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Hoteliers want 90% tax cut extended
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 20/01/2022
» Hoteliers are urging the government to extend the 90% reduction of the land and buildings tax for another two years or collect a new levy of 20-30% instead as the tourism industry is far from recovering.
Mice revival on hold as events postponed
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 25/01/2022
» Recovery of the exhibitions industry faces a delay as international Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) events have been postponed until the second half of this year.
Test & Go a fillip for Thai tourism
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 26/01/2022
» Following an improvement in Thai tourism during the festive season in December, the industry faced a rocky start to the New Year due to the rise of Omicron, the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant.
Omicron stymies tourism recovery
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 11/01/2022
» Even though the tourism industry has started to see optimism from the country's reopening on Nov 1 last year, a fresh whiplash in travel sentiment from Omicron variant has put the brakes on recovery prospects in 2022.
AQ hotels in Bangkok record uptick in demand
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 12/01/2022
» Alternative quarantine (AQ) hotels in Bangkok are seeing more demand after the suspension of the Test & Go scheme, while some hoteliers prepare to become hospitels, providing beds as Covid-19 infections increase.
Call for delay of new tourist entry fee
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 13/01/2022
» The new 300-baht tourism fee due to take effect in April is drawing mixed reactions from tourism operators as the recovery remains tepid and fragile.
Rising caseloads batter travel sentiment
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 14/01/2022
» The private sector is concerned about travel sentiment after domestic trips mostly stopped because of higher daily Covid caseloads and a lack of purchasing power as living costs hike.
Siam Land Flying profits from outbreak
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 04/01/2022
» Siam Land Flying Co is gaining a windfall from the rise in private jet demand in the region amid the pandemic.
Phuket preps hotel guest isolation
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 05/01/2022
» Hoteliers in Phuket are preparing to offer hotel isolation for asymptomatic guests to keep the island's reopening operational despite a spike in Omicron infections as more guests refuse to pay for pricey hospital beds.
High season ends early
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 06/01/2022
» Tourism operators in popular destinations face more cancellations as the prolonged suspension of the Test & Go scheme is dampening enthusiasm for the remainder of the high season.