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In spite of the Phuket Model, Thailand’s top resort island’s hospitality industry is in dire need of government support, if it is to survive the peak travel season, say local stakeholders and industry leaders.
Phuket hospitality fast approaching “breaking point” Read More »
Bill Barnett, the Phuket-based head honcho of C9 Hotelworks, is not someone who needs an introduction to anyone working in the Thai travel industry. Barnett is a force of nature in the region, using his thirty-plus years of experience in the Asian hospitality and real estate sectors, and his own bombastic charisma, to become an
Bill Barnett: “The post-COVID traveller is going to be like a baby” Read More »
According to the China Philippines Travel Sentiment Survey, conducted in the first week of May by hospitality consulting group C9 Hotelworks and Delivering Asia Communications, the key conclusion is that the first wave of international travellers will be attracted to Philippine beach destinations whose appeal has been enhanced by the Covid-19 self-isolation and social distancing
Chinese overseas travel sentiment grows as first-mover Read More »
Vietnam’s remarkable reopening of its domestic travel sector is expected to be replicated by focusing on short-haul Asian markets in a quest to restore their international tourism profile, with Chinese free independent travellers (FIT) predicted to lead the way. A newly released survey of qualified travellers from first-tier cities in China by leading hospitality consulting
45% of Chinese FITs plan to visit reopened Vietnam this year Read More »
Artist, architect and icon of design to a million hoteliers across the world, Bill Bensley was the big top speaker at last night’s Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF) 2020, event. Hosted on the fourth floor of the InterContinental Bangkok, the event — dubbed the Big Bang saw Bensley launch his self-penned whitepaper ‘Sensible Sustainable Solutions‘, an
TTF 2020: Bill Bensely bangs the drum for sustainable, proftable travel in Thailand Read More »
Last night, Supaluck Umpujh, chairwoman of The Mall Group Co, speaking at the Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF), urged the industry and the Thai government to do more to help take advantage of the spending power of tourists who arrive in the Kingdom each year.
TTF 2019: Why “entertainment is key” to the continued success of Thai tourism Read More »
The Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF 2019) will return for its eighth edition on 21 January 2019, with an agenda focusing on the ”mega-projects” happening in Bangkok and throughout Thailand.
Phuket’s increasingly prolific MICE market nearly doubled in year-on-year growth in 2017. As revenue for the segment skyrocketed from THB5.9 billion to a record-high THB 10.9 billion (USD 335 million), the key metric that reflects the economic impact is the average spend of THB13,000 per person.
Why the Phuket MICE market is about to boom Read More »
Labuan Bajo is witnessing a rising tide of travellers who are pushing beyond the Eat Pray Love script of culture club Bali and embracing the more adventurous call of the wild.
Komodo Islands: “Where once dragons roamed, tourism is the new giant” Read More »
With some of Phuket’s biggest hospitality players in attendance, the very first Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST), one of Thailand’s most popular destinations, set its stall for the future prosperity by signing the “Phuket Pledge”.
PHIST: Phuket gets a helping hand cleaning up for the future Read More »