OPINION Tourism recovery- are we doing enough?
BANGKOK: The wheels of Thailand’s tourism industry are slowly turning. Travel and tourism is starting to move again. Weekends in Hua Hin hotels for instance are close to capacity (with some resorts experiencing 90% occupancy and some even higher). Being close to Bangkok; the weather, air quality and the fact that you can drive […]
Hotels in Asia increasingly worried as debts mount
Jones Lang LaSalle reports from Thailand that hotels across the region are under extreme financial stress as they face operating with reduced occupancies for the foreseeable future BANGKOK: Hotel property owners across Asia are increasingly turning to creative financing solutions to ride out near-term turbulence. Owners are seeking greater access to debt financing to bolster […]
Travel and Tourism – 12 predictions of our future
Skål International Bangkok President Andrew J Wood gives his thoughts on what we can expect to see once the Coronavirus starts to dissipate BANGKOK: Whoever said the virus will not change the world are WRONG. There have been so many changes in the past three months our industry is still reeling as all marketing […]
Excellent information on COVID-19 passed on from Andrew Wood President of SI Bangkok and a VP of both SI Thailand and SI Asia
COVID-19: COMMUNICATING THE BEST ADVICE IN THE WORLD BANGKOK: We are living in extraordinary times. With the world forced into a complete shutdown and travel by any means frowned upon and commercial aircraft largely grounded GLOBALLY we are all in #StayAtHome so we can #TravelTomorrow mode. Our national leaders are also making televised addresses reinforcing […]