TAT Calls For Readiness To Tackle Tourist Footfall In Thailand The Tourism Authority of Thailand or TAT for short has suggested that all businesses connected to tourism should be organized for the coming months as there is going to be an increase in tourist-related activities, both locally and internationally speaking. The Tourism Authority of Thailand deputy governor for policy and…
Buffalo’s Attract Tourists To ‘Pig’ Island The local tourism authority in Thailand’s southern province of Trang has come up with an unusual project that involves using their local buffalo’s to lure tourists to Pig Island or Koh Sukorn. Koh Sukorn, which means ‘pigs’ in Thai, is not a place where you will actually find pigs due to the high number…
Bangkok’s Market Is Getting A Move On 2016 seems to have been a great year for the office market considering the restricted provision of office spaces, stimulated rental expansion, and lower vacancy rates, according to a research conducted by CBRE Thailand. Despite the period of sorrow, the office market has been able to maintain its activity. Final take-up is expected…
TripAdvisor: Thailand A Top Destination According to a recent survey regarding tourists’ appeals in the months of September and October, Thailand offered the widest variety of attractions and options in the Southeast of Asia. The world-famous travel website, TripAdvisor, created a ranking with the best 15 attractions South East Asia has to offer and Thailand could appear in the ranking…
World’s most expensive addresses for the rich! Many individuals start collecting things either for sentimental reasons, or as an investment owing to the items projected favourable valuation in the future. An individual’s collection can give a great insight into his or her personal taste. What about the rich, what might they collect? Billionaires worldwide invest large chunks of money…
‘Blacklist Too Long’ Say Developers Real estate developers plan to request the Bank of Thailand to minimise the current blacklist period levied on credit card holders to one year from the current period of three years, which seems to be rather unusual. They do this with an aim to empower homebuyers to access mortgages better. The Housing Business Association’s…
Thailand: Asean Logistics Foray eyed by Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan A Japanese property developer by the name of Mitsui Fudosan, is looking to extend its area of expertise to warehouse and logistics development, having already taken the first step in Thailand’s real estate market with a multi-story condominium project. Akihiko Funaoka, the executive managing officer of the group said that…
Bangkok: Orange Line Project To Drive Condo Sales With it linking Min Buri and the Thailand Cultural Centre, the Orange Line project is all set to go up for bidding in 2017. To make the most of this development, a fresh supply of condos have come up on the Rama IX Road. At least 2 brand new projects and…
Phuket: Clearing a path for Airbnb This July saw the Phuket Provincial Land Office send out a notice to all the registered 234 condominium projects in the area, comprising a total of more than 26,000 units. It stated that the daily renting of condominiums by its owners was in fact a violation of Thailand’s Hotel Act of 2004, and…
Marriott International Inc To Open 19 Thai hotels! International hotel chain “Marriott International Inc” has plans to inaugurate 19 brand new hotels within the next 5 years in Thailand in order to cater to the ever increasing tourist numbers, for the incentives and meetings sector in particular. This move is a by-product of Marriott International Inc’s very recent collaboration…
