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  • THAILAND

    Phuket looks to move forward

    News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 17/06/2023

    » The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) will present proposals to the new government for the island's tourism recovery, which aim to restore the 400 billion baht in income that the island enjoyed in 2019.

  • BUSINESS

    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.

  • THAILAND

    'Little ghosts' spark virus fears

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2020

    » Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will call an urgent meeting on Wednesday to discuss what to do about 10,000 illegal Thai workers he believes may try to return home from South Korea to escape the Covid-19 epidemic there.

  • THAILAND

    Aviation hub potential exists but work must be done

    News, Erich Parpart, Published on 24/12/2017

    » Despite the strong foundation of its well-established automotive industry, Thailand still requires decades of investment in personnel, expertise and research and development (R&D) before the country can properly enter the race to become an aviation hub in Asean.

  • LIFE

    How did it start?

    Life, Published on 09/02/2017

    » It's hard to say who was the first tourist in Siam, because tourism as we know it didn't exist until a few centuries ago. Indian merchants sailed here in the 5th century, the Chinese came to trade and later to settle, and one of the earliest European travellers were the Portuguese, arriving in Ayutthaya in 1511. In 1680, Ibn Muhammad Ibrahim, a Persian, visited the land and recorded his impressions -- "All around us were trees that never feel the withering touch of autumn" -- while the first guidebook to the Kingdom was written by local resident J. Antonio in 1904. (Its most highly recommended activity is the shooting of birds and mammals.)

  • BUSINESS

    Bafs continues to fuel aviation industry's growth

    Business, ShareInvestor, Published on 12/02/2016

    » BAFS was founded in 1983 under a cabinet resolution to set up an integrated fuel facility for Don Mueang airport.

  • BUSINESS

    BAFS sees future in regional aviation

    Business, ShareInvestor, Published on 19/12/2014

    » Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS) provides aviation refuelling and related services at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and other airports in Thailand. Founded in November 1983, it was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in April 2002. Managing director Prakobkiat Ninnad discusses the company's strategy and outlook.

  • BUSINESS

    Six launch growth plan

    Business, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2014

    » Thailand's newly appointed economic ministers yesterday outlined a policy platform aimed at boosting short-term growth and rebuilding confidence while also tackling longer-term structural reforms, narrowing economic inequality and wiping out corruption.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    PM wants Suvarnabhumi action

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/07/2012

    » Suvarnabhumi is congested with flight delays common. Authorities have only limited ways to improve the situation and the PM wants them all in place – soon.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Floods block roads out of Bangkok

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2011

    » Floodwaters make it impossible to move goods to stores quickly. The Navy and Thai Airways being asked to help.

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