CHIANG RAI, 15 November 2018: I have just deleted 20 TAT emails all in one go.
It must be an auspicious day to send out press releases as I received a batch of them all within a couple of minutes...
CHIANG RAI, 6 November 20128: Airlines are favouring Facebook as a launch pad for their latest travel deals.
It appears to make sense for campaigns designed to increase direct sales by driving traffic to airline websites.
But in their enthusiasm to...
CHIANG RAI, 30 October 2018: Proposals on how to win back Chinese tourists are flying like paper in the wind if you listen to Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak.
They rise and fall on the currents and whims of...
CHIANG RAI, 22 October 2018: Whenever the curtain falls on ITB Asia, a three-day mega trade show, there should be a moment for reflection; “ was it really worth the effort?
This year’s show, that closed last Friday, demands closer...
SINGAPORE, 17 October 2018: Now in its 11th edition, ITB Asia opens its doors this morning, spot-on at 0900, for three days of selling and buying in the region’s capital of commerce Singapore.
Over the three days, 17 to 19...
CHIANG RAI, 10 October 2018: Just a few months back, the debate in Thailand focused on the threat of overtourism, a word we coined to explain how our destinations are at risk from over crowding.
We looked at travel forecasts...
CHIANG RAI, 2 October 2018: Myanmar should be congratulated for easing entry formalities for Chinese, Korean and Japanese tourists that took effect 1 October.
Koreans and Japanese travellers now enjoy visa-free travel to Myanmar through international airport and recognised land...
CHIANG RAI, 26 September 2018: It’s not fake news, but it’s the next best thing that snares gullible media who forgot to think and evaluate or have fallen into the mindless trap of copy and paste.
The Bangkok Post ran...
CHIANG RAI, 18 September 2018: Myanmar’s political capital, Nay Pyi Taw, attracts a captive audience of business travellers who have no other options.
They have to fly to Nay Pyi Taw, a 300-km hop from Yangon, to conduct business meetings...
BANGKOK, 12 September 2018: If you were thinking of paying for a British Airways ticket using your credit card think again.
The latest reports from the UK claim 380,000 British Airways passengers were victims of a massive hack on the...