Home » Archives by category » Thailand (Page 10)
Thailand tackling tourist-related issues, showing commitment in welcoming visitors
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), currently overseeing Thailand’s administration, has launched a raft of measures aimed at improving the experience of travellers and tourists visiting the kingdom, as well as showing its commitment in welcoming visitors. The NCPO announced last week that the taxi queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport are to be computerised […]
TAT & Nat Geo Launches The Beach Long Form Programme to Promote Thailands Tourism
Thailand’s magnificent beaches were the focus of an hour-long documentary broadcast by National Geographic TV channel worldwide on 20 June, 2014. The programme marks the start of marketing campaigns to be launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to help the travel and tourism sector make a quick recovery from the impact of the […]
Phukets hotel and tourism businesses remain robust in Q1 of 2014
Business for Phuket’s tourist industry remains robust with passenger arrivals to the island having surged 26 per cent and hotel occupancy rates reaching more than 80 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to two surveys by property consulting firms CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and C9 Hotelworks. These surveys confirm that the […]
Thailand voted the Asian Destination with the Highest Client Satisfaction award
Thailand has recently been voted as the Asian Destination with the Highest Client Satisfaction Award at the recent 2014 WAVE Awards hosted by Travel Age West Magazine, a leading travel industry trade publication in the Western US. The Award was officially announced at the 9th Annual Travel Age West WAVE Awards 2014 held at Hotel Casa Del […]
Boosting Ko Tao’s green credentials: The Save Ko Tao Festival 2014
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in cooperation with the Save Ko Tao Club, Ko Tao Municipality and Surat Thani Provincial Administration is organising the Save Ko Tao Festival 2014, aimed at promoting this increasingly popular island in the southern coastal province of Surat Thani as a green destination where the environment is preserved and […]
Curfew lifted in four more tourist areas: Hua Hin, Cha-am, Krabi and Phang-nga
Ko Phi Phi, Krabi The nighttime curfew has been lifted in four (4) more major tourist destinations including Hua Hin, Cha-am, Krabi and Phang-nga with immediate effect, further demonstrating the commitment by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to promote Thailand’s tourism. The announcement came shortly after the NCPO in late afternoon granted […]
Thailand: “Everything back to normal” says TAT director
by Ian Mcintosh – Travel Agent Update – on location in Bangkok “Everything back to normal” : Mrs Jamnong Junnapiya “Everything is back to normal in Thailand and we are going to work three times harder to make sure tourists get that message,” says Mrs Jamnong Junnapiya, executive director South East Asia, Tourism Authority of […]
Thailand: Forward bookings, insurance concern agents
by Ian Mcintosh – Travel Agent Update – on location in Bangkok Ian Garritt, director of Venture Holidays According to Ian Garritt, director of Venture Holidays, business from Australia to Thailand had been slipping for months before the latest political upheaval. We have received very few cancellations following the recent establishment by the military of […]
More TripAdvisor accolades for two of Thailands best boutique hotels
Two of Thailand’s best-loved properties were recently voted among “Asia’s Top 25 Hotels, with Exceptional Service” in a poll by influential website, TripAdvisor. These accolades were given to The Place Luxury Boutique Villas on Ko Tao, Surat Thani, which was voted No. 2 in Asia and the Oriental Kwai Resort in Kanchanaburi which was voted […]
International hotel investors remain confident in Thailand
Leading hotel investors attending the recent Thailand Hotel Investment Conference in Bangkok have expressed their confidence in the kingdom as a tourist destination, saying the imposition of martial law would have only a minimal impact on tourism in Thailand. The Royal Thai Army declared martial law shortly before dawn on 20 May, 2014, which coincided […]
