Thailand Travel & Hotel News

Hotels.com’s latest Hotel Price Index, issued late last week, claims Asia gained a 4% increase in revenue per room per night last year when compared with 2009.

The average round of golf was 29% cheaper in Thailand than in other leading golf destinations in Asia, according to a recent survey.

Hotel developer, Minor International, will complete the transfer of the riverside Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa from Marriott management to its own in-house brand Anantara by 11 November.

Hotels are reporting signs of recovery throughout the country, Thai Hotels Association president, Prakit Chinamornpong, told in the association's bimonthly meeting Tuesday.

Thai Airways International should shed its status as a state enterprise so the government would stop meddling in its affairs, advocates a think-tank for the Finance Ministry.

Small and boutique hotel operators need business strategies that |capture the right targets to survive in this difficult time, hotel experts say.

Amid a recovery in the UK property market, Sansiri Plc will launch its first project in London this year - six apartment units worth a combined 600 million baht.The company is looking at New York as its next destination, with a net profit target of 15%.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association released, Monday, preliminary figures for international visitor arrivals to the Asia Pacific region for January 2011, showing a 7% year-on-year expansion.

It's time for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to set up a special task force to begin fast-tracking the processing of the huge backlog of permanent residency (PR) applications it is now sitting on in silence.

Members of a special government working committee were in Phuket earlier this month to gather information for a study on whether Tourist Police nationwide should be transferred out of the Royal Thai Police for administration by a different government agency or agencies.