Making Thailand’s Digital Economy ‘Stand Out’
A push toward the digital economy is the cornerstone of the Thailand 4.0 initiative, a little policy I have been writing about here and there. Something that might seem a bit abstract, but it indeed has metrics that can be measured and analyzed.
Thailand’s Hotel Industry Will Add 10,000 Rooms by 2024
BANGKOK - The Thai hotel industry is expected to grow by around 10,000 new rooms in 2024, according to Jasper Palmqvist, senior director for...
Chiang Mai Pair Aims To Expand ‘Elephant Pants’ to Global Market
CHIANG MAI - Behind the popular elephant pants, a highlight product of Thailand, are a wife and a husband from Chiang Mai: Kingkarn Samorn,...
Film Giant GTH to Dissolve
BANGKOK — GMM Tai Hub, one of the nation's largest movie studios, announced it will disband today due to an internal dispute over taking the company public.
GrabBike Responds to Govt Ban With Big Discount and Apathy
BANGKOK — Two days after it was ordered by officials to stop operating, GrabBike is giving rides as usual today.
King Power Revamps Its E-commerce Platform, Kingpower.com
King Power Revamps Its E-commerce Platform, Kingpower.com, Under the Concept of "SHOP ALL POSSIBILITIES IN ONE CLICK!” Launching “THE POSSIBILITIES MAKERS!” –JJ, Thanaerng,...
December Consumer Confidence Index Lowest in 68 Months
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — A Thai academic institution released a report indicating that Thailand's consumer confidence index was at 68.3 in December, the lowest level in 68 months from May 2014.
Yala Durian “Sadet Nam” to be Exported to China-Malaysia
The Ministry of Commerce has officially registered the Sadet Nam Yala Durian as a Geographical Indication product (GI) for Yala Province and plans to...
Luxury Home Company Reveals Most Wealthy and Foreign Clients Are in Isan
BANGKOK - Anankorn Amornwatee, managing director of Master Plan 101 Co., Ltd., a luxury home construction company, told Matichon that most of the company's...
5 Tech Tools Tackling Overfishing, Slavery at Sea
BANGKOK — Fishing boats used high-tech systems to find vast schools of fish for decades, depleting stocks of some species and leading to the complete collapse of others. Now more than a dozen apps, devices and monitoring systems aimed at tracking unscrupulous vessels and the seafood they catch are being rolled out — high-tech solutions some say could also help prevent labor abuse at sea.
