The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is in the final development phase of the IATA Travel Pass, a digital health certificate that will support the safe reopening of borders and contribute to a speedy recovery of the airline industry worldwide from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com continues to follow the difficult journey of the Thai hospitality industry. Traditionally, now would be the start of the country’s highly profitable high season for the tourism industry. But not this year.
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From December 7 you’ll no longer, officially, be able to purchase alcohol online in Thailand, according to a posting in the Royal Gazette back in September, the Thai government will prohibit the sales and promotion of alcoholic drinks on every online platform from December 7.
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The Australian Government is putting up A$13 million to Imagine Entertainment and film giant MGM to shoot a live-action feature film called Thirteen Lives, based on the Chiang Rai Tham Luang cave rescue story.
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Agreement covers local production but more global trials needed as initial results questioned
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'Rare find' believed to be Bryde's whale from 3,000 to 5,000 years ago
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Thai returnee from Germany describes quiet stay in once-raucous Pattaya
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Want to come back to Thailand? Whilst the borders are still closed to simple visa-on-arrival and general tourism, you CAN get back to the country at this time if you have the resources, patience and need to get the requisite paperwork together.
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Pattaya City planning to bring down and demolish the abandoned Waterfront condo on Bali Hai Pier “ASAP” and bill the owners
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Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh is set to open in the Cambodian capital in early 2021, marking the brand’s first venture in the country.
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Health officials have said the laws in Thailand should be changed to ban smoking in residential buildings to protect residents and above all children.
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Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) is suspending its joint investment plan for a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at U-Tapao Airport until the aviation sector recovers.
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The National Vaccine Institute has given a progress report on Thailand’s seven main Covid-19 vaccine programmes.
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Thailand may have to wait to acquire doses of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines when they become available as batches are likely to be made available in the United States and Japan first before the rest of the world.
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Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand’s “sea gypsies” it has brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism.
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Over the long holiday weekend, more than 1,500 tourists a day flocked to the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiang Mai.
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The Bank of Thailand has moved forward measures, originally meant to begin early 2021, but most of which will now take effect from end of this month.
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Europe's aviation safety regulator will probably approve the return of Boeing's 737 Max in January after studies and test flights showed the U.S. planemaker has fixed the faults that caused fatal crashes.
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The hefty income requirement for Thailand’s Special Tourist Visa look like they’re being wound back following online backlash and low uptake.
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After the latest cab fare hike in the form of “special handling fees” won a mixture of amusement and dismay from the public, the Land Transport Department’s deputy director Tanee Suebrerk announced that this special fee only applies to metred taxis plying to and from Bangkok’s two airports.
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The tourism industry in Chiang Mai is gradually improving thanks to the cold weather and blossoming wild flowers that have been attracting tourists since early November.
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Thailand plans to launch the Bang Sue Grand Station, its mega infrastructure project in 2021 which will be the largest railway station in southeast Asia.
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Airfare and accommodation costs have skyrocketed over this long weekend, an artificially added 2 days of holiday by the Thai government to stimulate the local travel economy.
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About 5.29 million people set out on trips on Wednesday, a day before the long holiday began yesterday, according to the Transport Ministry's road safety centre.
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Thailand’s world-class tourism industry, one of the twin drivers of our economy, is in a deep, coronavirus-induced coma, close to death.
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The Bank of Thailand unveiled new measures on Friday aimed at balancing capital flows after warning a rapid jump in the baht risked undermining the economy amid renewed inflows into emerging markets.
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Bangkok Airways PCL’s third-quarter revenue totalled THB903 million down by 86.5% when compared with the same quarter in 2019. The third-quarter net loss reached THB1,585.1 million.
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There has been a surge of domestic tourism in Thailand. But even that ‘surge’ is underwhelming when compared to the previous international traffic, 27% of it from China, in the ‘good old days’.
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