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Pact aims to rev up pharma patent use
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/12/2025
» The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) held discussions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the targeted development of health products. The collaboration aims to enhance health offerings to better serve an ageing society and address emerging diseases.
Tourism authority seeks deals with 11 airlines
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 11/06/2024
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is seeking partnerships with at least 11 international airlines in an effort to bolster rising and mature markets in the second half this year.
High airfares hamper tourism arrivals
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 17/05/2024
» Expensive airfares remain a critical challenge for the tourism sector during the low season, as geopolitical conflicts affect fuel costs and flight capacity has yet to fully resume.
Spain struggles to dish out $84bn to build a post-Covid EU
Business, Belén CarreñoCharlie Devereux, Published on 21/04/2023
» MADRID: A request for seaplanes needed to fight forest fires is red-flagged because it could harm the environment. Companies seeking aid after being hammered by Covid are asked to show proof of a healthy balance sheet in recent years.
Hotel prices worldwide 'to rise' at a slower pace
Business, Reuters, Published on 07/10/2022
» MADRID: Hotel prices will keep increasing in 2023 in most of the key cities for business events worldwide as demand for in-person meetings after pandemic disruptions grows, though at a slower pace due to a worsening economic outlook, according to a forecast by American Express Global Business Travel.
'Ghost airport' turns into plane parking lot
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 04/11/2020
» Spain's Ciudad Real International Airport had become almost obsolete before the Covid-19 outbreak, operating mainly as a drop-off point for hunting enthusiasts keen to visit the region's renowned country estates.
UNWTO predicts 60-80% fall in number of arrivals
Business, AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» MADRID: The number of international tourist arrivals could plunge by 60 to 80% in 2020 owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Tourism Organization said yesterday, revising its previous forecast sharply lower.
Growth in number of global tourist arrivals slows in 2019
Business, AFP, Published on 22/01/2020
» MADRID: Global tourism slowed in 2019 due to a cooling world economy, especially in Europe and Asia where uncertainties linked to Brexit and protests in Hong Kong also weighed, the United Nation's tourism agency said on Monday.
Seeds of hope
Business, Sunny Verghese, Published on 10/01/2020
» Here is a familiar scenario: A child is admonished by a parent for not finishing a meal and reminded of the millions of people around the world who are starving. Maybe you have been that parent -- or were once that child.
Pride month passes, firms leave confetti behind
Business, William Hicks, Published on 09/07/2019
» Pride Month, the worldwide celebration of the LGBTQ community in June, came and went in Bangkok with relatively little fanfare in a city known for queer representation. As in the West, some businesses are finding ways to commercialise the rainbow-themed extravaganza and use gay acceptance as a key aspect of their corporate culture.