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Khao Lak rooms boom slows

The number of hotel units in Khao Lak has soared in the past two years, reports Bill Barnett of consultancy C9 Hotelworks.

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TTM aims at niche tourism

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) says this it welcome reception at this year’s Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) from June 5 to 7 will honour foreign travel-related professionals who have supported Thailand’s tourism.

Phuket's View selling well

PHUKET: Sales are going well at The View, a 53-unit apartment development overlooking Kata, Kata Noi and Karon Beaches.

Dusit opens in Abu Dhabi

The Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, designed primarily for the business and conference traveller, opened on May 1.

Pantip Plaza ‘to clean up piracy’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:34PM

BANGKOK: Shops in Bangkok’s Pantip Plaza that sell illegal software and pirated music and movie VCDs and DVDs will see their leases expire in September, says the operator.

B2tn plan ‘sure to be corrupt’ but many still back it: poll

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:33PM

BANGKOK: Three-quarters of people polled on the government’s B2.2-trillion plan for infrastructure development expect there to be corruption, but more than half still approved of the plan, the National Institution of Development Administration (NIDA) announced after completing a poll last week.

TAT to give push to bicycle tourism

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:31PM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand will market bicycle tourism to try to build length of stay and tourism-related revenue at destinations beyond Bangkok.

Indonesian airline Lion orders 234 Airbuses

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:27PM

Indonesia’s Lion Air has placed a firm order for a massive 234 Airbus A320 family aircraft, comprising 109 A320neo, 65 A321neo and 60 A320ceo. The 18.4-billion-Euro (B695 billion) deal was finalised at a special ceremony last week in Paris, France.

Phuket's Pimex ‘attracts 4,000’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:26PM

PHUKET: The four-day 10th Phuket International Boat Show (Pimex) finished on Sunday at Royal Phuket Marina.

Singapore comes top for Burmese tourists

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:25PM

Travellers from Myanmar have selected Singapore as the ultimate destination of choice, a new survey shows.

PM says sheer tourist numbers may not be the answer

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:24PM

BANGKOK: The prime minister has urged the Tourism Authority of Thailand to attract more “high-end” – that is to say, bigger-spending – tourists into the country.

Tourism boom means shortage of buses, guides

Phuket News / Business

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:23PM

BANGKOK: With Phuket’s roads clogged with tour buses, it may be hard to believe, but Thailand’s tourism associations fear the boom in tourism to Thailand will result in a shortage of tour buses and drivers.

Phillips Group buys leading Phuket property portal

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:04PM

PHUKET: The Phillips Group Pte Ltd announced this week that it has bought Phuket Property Dot Com Ltd, which developed one of the island’s leading websites for property sales and rentals. The price was not revealed.

Sri Panwa in Phuket to be put into property fund

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:03PM

PHUKET: Phuket luxury resort Sri Panwa will be sold into a property fund, Bill Barnett reports on his blog thephuketinsider.com.

Phuket's Sansiri launches high-end beach project

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 06:01PM

PHUKET: Sansiri has officially launched its latest project on Phuket, its first on a beach and its first “premium class” condo aimed at an international market.

Concerns over rising flows of hot money

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:55PM

BANGKOK: Two of Thailand’s financial heavyweights have called on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to review the policy interest rate as a short-term solution to what they believe are excessive amounts of short-term foreign capital – so-called “hot money” – flowing into the country.

Bangkok Airways, shopping and power boost Samui’s rise

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:54PM

KOH SAMUI: Hotel occupancy in Koh Samui was at an all-time high of 68 per cent overall for 2012, compared with 59 per cent in 2011, thanks to new direct international flights and aircraft upgrades, according to consulting firm C9 Hotelworks.

Marriott man to head up Hilton sales

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:50PM

SINGAPORE: Hilton has appointed Dominic Sherry as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Thai Smile set to launch from Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:43PM

PHUKET: Thai Smile, Thai Airways International’s junior sister, is to launch three new routes from Phuket at the beginning of April, two linking with India and one between Phuket and Kuala Lumpur.

B2tn rail project ‘will transform Thailand’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 26 March 2013, 05:41PM

BANGKOK: A seven-year scheme for a dual-track rail system, to be developed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), will change the face of the nation, a senior official says.

BoT says it won't stem soaring baht

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 21 March 2013, 08:49AM

BANGKOK: The central bank and Finance Ministry have decided against "special" intervention to curb the soaring baht which hit a 16-year high Wednesday.

Money’s not everything for Phuket's OB Wetzell

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:27PM

PHUKET: It’s really no good trying to talk about money with Otho Beale Wetzell, known to his many Phuket friends as OB. Money isn’t really a factor in his definition of success.

Laguna Shores Phuket apartments 50pc booked

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:06PM

PHUKET: Laguna Property has begun selling units in the third wing of its Laguna Shores holiday apartment development, just three months after launching the project.

Consumer confidence highest for 19 months

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:01PM

BANGKOK: The consumer confidence index (CCI) rose from 81.7 in January to 84.0 for February, Thanavath Phonwichai, director of the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has announced.

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