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PHUKET, 15 May 2012: Phuket’s PR gurus hope to build brand by hosting seminars with the first event set for 24 May to explore opportunities in sports tourism. The initial report was posted on Phuket News which identified the topic Marketing Brand Phuket – Sports Tourism to be held at Thanyapura Hotel and...
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BANGKOK, 15 May 2012: Consumers turned out in their droves, over the weekend, to catch travel discounts at the Wonderful Thailand, Wonderful World 2012. Around 250,000 consumers, mainly Thais living in Bangkok, turned out to visit the tourism fair. Bargain hunters were attracted to two sub-themes promoting diving and golfing where suppliers were...
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BANGKOK, 15 May 2012: Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Kittiratt Na Ranong, says the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is conducting aerial photography of the central plains to establish the best sites for flood water retention  by the end of the month. “JICA confirmed that aerial photography was nearing completion...
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BANGKOK, 14 May 2012: Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports partners with its six universities to host ASEAN Economic Community seminars nationwide to raise awareness in the lead up to the free trade era in 2015. The six universities that signed Memorandum of Understandings were: Phayao University; Dusit Thani College; Prince of Songkhla...
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BANGKOK, 14 May 2012: Thailand’s tourism in 2011 moved up a single notch from 12th to 11th in the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s world’s top destinations  based on just annual tourism receipts. The latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer reports increases in receipts for a swath of destinations, worldwide, that make up the...
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BANGKOK, 11 May 2012: Nutty’s Adventures is very serious about taking Thailand’s community based tourism to the international arena. A series of 15 programmes are being adjusted to make an official debut at the Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Sub-region 2012, 6 to 8 June, at IMPACT Muang...
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AYUTTHAYA, 11 May 2012: Culture Minister Sukumol Khunplome insists Ayutthaya will continue as a UNESCO World Heritage Site although the historical ruins topped the Global Heritage Fund’s list of 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia. The fund is neither related nor linked to UNESCO. Thailand’s Ayutthaya Historical Park was first listed as...
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BANGKOK, 11 May 2012: A rock climbing facility has opened in Thakhek, Laos, with easy access from Nakhon Phnom via the 3rd Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Green Climbers Home is located near the Xiengliab Cave, 12 km, outside of Thakhek town. Together with Laos’ ecotourism tour operator, Green Discovery, rock climbing enthusiasts, Uli and...
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BANGKOK, 10 May 2012: Thailand will be better prepared this year to deal with the rainy season, potential floods and run-off from the north, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra insisted during a water management projects briefing earlier this week. She confirmed that emergency flood prevention measures would be in place by August. However, the...
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BANGKOK, 10 May 2012: Three people appointments were announced earlier this week one in a hotel industry and two inThailand’s travel agency sector. Kata Group Resorts named Glen Rodil Ferrer as the general manager of its soon-to-opened hotel, Beyond Resort Krabi. Khiri Travel Group filled two management positons; Andre van der Marck as...
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BANGKOK, 10 May 2012: Thailand earned a record of Bt1,267.33 million from on-location film shoots in Thailand in the first four months of 2012, according to the Thailand Film Office Department, which is supervised by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. The department reported, Tuesday, that for January to April this year there...
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BANGKOK, 10 May 2012: Three hotel groups updated their business pipelines, 2012 to 2014, that indicate they will acquire 14 new management contracts for hotels in Thailand. Updates were released by ONYX Hospitality, Accor and Marriott International for hotel management contracts this side of 2014. ONYX Hospitality Group cited 12 new properties up to 2014...
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CHIANG MAI, 9 May 2012: Ministry of Tourism and Sports says its mega project to give Chiang Mai at Bt1.8 billion convention centre is nearly complete and hopes it will open this December. MOTS’ Department of Tourism general director, Supol Sripan, said the convention centre is nearly finished and waiting some interior furnishings...
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BANGKOK, 9 May 2012: Thailand leads Southeast Asia’s growth in online and mobile purchases due to an increased enthusiasm for mobile shopping, according to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Online Shopping survey. The survey of emerging markets, which serves as a benchmark to measure the trend to shop online, was conducted across 25 markets,...
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BANGKOK, 9 May 2012: A training workshop for senior product and operations staff in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Sub-region will be hosted in Chiang Mai, 8 to 12 June, focusing on tour operators who need to update their skills in community based tourism. The event is organised by the Thailand’s Community Based...
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BANGKOK, 9 May 2012: Thai Metrological Department continues to warn residents in northern Thailand of heavy rain and possible flash floods. The department said a strong southwest monsoon was causing scattered to fairly widespread rain with isolated heavy rainfall in northern provinces. Residents in  risk areas should be aware of the danger of...
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NEW YORK, 9 May 2012: The Global Heritage Fund, which promotes the preservation of historic architectural sites around the world, issued a finalised list earlier this week of the top 10 most endangered sites in Asia, some of them listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. On the endangered list: 1. Ayutthaya in Thailand,...
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BANGKOK, 8 May 2012: Tourism Authority of Thailand partners with tourism associations to sell discounted packages to South Thailand that should boost bookings during the low season. All the packages are geared to the domestic market and go on sale at the Wonderful Thailand, Wonderful World 2012 fair, 10 to 13 May, at...
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BANGKOK, 8 May 2012: Tourism Authority of Thailand partners with tourism associations to sell discounted packages to South Thailand that should boost bookings during the low season. All the packages are geared to the domestic market and go on sale at the Wonderful Thailand, Wonderful World 2012 fair, 10 to 13 May, at...
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BANGKOK, 8 May 2012: The Tourism Authority of Thailand is inviting tourism businesses to take part in its domestic tourism fair, Thailand Tourism Festival 2012, 6 to 10 June, at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani. The five-day event will be held on the sidelines of the trade show Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2012 hosted...
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BANGKOK, 8 May 2012: Lao Central Airlines, the first Lao private airline, owned by bankers,  Phongsavanh Group, took off 3 May starting with a flight to Bangkok. Lao Central aims to operate a mix of regional and domestic services from its base in Vientiane. After the Bangkok inaugural flight it said it was...
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BANGKOK, 8 May 2012: Four new appointments at four  of Thailand’s hotels were announced last week. At the southern resort of Phuket, Shaun Dunhofel was named the general manager of Thanyamundra Organic Resort. A South African national, Mr Dunhofel has worked in various hotels including W Retreat & Spa, The Per Aquum Resort...
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BANGKOK, 4 May 2012: Tourism experts say Thailand’s labour force will face a substantial challenge when the ASEAN Economic Community kicks in 2015. There are 32 categories in the workforce that will open up to ASEAN member country citizens, but there is still a technical hitch as Thailand is the only nation that...
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BANGKOK, 4 May 2012: Thai AirAsia posted a 87% load factor during the first quarter of 2012 and carried over 2 million passengers. Thai AirAsia recorded the 87% load factor during January to March, which represented an increase of 3% over the same period last year. Passenger traffic grew by 17% from 1,817,485...
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BANGKOK, 4 May 2012: Etihad Airways appointed Kirk Albrow as its new general manager Thailand effective from 1 May. The Thailand post was vacant since Craig Thomas transferred to Australia, last February, to take over the airline’s sales in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Mr Albrow has been with Etihad Airways since 2004...
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BANGKOK, 4 May 2012:  Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau signed Memorandum of Understandings with four association partners, Wednesday, claiming it would improve competitiveness. TCEB inked  MoUs with Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ Department of Tourism, Thailand Incentive and Convention Association; Thailand Exhibition Association, and Convention Promotion Fund to build a network of strategic...
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BANGKOK, 3 May 2012: Red Planet Hotels, the parent company of Tune Hotels, will open 15 more properties in Southeast Asia with two properties scheduled to open in Thailand this year in Bangkok and Phuket. Red Planet Hotels chief executive officer, Tim Hansing, told TTR Weekly that the group is now looking for more...
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YASOTHON, 3 April 2012: Yasothon’s famous rocket festival blasts off, 11 to 13 May, with teams from four Asian nations participating in the competition. The idea is to blast a rocket in a perfect climb skyward from launch sites at the provincial town’s Chang Sanit Road, opposite City Hall and Phraya Than Park....
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HANOI, 3 May 2012: Vietnam National Administration of Tourism estimates the country welcomed 620,000 international travellers in April representing an increase of 34.78% from 460,000 visits during the same month last year. Thailand’s outbound trips to Vietnam failed to make the  top 10 lis,  although it did rank 10th  last December when it...
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BANGKOK, 30 April 2012: Cambodia’s tourist arrivals almost reached 1 million at the end of the first quarter and resulted in a substantial increase of around 30% over the same period last year. Tourists from Thailand rebounded after the Yingluck administration established better diplomatic relations with Prime Minister Hun Sen. Visits leaped 64%...
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