Tourism firms in final push
The festive season and a hard sales push in December are seen as the final efforts for local tourism operators to increase average occupancy to 50% this year.
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The night China announced it would ease some of its most controversial coronavirus controls, Shanghai resident Yu Yuan immediately booked a high-speed train ticket to Beijing for a New Year's trip.
PHNOM PENH: Capital A, the parent of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, plans to launch a new airline in Cambodia with a domestic partner as it resumes expansion plans put on hold during the pandemic, its chief executive said on Friday.
The festive season and a hard sales push in December are seen as the final efforts for local tourism operators to increase average occupancy to 50% this year.
Major Cineplex Group Plc, the country's leading movie theatre operator, looks set to resume investment by allocating 800 million to 1 billion baht for expansion next year after scaling back during the pandemic.
NEW YORK - Global stocks had a mixed showing Friday, with hotter-than-expected US wholesale prices renewing concerns that the Federal Reserve will push on with aggressive policies against inflation.
Chinese electric vehicle distributor EV Primus and defence and security technology firm RV Connex have teamed up to operate a 10-billion-baht power bank project to sell batteries to the growing EV market.
Energy consumption is expected to grow by 3.2% next year, driven by economic growth estimated in a range of 3-4%, says the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo).
The Investor Confidence Index (ICI) returned to the bullish zone last month amid optimism over the recovery of tourism and the domestic economy, but uncertainties related to US interest rate policy and global Covid-19 infections are still weighing on the outlook.
The Commerce Ministry has set up war rooms to spur exports, tackle obstacles to trade and curb the negative impact of a global economic slowdown in 2023.
RECAP: Asian stocks climbed after Wall Street posted its first advance this month, with traders focused on upcoming US inflation figures for clues on the path of interest-rate increases.
The data of 137,000 Thais was sold on bot markets, making the country No.7 in terms of threat level in the world, according to cybersecurity firm NordVPN.
The Excise Department and Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing (Thailand) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs) under the government's subsidy scheme.
The November trading range for the SET Index was between 1,610 and 1,640 points, in line with expectations. The peak for the month was 1,640.03 while the nadir was 1,610.75. The overall investment mood and tone were quite bearish due to a lack of catalysts for the market.
The global aviation industry is expected to finally end years of losses with a net profit of US$4.7 billion in 2023, but Asia-Pacific airlines will have to wait a lot longer for their balance sheets to recover, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
