by Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com Driving down a seemingly endless winding road on the warm tropical island of Phuket, I glance up and see a sign...
Dawn Wells, one of the castaways in Gilligan's Island, playing Mary Ann, has died in Los Angeles from Covid-19 complications. She was 82 years old. Her career...
You may not be able to physically visit the world famous holiday island right now, but you can buy and trade property along it's best known...
A large chunk of an island near Koh Phi Phi in southern Thailand has broken off and collapsed on top of a coral reef at a...
The Covid-19 pandemic led has tax revenue in Phuket to be cut in half. Border closures, banning international tourists, has caused the tax revenue for the...
If you were a traveller, trying to get accurate information about how and when you could return to Thailand, you’d be rightfully confused. So are we. Now...
Phuket is facing an existential crisis. Because of its semi-isolation as an island, it doesn't get much "passing traffic" and is too far away from Bangkok...
Thanyapura Sports & Health Resort in Thalang, Phuket, has named Edgar Toral Hernandez as its new CEO, effective from last week. He joined the company back in...
In the wake of last weekend's ministerial talkfest and discussions with local industry players on the island, Bill Barnett paints a bleak picture of a tourist...
The who's who of Thai tourism toured Phuket over Saturday and Sunday speaking to local tourism players and local officials about the situation on the island...
PHIST, the Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism, is set to break down boundaries again with a "virtual" version of Asia’s largest sustainable travel and hospitality...
Singapore, an early success story in Covid-19 containment, has now dropped into technical recession after an official second quarter report of negative growth. The Singaporean economy...
Tokyo residents can escape the city with a hike up Mount Fuji. New Yorkers can head to Long Island for a weekend. In Indonesia locals will...
The eastern Rayong province's Koh Samet will reopen to the public on July 1, after being closed since the enactment of the Emergency Decree to halt...
It’s a week into Phase 3 of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions and, following last week’s reopening of Chon Buri's popular beaches, today it’s Phuket’s turn....
Vietnam's Phu Quoc, the tourist island off the coast of Cambodia in the eastern Gulf of Thailand, is going to start allowing foreign arrivals on a...
Phuket is open. Sort of. And the hotels on the island are officially allowed to re-open but few are flinging open their doors anytime soon to...
In a solemn recognition of the reality of Phuket's stalled tourist industry, a spokesperson for the southern chapter of the Thai Hotels Association is saying most...
Today at his daily press conference, spokesperson Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin reported 3 new cases of the coronavirus in Thailand, bringing the total cases to 3,031. No additional...
A request by Phuket officials to reopen the Sarasin Bridge has been refused. The Governor has confirmed that the island will remain 'closed' until further notice....
