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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.

Thai AirAsia aims for 60-jet fleet by 2017

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:24PM

BANGKOK: Thai AirAsia (TAA) is taking its fleet enlargement programme a big step further, planning to double its fleet to 60 jets flying by 2017.

Thai prawn export prospects look grim

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:23PM

The prospects for Thai prawn exports look dim this year, with the strong Thai baht as well as a drastic shortage stemming from the emerging disease known as early mortality syndrome (EMS).

There’s gold in geckos

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:23PM

Gecko exports in the northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom have become a lucrative business with total export value of at least B10 million a month.

Airport plan for Yala

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:20PM

YALA: An airport will be constructed in Betong, the border district in Yala province, at a cost of B1.2 billion, the Department of Civil Aviation said.

World’s biggest cruise firm looks to Asia – and Phuket – for expansion

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:19PM

PHUKET: Carnival Corp & plc, the world’s largest cruise ship company with more than 100 ships, has signalled a major drive into Asia, with the arrival in the region of one of its largest ships – which will cruise to Phuket – and the opening of a new Carnival Asia unit in Singapore.

Phuket Money: Making the best of that ancient forgotten pension

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:21PM

Many Brits and nationals of other countries who previously worked in the UK will have accumulated pension funds from their ex-employers or via their own private pension schemes during their time spent working there.

TAT to open language schools for guides

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:20PM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to open new language schools in major provinces across the country in a bid to shore up the nation’s lack of skilled tour guides.

BoT continues to resist pressure over high baht

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:19PM

BANGKOK: Pressure continues to mount on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) over the rising Thai baht.

Most Thai workers ‘unhappy with boring jobs, low pay’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:16PM

A majority of Thai workers are unsatisfied with their current jobs and many see their salary as too low, says a survey from a recruitment company.

Ministry kicks back Thai Smile spinoff

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:14PM

BANGKOK: A plan to set up THAI Smile Airways Co as a subsidiary of THAI Airways International has been sent back to the national carrier by the Transport Ministry for further study.

Khao Yai property boom heading for a legal wall

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:13PM

Rich families who own most of the new property projects in Khao Yai may suffer the most from a possible drop in land prices if the new Nakhon Ratchasima town plan does not allow any property development.

New chef joins Indigo Pearl resort in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:09PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Indigo Pearl resort has announced the appointment of Jack Yoss as its new executive sous chef and chef of the resort’s Rivet restaurant.

Phang Nga, Krabi seen as back-ups for Phuket Airport

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:05PM

PHUKET: With the Phuket International Airport extension, currently under construction, expected to be full to capacity as soon as it opens, the airport’s bosses are looking at other ways to handle the continually soaring passenger numbers.

‘Half billion visitors by 2017’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:03PM

Visitor arrivals to the Asia-Pacific region will grow to 581 million by 2017 with an annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent, according to a new Asia-Pacific Visitor Forecast released Thursday.

Spotlight on Thailand's rubber industry

Phuket News / Business

Friday 26 April 2013, 04:08PM

PHUKET: Later this month rubber growers in Thailand plan to march on Bangkok to highlight the plummenting prices of rubber despite government effort to shore them up.

Kittirat dreams of firing BoT governor

Phuket News / Business

Friday 26 April 2013, 04:06PM

BANGKOK: Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong admitted on Friday (April 19) that he has thought about replacing Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul because of his failure to cut the key policy rate, as he had called for.

Phuket-based Yacht Solutions in deal with Ital Thai

Phuket News / Business

Friday 26 April 2013, 04:01PM

PHUKET: Phuket-based Yacht Solutions has signed a deal with giant Ital Thai Marine to create “the very best superyacht facility in Thailand”.

JW Marriott wins 'Best Hotel in Phuket' award

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 25 April 2013, 04:53PM

Phuket: Sharon Lee, Director of Communications at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, standing in for the hotel’s sister resort on Mai Khao Beach, receives the Best Hotel in Phuket award from DestinAsian magazine Publisher Ronald Liem.

Phuket's Peter Bricknell on his Pusco business

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 25 April 2013, 04:45PM

PHUKET SUCCESS STORY: Six years ago, when Peter Bricknell and his wife Jenjira bought half of Phuket Universal Services Co (Pusco), the company had a good history and good connections. But it had no staff and very little business.

Marina project set to start phase two

Phuket News / Business

Thursday 25 April 2013, 04:37PM

KRABI: The developers of the Cleat condominium at Krabi Boat Lagoon have announced that they are ready to launch Phase 2.

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