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Myanmar tourism industry determined to avoid traps
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 18/06/2012
» The Myanmar tourism industry heard more warnings at the Mekong Tourism Forum last week to beware the downside of the gold-rush.
Asian event organisers in peril
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 25/06/2012
» The rapid expansion of European exhibition conglomerates in the Asean and Asian regions could drive local exhibition companies to "extinction," the head of the Asian Federation of Exhibition & Convention Associations (AFECA) warned last week.
Calls made to save world heritage sites
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 02/07/2012
» As the global rush for energy and minerals tempts many multinational corporations to venture into World Heritage Sites, a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warns that they do so at the risk of their reputations and public image.
Pata management shakeup aims to cut costs, Improve services
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 09/07/2012
» In the span of just two weeks, the financially strapped Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) has undergone a further reshuffling of its senior management as it struggles to cut costs, streamline working procedures and improve service delivery to its members.
'Dangerous Partnership' under spotlight
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 16/07/2012
» An investigative report issued last month by the New York-based global policy forum warns that international security contractors are becoming powers unto themselves and operating in an environment of total secrecy that is costing global taxpayers millions of dollars while doing little to improve security.
Human resource issues threaten tourism industry
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 23/07/2012
» The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report identifying three of the most important trends and policy challenges facing global tourism: effective governance practices evaluation of policies and programmes, and human resources development. All three are of direct relevance to Thailand and Asean.
Women on the move
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 18/04/2012
» Web In Travel, a leading regional conference on travel distribution, marketing and technology, will hold its first WITX-Women In Travel conference on April 27 at the Dusit Thani hotel in Bangkok.
How SMEs stand on world's tourism map
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 23/04/2012
» The importance of small and medium-sized enterprises to the Thai tourism industry is cited in a report issued by the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development on April 19. The reference is the only one to "tourism" in the entire report, Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2012 - An OECD Scoreboard.
'Shock absorber' in our backyards
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 30/04/2012
» If foreign tourism has been hit by repeated "external shocks" over the last decade, domestic tourism has become a "shock absorber" to help cushion the impact, according to a landmark study to be released this week.
Huai hong khrai centre gains prominence
Business, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 07/05/2012
» The sufficiency economy concept gained further prominence on the global tourism development agenda last week with a visit to the Huai Hong Khrai Royal Development Centre being included on the technical-tour programme of a regional UN World Tourism Organisation conference .