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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.

Thailand's labour skills ‘must be boosted’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:59PM

BANGKOK: The government must make an effort to improve labour skills to match market demand in order to reduce the impact of the daily minimum wage hike in both the short and the long term, says the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).

THAI defends safety record after poor survey marks

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:55PM

BANGKOK: Thai Airways Inter- national (THAI) has defended its safety record after being placed low down in a safety ranking compiled by Germany’s Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC).

PC Air to sue Korean partners

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:53PM

BANGKOK: PC Air, the privately owned Thai charter airline that leapt to fame by hiring ladyboy as cabin crew, has sued two South Korean business partners for B1.5 billion in compensation for damage to its reputation.

Phuket Airport ‘risks losing private jet visitors’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 22 January 2013, 06:49PM

PHUKET: The massive overcrowding at Phuket International Airport is causing such inconvenience to the tycoons and celebrities arriving by private jet that they may simply go elsewhere, a Hong Kong-based organisation has warned.

Phuket real estate group set for property show

Phuket News / Business

Monday 14 January 2013, 03:20PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Real Estate Association (P-REA), a grouping of local property developers, is staging its seven-day Phuket Property Show 2013 from Thursday this week to the following Wednesday (January 17-23) at Central Festival Phuket, as a response to the rising demand for accommodation in Phuket.

Thailand no longer top rice exporter

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:22PM

Thailand lost its status as the world’s top rice exporter last year as a result of the controversial rice pledging scheme, being overtaken by India and Vietnam, an industry group said last Friday (January 4).

Russians, Japanese and Chinese take on Boeing and Airbus

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:15PM

The Russians, Japanese and now Chinese are set to take on aviation giants Boeing and Airbus with new home-grown commercial regional jet airliners capable of landing loads of tourists at Phuket airport.

Bangkok Airways, Emirates boost flights

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:02PM

PHUKET: Bangkok Airways is to double its Bangkok-Krabi service to twice a day from March 31 and increase its Bangkok-Mandalay service from three flights a week to four, starting September 16.

TAT predicts B2tn from tourism next year

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:24PM

PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expecting to see at least B2 trillion revenue from tourism industry in 2013 – roughly equivalent to 18 per cent of gross domestic product.

Good news and bad for Thailand in surveys

Phuket News / Business

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:21PM

It’s the time of year for surveys, and Thailand, as usual, scores well in some and really badly in others.

Sansiri heading for Mai Khao next

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 02:43PM

PROPERTY: The SET-listed Thai property developer Sansiri Plc confirmed on Tuesday (January 8) that it has bought more land in Phuket for condo development, this time at Mai Khao, in the north of the island – the last frontier for west-facing beachfront development.

Second small airline hit by red tape

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:24PM

BANGKOK: Hundreds of people lured by cheap tickets offered by Thai Regional Airlines (TRA) have been left in limbo after the carrier’s launch of regular services last week was aborted because the airline did not have an operating licence.

Mid-range property market 'poised to come back'

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:20PM

PHUKET: The mid-range property market, which all over the world fell into a big hole following the 2008 global financial crisis, will come back in Thailand, predicts Nigel Cornick, former CEO of Raimon Land and now boss of new Pattaya-based development company Kingdom Property.

2012 ‘a golden year’ for tourism

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:15PM

BANGKOK: Inbound tourists to Thailand hit a record of almost 22 million people this year, generating at least B900 billion, a prominent Thai tourism industry leader said this week.

AoT told to speed up Phuket airport expansion

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:10PM

PHUKET: Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered construction of the extension of the Phuket International Airport terminal to be speeded up.

Car taxes to be linked to emissions

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:56AM

BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved a new excise tax structure for vehicles, to take effect in January 2016, that will be in linked to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions.

Mortgages for foreigners available again

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 10:02AM

PHUKET: Over the past 20 years there have been a few periods when loans have been accessible to foreigners wishing to buy property in Thailand.

Govt ‘to step up piracy fight’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:50AM

PHUKET: The Commerce Ministry has vowed to step up the fight against piracy and counterfeiting next year.

Tax revenue rises, tax rates to be cut

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 09:24AM

BANGKOK: With the government throwing huge amounts of money at propping up rice and rubber prices, there was good news this week: Thailand’s revenue from tax collection in the first two months of the 2013 fiscal year (October-November) hit B321 billion.

Kata Rocks in Phuket wins another accolade

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 20 December 2012, 09:17AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s Kata Rocks has picked up another International Property Award at an awards dinner in London.

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