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Articles tagged “thailand”

Tourism

Tourism For Good: How Chiang Mai Is Showing the Way

Tourism isn't perfect, but sometimes its mission can be. Four projects in northern Thailand are dedicated to creating more sustainable livelihoods for locals, preserving customs and traditions, and developing better conservation efforts for elephants. This is the good that tourism can do.

Rebecca Stone, Skift | 6 years ago

Tourism For Good: How Chiang Mai Is Showing the Way

Luxury

Minor Hotels Founder Offers Lessons in Bottom-Up Entrepreneurship

Minor Hotels founder William Heinecke has had quite the entrepreneurial journey. As an American expat, he started his entire empire of businesses in Thailand from the age of 17. Here he shares thoughts about the state of hospitality, luxury, and embedding social good into the core of his properties.

Colin Nagy, Skift | 6 years ago

Minor Hotels Founder Offers Lessons in Bottom-Up Entrepreneurship

Tourism

Bangkok Overtakes London as Most Visited International Destination in 2016

The Asia-Pacific region is continues to grow as a powerhouse of international travel destinations. But the global cities enjoying the most spending from international travelers remain the usual suspects.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

Bangkok Overtakes London as Most Visited International Destination in 2016

Tourism

Thailand Is Cracking Down on Sex Tourism in Bangkok

Thailand's tourism success is so tenuous right now, but that's no reason to slow efforts to cut down on exploitative practices.

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters | 8 years ago

Thailand Is Cracking Down on Sex Tourism in Bangkok

Tourism

5 Charts Showing the Rise in International Arrivals to Asia-Pacific Destinations

The power of the outbound Chinese traveler should not be underestimated.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

5 Charts Showing the Rise in International Arrivals to Asia-Pacific Destinations

Tourism

Thailand’s Aviation Downgrade Contributes to Junta’s Many Tourism Woes

Thailand's tourism has been a mess for years, it's just that so many people were coming despite its problems that nobody noticed. That's not an issue now.

Jocelyn Gecker, Skift | 8 years ago

Thailand’s Aviation Downgrade Contributes to Junta’s Many Tourism Woes

Tourism

U.N. Agency Says Thailand’s Aviation Industry Is a ‘Significant Safety Concern’

If someone can find us a positive story about Thailand tourism we'll give them $20. Heck, make it $50, since we know we won't have to pay up any time soon.

Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press | 9 years ago

Tourism

Tourism Thailand Ups the Creep Factor in Instagram Stalker Short Film

We aren't going to say that this video is worse than a military coup that forces a democratically elected leader to flee, causes critics to live in fear, and drives tourism into the gutter. But it's a close second.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism Thailand Ups the Creep Factor in Instagram Stalker Short Film

Tourism

CNN Documentary Shows Medical Tourism in Thailand is a Serious Business

Bumrungrad hospital in Thailand is perhaps the shining star of affordable, foreign hospitals for medical tourists seeking treatment although most foreign hospitals aren't at the same caliber yet and may not always be a cheaper option than U.S. hospitals.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

CNN Documentary Shows Medical Tourism in Thailand is a Serious Business

Tourism

The Travel Employee Talent Gap Is a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem

The talent gap in the travel industry has been apparent for years, but with the fast growth of the industry in so many countries, it will become far more apparent in the near future.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

The Travel Employee Talent Gap Is a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem