THA backs workshop series

BANGKOK, 5 March 2012: Thai Hotels Association invites hoteliers to join workshops on how to write professional press releases at four venues across Thailand, 16 March to 5 April. The workshop will be conducted in Thai, but English documents will be available.

Endorsed by the Tourism Council of Thailand and THA, under their educational programmes, the workshop will be held in Bangkok, Pattaya and Chiang Mai.

Training will cover news and public interest fundamentals, writing effective press releases and intensive training on techniques. Read more

THA hosts training courses

BANGKOK, 8 February 2012: Thai Hotels Association will host training programmes for the hotel industry February through to March.

There are four courses available for both members and non-members covering topics such as language courses, food and beverage services, human resources and management.

The four courses will start from 27 February to 2 March. All courses will take place at the same venue, Narai Hotel on Silom Road in Bangkok. Read more

India at your fingertips

BANGKOK, 23 January 2012: Thai Hotels Association invites member to join a tabletop sales event, Hotels Meet Local Agents India Market, 9 March at Holiday Inn Silom Bangkok. THA will close registration for the event 31 January.

Hotels Meet Local Agents India Market should welcome 40 local agents,who handle inbound Indian tourism to network with Thai hoteliers.

There will be four main sessions: A seminar on directions and marketing plans for India by Tourism Authority of Thailand; a summary on tourism data for the India market by the Association of Thai Travel Agents; tabletop session; sellers meet buyers at a cocktail party. Read more

Associations join hands

BANGKOK, 19 December 2011: The Thai Travel Agents Association has reached a three-year agreement with the Japan Association of Travel Agents to collaborate on joint promotions, data exchange and crisis management, following natural disasters in both countries, TTAA president Charoen Wangananont, reported last Friday.

Signed last week, it was the first long-term agreement between the two associations. The agreement was a response to natural disasters; the tsunami in Japan last March and massive floods that hit Thailand’s central plains October through to November.

“The agreement between the two associations will support two-way tourist traffic,” said Mr Charoen. “We expect to see an improvement in tourists, both ways over the next three years through joint activities,” he added.

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Bookings to bounce back in February

BANGKOK, 15 December 2011: Association of Thai Travel Agents expects inbound tourism to bounce back during the first quarter of 2012 after recent floods cut travel bookings during the peak season.

ATTA president, Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, said international arrivals dropped sharply since October and that decline will continue until February.

“ In December, which is the peak month for Thai tourism with around 1.8 million visitors, we reckon we will gain just 1 million,” he said earlier this week during an industry briefing for members. “We are picking up new bookings, but tourists in many countries are still worried about the floods.” Read more

THA open for sales promotions

BANGKOK, 17 November 2011 – Thai Hotels Association invites hospitality related businesses to showcase products and services during the next THA bi-monthly meeting.

The meeting will be held 29 November at Narai Hotel, Silom Road, Bangkok.

THA’s bi-monthly meeting should attract 160 members and the association is now opening the meeting to hospitality related companies to showcase their products and services on the sidelines of the meeting.

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Outbound travel washed out

BANGKOK, 17 November 2011: Outbound travel bookings have nose dived as Bangkok residents cancelled holidays to battle floods that threaten their homes, Thai Travel Agents Association president Charoen Wangananont reported, Wednesday.

On the sidelines of a Tourism Authority of Thailand flood briefing, yesterday, the TTAA president told TTR Weekly that cancellations were heavy in the outbound market.

“The trend started during the long weekend holiday, 23 October, when trip cancellations reached 20%, but it escalated to nearly 90% by the end of the month,” he explained.

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PATA CEOs flash the cash

 

BANGKOK, 21 October 2011 – Pacific Asia Travel Association is spending a packet funding travel expenses to send two CEOs to the World Travel Market in November.

PATA communications states that both the incoming CEO, Martin Craigs and interim CEO, Bill Calderwood, will conduct media interviews at the World Travel Market, next month.

They will both be in London to stir the debate on Europe’s proposed emissions trading system and the United Kingdom’s existing air passenger duty tax, that they claim will damage tourism to the Asia Pacific region. Read more

China tops ATTA’s markets

BANGKOK, 6 October 2011 – Association of Thai Travel Agents’ member companies handled 2,261,250 international tourists at Suvarnabhumi Airport during the first nine months of this year representing an improvement of 57.55% from 1,435,299 visits during the same period last year.

ATTA released its latest statistics, Wednesday, based on fees member agencies pay to the airport to provide a meet-and-greet service for international clients.

The latest data when compared with last year’s performance is  positive, but tourist arrivals in 2010 were low due to political instability. Read more

Booking wash away in floods

BANGKOK, 4 October 2011 – Association of Thai Travel Agents says flood damage will decrease the number of tourists handled by its members by at least 10% if the situation does not ease this month.

The country has been hit by unprecedented floods and storms that have killed more than 200 people since July and wreaked havoc in more than 50 provinces across the country.

Popular tourist destinations such as Chiang Mai in North Thailand and Ayutthaya the main day trip destination for tourists visiting Bangkok were badly hit. Read more

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