operator BEC World Plc, including whether he can see BEC through the storm and find proper and sustainable business solutions for the firm.
BEC looks to mixed approach, exports
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/01/2020
» SET-listed BEC World, the operator of Channel 3, is gearing up for an omni-channel or mixed offline-online approach, including content exported to the global market, as part of a strategy to transform the TV operator into a "content and entertainment" leader amid the digital disruption era.
Connected communicator
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 16/12/2019
» Anyone meeting Baxter Jolly for the first time might be surprised to learn that he used to be an equities trader. A people person full of smiles, he doesn't seem like the type who would be sitting in front of five computer screens all day. But the experience in the high-pressure world of the stock market, he says, served him well when he switched gears and entered public relations.
Brand loyalty
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/07/2019
» Having worked in the hospitality industry for 35 years and solely with Hilton, Paul Hutton has a lot of lasting memories of his time with one of the world's largest hotel chains, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on May 31. For a start, his three daughters are a constant reminder of his globetrotting career.