By Reinhard Hohler, Chiang Mai
According to the latest business news on www.bangkokpost.com, hoteliers in Chiang Mai have urged authorities to help them survive as their occupancy rates continue to drop year-on-year to below 40% in this low season. Their own efforts, as evidenced by big discounts of more than 50%, do not help and hotel occupancy rates continue to decline, said Kanok Suwansutr, an adviser of the Thai Hotels Association’s Northern Chapter.”The hotel situation in Chiang Mai is worsening. The average occupancy rate is estimated to be lower than 40% in this low season, down 10% from 46-50% in the same period last year,” he said.
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Staff of Thai Airways International are pressing it to cancel two expense-reduction programmes, saying they jeopardise inflight service
More than 300 Thai flight attendants gathered at the Headquarters in Bangkok´s Chatuchak district yesterday said the Bangkok post. They submitted a petition listing their demands to chairman Ampon Kittiampon before the board meeting. The protesters said they disagreed with reducing the number of flight attendens based on the number of passengers on board and reducing the number of days for breaks during layovers on long-haul flights such as from Thailand to Europe.
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According to the Bangkok Post Thai Airways derailed plans to reduce state ownership and gradually scale back government guarantees for loans taken out by the flag carrier. Chairman Ampon kittiampon said after a board meeting that now was not the right time for the caretaker government to pursuing “policy matters” in light of the july 3rd. general election. He also insisted there was no policy for the Finance Ministry to cut its stake in the airline to 49,99 % from 51,03 %, ending THAI´s state enterprise status.
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3,000 internal audit professionals and governance stakeholders to convene in Kuala Lumpur for the 70th Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference 2011
A first for Asia, the upcoming 70th Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Conference 2011 will be held in Malaysia from 10 – 13 July. The biggest gathering for audit professionals this year, the conference is expected to attract 3,000 delegates from over 100 countries to Kuala Lumpur and set the tone of the profession for the new decade.
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Hunold at the Annual General Meeting: Becoming a member of oneworld is the most important decision airberlin has made since its public offering – 2011 burdened by political unrest in Northern Africa and the air travel tax – Regular re-election of certain Board members
airberlin’s CEO Joachim Hunold stated that becoming a member of the global airline alliance oneworld® has been one of the most important business decisions since the company’s public offering. As Hunold declared at airberlin’s Annual General Meeting in London today: “International networking offers a huge opportunity for growth.
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The Korea MICE Expo 2011 (KME) will welcome 300 buyers and over 3,000 meetings industry professionalhttp://tourism-insider.com/wp-admin/post-new.phps to Coex for business consultations, exhibitions, workshops, and forums from June 28-30 in Seoul. The three-day event is the largest MICE industry trade show in Korea, and looks to expand its presence as a global industry trade show in Seoul, the country’s largest meetings destination. The 2010 KME enjoyed an overall increase from KME 2009 in the number participants with a twofold increase of foreign buyers, a 73% increase in business consultation sessions, and representatives from an additional 15 countries in attendance.
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