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Guru's Weekly Buzz: May 15-21
Guru, Published on 16/05/2025
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Thai Student Awarded Global Youth Action Fund 2025 for Transforming Hotel Waste into Humanitarian Aid
Published on 15/05/2025
» Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Thai hotels face double whammy from US tariffs
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/05/2025
» Thai hotels are likely to face secondary effects from the US reciprocal tariffs as slowing tourist arrivals may cause hoteliers to cut prices or introduce more aggressive campaigns at home, while their overseas operations cannot escape the impact of the global economic slowdown.
Tourism groups prepare proposals to offset crisis
Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 14/05/2025
» The Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (Fetta) plans to submit a proposal to the prime minister in person this month, requesting a concrete plan to restore confidence and avoid a crisis.
Liquor law may be eased further
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/05/2025
» The government plans to expand the venues at which alcoholic beverages can be sold on a daily basis after a new law was enacted last week, allowing five categories of venues to sell liquor.
Building owners choose to sell up as taxes start to bite
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 13/05/2025
» The land and building tax is continuing to force outdated and less competitive offices, apartments and hotels to exit the market, with many putting their assets up for sale or lease in the tourism sector.
Not so pretty
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2025
» Re: "'White Lotus' boon yet to materialise", (Business, May 10).
AGENTS Launches Alternative TDAC Platform for Tour Operators
Published on 12/05/2025
» Thailand – May 9, 2025 – AGENTS CO., LTD. has launched a new redundancy platform for Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) submissions, offering travellers, tour operators, and agents a faster, more flexible, and highly reliable solution. Designed to reduce stress and ensure continuity, the platform functions independently of the government system and remains accessible even during technical outages on the official website.
AWC calls for action on tourism
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 12/05/2025
» SET-listed Asset World Corp (AWC) has urged the government to swiftly restore tourism confidence and promote new attractions to lure high-spending visitors.
Tourism in the doldrums
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2025
» The tourism industry posted underwhelming results for the first four months this year as the international market contracted by 0.2% year-on-year.