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Green tax unlikely to impact Thai tourism
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 05/11/2024
» The environmental charge on airfares adopted by many airlines in Europe should not affect long-haul markets as passengers are still willing to pay for necessary adjustments.
TAT eyes French market post-Olympics
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 17/07/2024
» With the Paris Olympic Games estimated to attract fewer visitors than expected, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) forecasts the French market to strongly pick up after the event, with 42 billion baht in revenue earned from this market in 2024.
Is greenwashing taking travellers to the cleaners?
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 13/03/2024
» Every hotel wants you to save the planet. The messianic messages are everywhere -- on little tent cards on the desk, proud notices on the bathroom door, and in dolorous the-end-is-nigh letters from the GM. Every hotel is saving the Yanomami Indians, Atlantic salmon and mountain gorillas.
Airasia Super App aims to claim lion's share of OTA market
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 29/10/2021
» Airasia Super App aims to secure the largest share of 30% in Southeast Asia's online travel agencies (OTAs) market in five years by maintaining double-digit growth from extensive online services.
US vote outcome gives big boost to emerging markets
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 07/11/2020
» Recap: Emerging market stocks and currencies had their best weekly gains in five months as Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to winning the US presidency. But the dollar and US bond yields fell on bets that a divided US Congress would make government borrowing harder, leaving it up to the Fed to provide stimulus.
Dutch government backs KLM bailout
Business, AFP, Published on 05/11/2020
» The Hague: The Dutch government on Tuesday approved a multi-billion-euro coronavirus bailout for struggling airline KLM after pilots agreed a five-year pay cut deal.
Tourism operators seek cooperation
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 24/10/2020
» Tourism operators are urging state agencies to cooperate to avoid misunderstandings that could damage the industry.
No soft landing for troubled THAI
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Dusida Worrachaddejchai and Darana Chudasri, Published on 18/05/2020
» The clock is ticking for loss-ridden Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) as it seeks a much-needed lifeline from the government or risks becoming another chapter in the history of national flag carriers to go bust, with the lives of about 21,000 employees hanging in the balance.
Airlines hit anew by travel clampdown
Business, Reuters, Published on 13/03/2020
» LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON: A clampdown on European travel to the United States will heap more pressure on airlines already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said, raising the odds of government relief packages as billions of dollars of tourist spending vanish.