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    Goodbye 'Brand Asean', hello southeast asia

    Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 01/02/2010

    » Asean tourism ministers have admitted failure in their efforts to promote Asean as a single destination and develop the Asean tourism brand. As a result, they have embarked on a new campaign built on the fact that "Southeast Asia" has greater recognition in international source markets than "Asean".

  • TECH

    Back to the future

    Database, Published on 31/03/2010

    » Don't panic, announced Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, but in the next 60 days the government will "create a level playing field" for telecom companies and probably try to extract truckloads of money and turn back the clock on concessions granted by the state duopoly; Mr Abhisit continued to maintain that telecoms firms (translation: one telecoms firm) made money from changes during the Thaksin Shinawatra years; he said he wants to "unwind the concessions," go back to the future and probably send a huge bill to Advanced Info Service of Shingapore; Mr Abhisit said he envisioned one big concession contract covering all telecoms firms and saving the bacon of your slowly dying ToT and CAT Telecom. Wichian Mektrakarn, CEO of No 1 yuppiephone firm Advanced Info Service of Shingapore, explained that if Mr Abhisit succeeds in unravelling all concessions contracts and reverting to the early 1990s when they started to come into being, "the whole system will collapse." Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij seemed to contradict the prime minister; he told Hong Kong businessmen it is "unlikely" the government will try to extract retroactive concessions payments.

  • LIFE

    TAT maintains its goal of 15.5m tourist arrivals

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/04/2010

    » The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) vows to stage more aggressive sales programmes in promising markets to achieve its target of 15.5 million foreign visitors this year.

  • LIFE

    Negotiation the key, say tourism groups

    Business, Published on 17/04/2010

    » The Federation of Thai Tourism Associations (Fetta) sees negotiation as the route to end the confrontation between the government and red-shirt protesters.

  • LIFE

    Outbound travel on the upswing

    Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 04/05/2010

    » The Thai Agents Association (TTAA) says outbound travel remains healthy this year even though domestic and inbound tours have been hurt by political turmoil.

  • LIFE

    Tourism revival will start with Asia

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/05/2010

    » The government is preparing a tourism revival promotion campaign, focusing first on China, Hong Kong, Japan and Asean as it tries to restore confidence after a week of mayhem in Bangkok.

  • TECH

    Restaurants recommended by user reviews, not advertising

    Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/06/2010

    » Restaurants are getting closer to diners with a personalised marketing platform offered by restaurantsofbangkok.com which claims the first of its kind in the region.

  • LIFE

    TAT confident of recovery to 15.5m visitors next year

    Business, Chadamas Chinmaneevong, Published on 06/07/2010

    » The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) projects a tourism recovery in 2011 with foreign arrivals of 15.5 million and revenues of 600 billion baht, up from 14.5 million visitors and 500 billion baht forecast this year."Next year, we will build on our many strengths as a preferred tourist destination by branching out into new marketing segments such as green and sustainable tourism," TAT governor Suraphon Svetasreni said yesterday.

  • TECH

    Digital and holistic health

    Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 14/07/2010

    » As one of Thailand's last remaining free cancer treatment centres, the Arokhayasarn building in Wat Khampramong, situated in Sakon Nakhon's Phanna Nikhom district, has offered palliative care to almost 2,000 patients to date, combining alternative therapy, Chinese traditional medicine and modern Western care.

  • LIFE

    Airport Link a Potential Tourism Bonanza

    Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/08/2010

    » The long-awaited opening of the Airport Rail Link on Aug 23 will substantially enhance the convenience of visiting Bangkok but a number of critical missing links impede connectivity with the city's mass-transit systems.

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