Jan 19, 2009
As Barack Obama is sworn into the Presidential Office tomorrow, value for money will be a key theme for the travel industry in 2009, but so will “added value”. High-end operators are saying that their customers are wanting this to happen.
Jan 12, 2009
Whilst many hoteliers have expressed concerns about the economic meltdown on their revenues and are uncertain of what the year ahead will bring, few I guess have looked at search engine marketing as a way to offset the drop in tourist numbers.
Dec 29, 2008
To end the year we reflect back to 2006 and beyond to get a basic grasp of its complexities and hope the new year sees political normalisation, restoration of FDI, assistance to exporters and the unemployed, fiscal stimuli and healthier governance.
Dec 18, 2008
Hotels in Thailand are under pressure to offer 20-30% discounts as travel operators try to lure back foreign tourists, while Thailand's new 'Geordie PM' reached out to international correspondents, investors and tourists with words of reconciliation.
Dec 17, 2008
Scientists now say they now have unambiguous evidence that the warming in the Arctic Ocean is melting at an unprecedented rate, turning about 56 million people in 84 developing countries into refugees, according to a World Bank economist.
Dec 08, 2008
Koh Kood island has a good number of pristine beaches with crystal clear water but it is the underwater world, largely untouched and unexplored, that is the main attraction. You can even become a PADI Master Scuba Diver.
Dec 03, 2008
Today, the PAD started bidding farewell to Suvarnabhumi Airport, bringing an end to their eight-day siege. Airports of Thailand Plc expects to reopen Suvarnabhumi Airport in a week at the earliest and two weeks at the latest.
Dec 01, 2008
The timing couldn't have been worse. With the onset of the tourist season this month and the world economic meltdown swirling Thailand's way, the People's Alliance for Democracy's (PAD) took over the airport, leaving 240,000 stranded.
Nov 21, 2008
The United States' leading intelligence organisation has warned that the world is entering an increasingly unstable period in which democracy is no longer assured, and some states are in danger of being "taken over and run by criminal networks"
Nov 18, 2008
The time has come for some more economic agonising. Using taxpayers money to bail out the banks is justified because their role in the economy is systemic, but what about the auto industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people?