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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Officials forced to comment on potential wastewater running through Phuket beaches || March 29

Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Officials forced to comment on potential wastewater running through Phuket beaches || March 29

Kunming Airlines launches direct flights to Phuket

Kunming Airlines launches direct flights to Phuket

NBTC risks free World Cup coverage

NBTC risks free World Cup coverage

Songkran arrivals to jump

Songkran arrivals to jump

Thai AirAsia X refund plan set to be submitted soon

Thai AirAsia X refund plan set to be submitted soon

Thailand records 5.57mn tourist arrivals in first quarter

Thailand records 5.57mn tourist arrivals in first quarter

Phuket condo supply falls short

Phuket condo supply falls short
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Consumer confidence climbing
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:30AM
BUSINESS: Consumer confidence has risen almost 20 per cent since the new the cabinet of PM Yingluck Shinawatra was installed, from 37.6 to 51.01, according to a poll by Assumption University (ABAC) conducted in August.
Phuket's low season high
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:29AM
PHUKET: Hotel occupancy rates in Phuket have been 20 per cent higher so far in the current low season than in the same period last year, the Kata Karon Business Association has reported.
N Korea offers first sea cruise
N Korea offers first sea cruise
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:28AM
BUSINESS: In an effort to boost international tourism in North Korea, the cash-strapped nation has launched its first cruise ship tours.
US postal system in dire debt mess
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:26AM
BUSINESS: There’s an inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City that reads, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
Strategic gets new name, more flights to Phuket
Strategic gets new name, more flights to Phuket
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:25AM
BUSINESS: Australia’s Strategic Airlines is set to launch a new look under a new name in an effort to boost its position in the region’s low-cost carrier market.
Ministry aims for top 10 in ease of business index
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:23AM
BUSINESS: The Ministry of Commerce is to simplify business-related procedures and improve online services in a bid to push Thailand up into the top 10 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. Thailand is currently ranked 19th out of a total of 183 countries in the index.
Foreign investors stay in
Saturday 10 September 2011, 08:18AM
BUSINESS: More than 400 foreign investors in Thailand questioned in an investor confidence survey by the Board of Investment (BoI) said they had no plans to withdraw investment from the country.
The hornbill comes home to roost
Saturday 3 September 2011, 09:03AM
PHUKET: The island’s restaurants and bars are abuzz with the news that Phuket Beer is to re-appear on the island this month, after a hiatus of almost 10 years.
Exports hit record high
Exports hit record high
Saturday 3 September 2011, 09:02AM
BUSINESS: Thai exports in July hit a record high of B645 billion (US$21.5 billion), an increase of 38.3 per cent year-on-year, beating the record in March of B645 billion ($21.2 billion), Permanent Secretary for Commerce Yanyong Phuangrach said on Thursday.
Wake-up call for tourism industry
Saturday 3 September 2011, 09:00AM
BUSINESS: Thai hoteliers have been warned that they risk losing control of the country’s hospitality industry to foreign investors if they do not improve their standards before the ASEAN Economic Community comes into being four years from now.
Krabi launches into marinas
Krabi launches into marinas
Saturday 3 September 2011, 08:59AM
BUSINESS: From having no marinas at all, Krabi is set to jump into the yachting big league with two marinas due to open this year, one of them considerably bigger than any currently on the shores of Phang Nga Bay.
Unions push for minimum wage hike
Saturday 3 September 2011, 08:54AM
BUSINESS: The Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TSLC) said it has given the government six months to fulfil its election promise and increase the minimum wage for workers to B300/day.
Ministry pushes herbal health
Ministry pushes herbal health
Saturday 3 September 2011, 08:53AM
BUSINESS: While British and US health authorities move to restrict the availability of herbal supplements with new laws favouring big pharmaceutical corporations, the Thai Ministry of Public Health aims to become the region’s leading supplier of traditional medicines.
MICT to launch free Wi-Fi
Saturday 3 September 2011, 08:44AM
BUSINESS: The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has announced that it has begun working on a government initiative to provide free wireless internet services to the public across the nation.
Steel bosses slammed over ‘obscene’ bonuses
Steel bosses slammed over ‘obscene’ bonuses
Saturday 27 August 2011, 10:20AM
BUSINESS: Bosses at Australia’s BlueScope steel have been attacked for pocketing “obscene” bonuses worth A$3.0 million (B93 million), after they laid off 1,000 workers and abandoned their export business.
Second recession could hit Asia – Lee
Saturday 20 August 2011, 03:06AM
PHUKET: Asia, including China and India, will be vulnerable if the United States and Europe slip into another recession, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
Professionals face Singapore clampdown
Professionals face Singapore clampdown
Saturday 20 August 2011, 03:04AM
PHUKET: Foreign professionals will face tougher rules on working in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Sunday as part of moves to allay public anger that saw his party suffer in May elections.
Offshore property ownership and tax
Saturday 20 August 2011, 02:54AM
PHUKET: The use of off-shore entities, such as a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), to own real estate is not uncommon in Thailand.
Indigo Pearl to be reborn – again
Indigo Pearl to be reborn – again
Saturday 6 August 2011, 07:05AM
PHUKET BUSINESS: The Indigo Pearl Resort, born in 2007 after the then rather tired Pearl Village received a radical makeover, is about to go through another radical change, taking it up another notch.
Plans for boat building cluster
Saturday 6 August 2011, 06:59AM
PHUKET BUSINESS: The International Maritime College in Si Racha, Chonburi Province, is promoting the development of a cluster of small and medium business enterprises (SME) to join forces to develop the boat-building and repair industry for pleasure craft in Phuket.
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