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Songkhla favours expansion of foreign bus travel beyond province
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/02/2024
» SONGKHLA: Songkhla has proposed the lifting of restrictions on buses bearing foreign license plates to travel only in the provincial boundary in a push by tourism operators to woo more visitors, mainly from Malaysia, to travel other southern provinces, according to a local tourism governing body.
Baht dips on US inflation figures
Business, Published on 15/02/2024
» The baht, which slipped below 36 to the US dollar on Wednesday, is likely to depreciate further as US inflation was higher than forecast, prompting the market to believe the Federal Reserve might delay its first interest rate cut beyond May, as expected earlier.
Singaporeans flock to Malaysia for bargains as dollar hits record high
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Carman Lee is back in Ipoh, her hometown in northwestern Malaysia, after a seven-and-half hour bus ride from Singapore for the upcoming Lunar New Year. The Westin Singapore employee has another reason to celebrate this festive season: an all-time high local dollar that makes everything that much cheaper against the ringgit.
Ministry bullish on luring 35m foreign arrivals this year
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 06/02/2024
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry is confident the country can attract 35 million foreign visitors this year after 3 million arrived in the first month, while tourism operators say expensive tour packages will not affect Chinese tourists from second-tier cities.
SJWD plans to spend B2.5bn on expanding network
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/02/2024
» SCGJWD Logistics (SJWD), a unit of Siam Cement Group (SCG), is set to invest nearly 2.5 billion baht to acquire shares of logistics companies in Thailand and Malaysia as it expands its logistics and supply chain business in Southeast Asia.
Foodpanda parent denies sale talks have collapsed
Published on 02/02/2024
» The German food delivery group Delivery Hero has denied a report that talks to sell part of its Foodpanda business in Southeast Asia had collapsed, helping shares recover some of their earlier losses on Friday.
China market dents tourism income
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 27/01/2024
» Slower growth of Thai tourism receipts in 2023 compared with Asian peers is attributed to the sluggish Chinese market, which flocked to other countries, as well as Thai hotels' inability to adjust their prices.
Office chooses NT to help develop 2 data centres
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 25/01/2024
» The State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) has assigned National Telecom (NT) to enhance its plan to develop its two new data centres to serve high demand for digital transformation among government offices under the country's "Cloud First" policy.
Japan firms cool on Malaysia-Singapore rail project
Published on 11/01/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese companies have decided to drop their plans to get involved in a high-speed rail project connecting Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, government and company sources said on Thursday.
Singapore, Malaysia weigh passport-free travel
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia and Singapore agreed to jointly develop a special economic zone and explore a range of measures including passport-free travel to boost trade between the neighbours that each count the other as the No. 2 trading partner.