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Platform aims to help NGOs prosper
Business, SHREYAA SRIVASTAVA, Published on 03/07/2025
» QLI Impact, a Hong Kong-based startup, is striving to increase funding of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Asia.
Tourism in the doldrums
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 12/05/2025
» The tourism industry posted underwhelming results for the first four months this year as the international market contracted by 0.2% year-on-year.
CPN preps lavish Lunar New Year events
Business, Published on 24/01/2025
» Central Pattana Plc (CPN) is holding grand celebrations for Chinese New Year at CentralWorld.
Lunar New Year a bright spot for restaurant sector
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 14/01/2025
» Despite ongoing safety concerns in the tourism sector, including the recent kidnapping of Chinese actor Wang Xing, it is anticipated that the sector will be boosted by a surge of tourists during the upcoming Chinese New Year, says the Thai Restaurant Association.
Unpacking the Top-Up Tax law
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/01/2025
» The Top-Up Tax law is now being enforced in Thailand following its publication in the Royal Gazette.
Retirement lottery to the rescue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2024
» It is alarming that nearly half of the country's workforce, comprising 37.5 million people, lacks a retirement savings plan.
Kiatnakin Phatra Research: Potential growth rate below 2%
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/07/2024
» Kiatnakin Phatra Research (KKP Research) forecasts that Thailand's potential economic growth rate will be below 2% for the next five years due to weaker productivity and competitiveness.
Hotel price hikes ruled out amid poor tourist spending
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 18/07/2024
» Miracle Group, an operator of airport lounges and hotels, has observed tightened spending power among domestic tourists, prompting the company to rely on sales volume instead of raising prices.
On the edge of a precipice?
Business, Ranjana Wangvipula, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Somruedi Banchongduang, Phusadee Arunmas and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/02/2024
» Tensions between the Bank of Thailand and the coalition government led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who is also the finance minister, have been apparent for months and flared up last week after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to maintain interest rates at 2.5% following a political push for a reduction.
The lowdown on the 1997 financial crisis
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Wichit Chantanusornsiri and Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 12/02/2024
» The 1997 Tom Yam Kung crisis was triggered by excessive loan extension by financial institutions and the liberalisation of the country's financial market, allowing Thai commercial banks to borrow money from foreign financial institutions to provide loans to businesses, says Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.