After 14 consecutive years of being held in Bangkok, the 15th Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Subregion will be relocated to the northern Thai capital of Chiang Mai in 2016.To be held between 8-10 June, 2016, at the Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Centre (CMECC), the event will bear the theme of “Smile with Us.” Registrations for buyers and sellers are now open.

airberlin is off to a flying start: new destinations and more flights in Europe as of summer 2016. Next summer airberlin will introduce new destinations as well as additional flights on existing European routes. airberlin will consolidate its presence at both the Berlin and Dusseldorf hubs as it continues to extend its market leadership at these airports. There will be additional flights to Bologna and Sofia, as well as a new service between Dusseldorf and Stockholm.

ITB Business Travel Days: up-to-the-minute knowledge and an interactive exchange with industry experts.Seminars for business travel managers and everyone in business travel. Opportunities for establishing important leads. Home of Business Travel by ITB & VDR is the place to meet.Visitors receive attendance certificates – special travel package for travel and event managers

Thailand tourism is hitting a new high for the total number of tourist arrivals, at 28 million as of today, exceeding the country’s highest number at 26.55 million in 2013 and still counting. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has targeted that the country would welcome at least 28.8 million visitors for 2015.

Registration Now Open for 2016 Event
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) – the voice of the global business travel industry – announced that registration is now open for GBTA Convention 2016, which will be held in Denver, July 16-20. GBTA’s annual convention is the largest, most comprehensive annual gathering of business travel and meetings managers, meeting planners, procurement professionals and suppliers in the world. This year’s Convention theme is Balance.

Mr. Charamporn Jotikasthira, THAI President, said that the European Union’s Aviation Safety Committee (ASC) meeting on 25 November 2015 to review the Air Safety List, did not place carriers from Thailand to the list. In the European Commission press release dated 10 December 2015, “No air carriers from Thailand were added to the Air Safety List at this time.” (ref. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6284_en.htm)