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Protest hot spot rises from slump
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 13/08/2014
» Hotels in Bangkok's Ratchaprasong intersection, the favoured area for protesters, sees rising business momentum in the second half of the year thanks to aggressive marketing events to restore tourist confidence.
Foreign tourists warned to be careful after takeover
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 24/05/2014
» Foreign tourists are being urged to take greater care when visiting Thailand, with 31 countries and territories adjusting their travel advisories after Thursday's military coup.
Hospitality graduates face job search woes
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 23/05/2014
» Many new graduates from hospitality institutes are facing difficulties finding jobs in the tourism industry, which is freezing recruitment after being badly hit by the political impasse which began late last year.
Property upgrades for Four Seasons
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 17/04/2014
» Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts plans to spend more than 300 million baht to renovate the Four Seasons Bangkok next year, intending to cash in on the Asean single market when it kicks off in late 2015.
Unrest deters foreign tourists
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 09/04/2014
» The number of international tourist arrivals in March fell by 9.39% year-on-year to 2.1 million due mainly to the political unrest, says the Tourism Department.
Alarm over drop in tourism revenue
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 27/03/2014
» Thailand's 2014 tourism revenue target of 2 trillion baht is in danger if the caretaker government does not campaign seriously to restore tourist confidence damaged by the political unrest of the past five months, the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) warned on Thursday.
Political deadlock damages confidence
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 04/02/2014
» Negative tourism sentiment is expected to continue for a while because it will take weeks for official results from the general election to be known and a new government formed.
TCT calls for decree to be lifted
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 24/01/2014
» The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has come out against the caretaker government's emergency decree, saying it is hurting tourism sentiment and will result in revenue losses of at least 82 billion baht in the first half of this year.
In shift, TAT zeroes in on segments
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 22/01/2014
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will join hands with private operators to restore tourist confidence after the mass rallies by using different campaigns for different markets.
Hard-hit hotels ready for price war
Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 20/01/2014
» A hotel price war is expected in Bangkok once the political turmoil ends. Tourism-related businesses expect to see losses from the anti-government protests that began last November at the start of the high season.