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Pita looks to promote tourism under THAI projects

  By Thai Newsroom Reporter MOVE FORWARD LEADER PITA Limjaroenrat has confirmed over the weekend he is looking to promote tourism under what he has branded THAI projects. Posting on his Facebook page, the Move Forward leader who will likely be named the country’s 30th prime minister following the May 14 election put his tourism

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Thailand’s power production stable as Vietnam kicks off nationwide blackouts

  THE Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) confirmed today (May 24) that electricity production and supply is sufficient in Thailand after Vietnam launched nationwide rolling power cuts, Matichon and The Straits Times newspapers said. Vietnam started nationwide blackouts today as it struggles to meet surging power demand amid extremely hot weather with even the

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Seacon Square unveils Thailand’s first solar air-conditioned bus stop

  WITH cheers from Bangkok commuters, Seacon Square shopping centre today (Apr. 28) unveiled Thailand’s first solar air-conditioned bus stop right in front of the complex in an effort to conserve energy and protect the environment, Matichon newspaper said. In a collaboration with Cool Cool Co., Ltd. and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, 3 million baht

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Over 900 international chartered flights so far this year

  THE recovery of both the aviation and tourism industries this year has led to a big jump in international chartered flights with the four-month total reaching 924 while action has been taken to reduce domestic airfares, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Apr. 12). Mr. Sutthipong Kongpool, director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand

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Millennial and Gen Z travellers have bigger budgets but seek deals, Hopper app says

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report New York – Most Millennial and Generation Z travellers are planning bigger 2023 travel budgets but also growing more cost-conscious when booking flights and hotel accommodations, according to travel booking app Hopper. Early this year, US travel companies told investors they saw no signs

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OPEC+ cuts put $100/bbl oil back in sight

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Singapore/Seoul/London – Surprise new cuts to the OPEC+ group’s output targets could push oil prices towards $100 a barrel, setting the scene for another clash with the West grappling with higher interest rates, analysts and traders said on Monday (Apr. 3). The decision signals

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Skytrain staff threaten to stop running trains if 50 billion baht debt not repaid

  EMPLOYEES of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of BTS skytrain, submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House this morning (Mar. 14) calling for repayment of debts mounted in the Green Line extension that have now almost reached 50 billion baht setting a seven-day deadline to do so if

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