CHIANG RAI, 21 February 2019: The official
website for Skal Thailand, a social networking group, has been suspended
apparently pending an investigation by Thailand’s police, the immigration
bureau and the consumer protection board.
Efforts to browse the...
LONDON 18 February 2019: World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the International Border Management & Technologies Association (IBMATA) will partner to promote safe and seamless travel across international borders.
WTTC represents the global...
BANGKOK 11 February 2019: The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) will promote 25 new routes for delegates visiting the country’s top five MICE destinations.
Working
closely with the public and private sectors, as well...
AUCKLAND, 1 February 2019: Battling the negatives of overtourism is the watchword for a new association, the World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage, headquartered in New Zealand.
Formed to protect heritage and culture,...
LONDON, 28 May 2018: The World Travel & Tourism Council invited transport ministers attending the annual International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany, to partner with the tourism sector to implement biometrics to make travel more efficient and secure.
Speaking to...
LONDON, 23 April 2018: Two Asian enterprises, Hong Kong’s airport authority and India’s Great Himalayan Expedition, figured in the WTTC’s Tourism For Tomorrow Awards.
World Travel & Tourism Council announced the 2018 winners in sustainable tourism at the 2018 Tourism...
BANGKOK, 4 April 2018: Thailand’s registered travel agencies handled 870,720 Chinese tour clients, January to March 20, according to the latest data released by the Association of Thai Travel Agents.
For ATTA member companies trips from China improved 29.49%, while...
BANGKOK 29 March 2018: Skal International Bangkok elected Andrew Wood as president at the club’ annual general meeting yesterday.
Wood has been a Skal member for 26 years and was the Bangkok club’s president 2008 to 2010.
He is also a...
BANGKOK, 26 February 2018: A backlash against the powerful US National Rifle Association sees major travel related companies cutting ties in response to calls from #BoycottNRA campaign.
The grass-roots campaign targeting NRA member benefits was launched after 17 people were...
BANGKOK, 9 February 2018: Freeland.org, a frontline counter trafficking organisation, released its latest online took kit to protect wildlife at a presentation in Bangkok, Thursday.
The official launch held at the Bangkok-based Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand attracted media and...