Tag: Thai Hotels Association
A green mandate
As Thailand’s hotel sector stabilises after the pandemic, Thienprasit Chaiyapatranun, president of the 62-year-old Thai Hotels Association (THA), discusses the industry’s push for higher standards, sustainability, and policy reform, while reflecting on the rise of FIT markets and efforts to maintain Thailand’s competitive edge
Thai Hotels Association challenges minimum wage hike over unequal impact
The Thai Hotels Association (THA) will petition the Administrative Court to review the Wage Committee’s 14th announcement on minimum wage rates, which sets a...
Thai government mulls dual-tariff structure for hotel operators
The Thai government recently floated plans to introduce a split pricing structure for the country's hotels.
If enacted, this scheme means that foreign travellers to...
More hotel closures expected in Thailand if pandemic drags on
Although hotels in Thailand saw a slight uptick in occupancy rate nationwide in August, alongside an increase in the number of active hotels, a...
Thai hotel outlook remains bleak for 2021
Sharp drops in hotel occupancy as a result of January's soft shutdown to deal with Thailand's second Covid-19 outbreak as well as various challenges,...
Small Thai hotels go quiet amid travel crisis
The travel and tourism crisis has forced as many as 80 per cent of member hotels to halt operations in 2020, according to the...
Thailand’s Chonburi and Phuket order hotel closures
Thai provincial governments have toughened up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country by ordering temporary hotel closures.
The Thai Hotels Association...
Thai hospitality staff locked out of government wage aid by absence...
Thailand has set clear lockdown policies in all provinces to combat the spread of Covid-19, but the same cannot be said of the authorities' decision on hotel closure. Without a firm official directive for all hotels to close, millions of hotel employees will be left with no governmental support in this crisis.
