The Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced a school master to death for shooting dead three people, a young boy and two adults, while robbing a gold shop in a Lop Buri mall on Jan 9.

The floods hitting several northern provinces have worsened the tourism outlook in Sukhothai as local travellers cancel trips to the area.

The Cabinet today approved Bt1 billion in funding for the National Vaccine Institute to support development and production of vaccines against Covid-19 and other diseases. The fund will come from emergency budget set aside for 2020, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.

AirAsia and Agoda a global hotel booking platform, announced Monday a strategic partnership to spur travel in Southeast Asia.

Hoteliers keep on implementing cost reduction strategies to deal with the liquidity crunch, hoping local demand can improve upon disastrous earnings in the second quarter.

The government on Tuesday reported five new cases of the novel coronavirus, all quarantined Thai returnees, as total cases rose to 3,402.

The government reported two new imported cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday.

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator won the 2020 Travellers’ Choice Awards by Tripadvisor, with five of its hotels ranking in the Top 10 Hotels for families in Thailand category.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is planning to offer its land at Khlong San market up for long-term commercial use under rental contract next year to generate additional income, said Somyut Reun-Ngam, SRT deputy director for train operations.

Five more Covid-19 infections have been found in Thai nationals returning from overseas, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Sunday. The death toll remained at 58.

As the Covid-19 situation in Thailand is improving, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a promotional campaign in association with local entrepreneurs to boost tourism and economy in Surat Thani province.

Totals remain at 3,390 cases and 58 deaths

Thailand’s government said on Friday that it had discovered one new case of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

Some employees of Thai Airways International (THAI) became unusually rich from a major plane procurement deal struck in 2003-2004, according to a police-led investigation team set up by the Transport Ministry.

The tourism stimulus campaign received lower uptakes than officials had expected, while analysts remain concerned for the hotel operators’ stocks over the effectiveness of the tourism campaign.