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International Passenger Arrivals Increase in Jan 2010 Compared to Jan 2009

By James Pitchon on Feb 19, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

The number of disembarking international passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport was 1,519,488 in January 2010 up 24% compared to January 2009 when we still feeling the effects of the December 2008 Airport closure.

Domestic passenger disembarkations at Suvarnabhumi Airport were 551,954 compared to 386,637 in January 2009.
Bangkok’ Don Muang airport has minimal international passengers. Domestic disembarkations were [...]

Phuket Looks Set For a Full House at Chinese New Year

By James Pitchon on Feb 11, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

Khun Bang-Orn Chinaprayoo the tourism authority director in Phuket announced on Wednesday February 10 that all hotel rooms in Phuket were fully booked for the Chinese New Year Weekend and that the average occupancy rate was 90%.

A quick check on Booking.com seems to confirm the story with many hotels saying they have few available rooms [...]

Thailand Needs to Attract More Chinese Tourists

By James Pitchon on Feb 10, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

China outbound tourists reached 47.66 million in 2009 up 4% on 2008 according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).
In the first 11 months of 2009 total Chinese visitors to Thailand were only 683,781 and 778,337 for the whole of 2008.
The china Tourism Academy (CTA) forecasts that there will be 54 million outbound Chinese tourists [...]

The Renaissance Ratchaprasong Has a Soft Opening

By James Pitchon on Feb 04, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

The Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel has now opened. Renaissance is in the Marriott stable of brands.
The property, located on Ploenchit Road next to the Maneeya Centre office building, has 275 Rooms, 58 suites and 19,999 square metres of meeting space.
A quick check on their reservation website showed a room rate of 5,999 baht for one [...]

Final Tourist Numbers for 2009

By James Pitchon on Jan 24, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

Final tourist numbers for 2009 better than expected based on airport passenger arrivals
Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited have now completed statistics for aircraft movements and passenger disembarkation and embarkation for the whole of 2009.
The headline numbers for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport were 181,522 international aircraft movements (arrivals and departures) a fall of only 3.81% compared [...]

Hotel sector continues to suffer from a reduction in tourism levels

By Admin on Dec 28, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism, Research

Bangkok Luxury Hotel MarketView Q3 09
The hotel sector is still faced with reduced levels of tourism. Latest figures show that tourist numbers dropped 4.1% Y-o-Y. This is however a marketed improvement on figures from the first half of the year with Q1 showing a Y-o-Y decline of 17.9% and Q2 down 18.5%. Easing political tensions [...]

Air Asia launches Phuket-Ho Chi Minh City Route

By Admin on Dec 23, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism

Air Asia has recently announced the launch of its’ new route between Phuket and Ho Chi Minh City. The airline has been operating daily direct flights between Thailand’s leading resort island and HCMC since 4th November 2009, in addition to its established routes from HCMC to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.
The airline believes there is [...]

Passenger arrivals show more signs of recovery

By James Pitchon on Dec 17, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism

Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited recently released November statistics.

International passenger disembarkations at Suvarnabhumi Airport were 1,368,833 in November 2009 compared to 1,023,014 in November 2008 (Suvarnabhumi Airport was closed from November 25th in 2008 after anti-government protestors occupied the airport).

The year on year increase was 34% which was a significant improvement even allowing for [...]

Good News for Thai Tourism

By James Pitchon on Nov 25, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism

Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited reported October 2009 passenger numbers and flights.
The statistics show significant improvements over the last three months which is positive news for Thailand’s tourism industry.
At Suwanaphoomi Airport there were 149,535 international aircraft movement (arrivals and departures) in the period January to October down 8.08% on the same period last year.
There [...]

Ritz Carlton Krabi to open December 2009

By James Pitchon on Oct 22, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism

The Ritz Carlton Hotel Group announced that they will open the Phulay Bay Ritz Carton Reserve in Krabi on December 22nd 2009.
The positive news for Thailand is that adding one of the world’s leading luxury hotel brands to Thailand’s portfolio will increase the both marketing and image of the Andaman Coast as a high end [...]

Bangkok Luxury Hotel – Q 2 2009

By Admin on Oct 20, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism, Research

Summary
The major talking point in this quarter is the decline in the number of international tourists. Numbers fell 18.6% Q-o-Q and 14.4% Y-o-Y to around 3 million from 3.5 million in Q2 2008. Political instability and the global economic recession continued to be the main factor with the addition of Influenza A (H1N1). This has [...]

Good News for Phuket

By James Pitchon on Oct 17, 2009 in Hotel-Tourism

Thai Airways International will resume its Phuket-Hong Kong service later this month according to the Bangkok Post on October 16 2009. “Industry observers say the move is to combat the budget carrier Thai AirAsia’s impending launch of flights on the high-potential route.”
The flag carrier on Oct 25 will restart the non-stop flights, which were suspended [...]