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Registration Open For Asia’s Sustainable Hospitality Learning Event PHIST 2024

Category:Hotels|Tourism, Posted:04 Jul 2024 | 15:41 pm PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism), Southeast Asia’s biggest sustainability event for the travel and hospitality sectors, will return to spark conversation and drive the green agenda this September, with an impressive line-up of key figures and industry innovators led by Peng Sum Choe, CEO of Pan Pacific Hotels Group. Led by the Phuket […]

Direct Bali Phuket Flights Return in Phuket

Category:Hotels|Tourism, Posted:14 Jun 2024 | 08:15 am The once popular Phuket Bali flight route will see AirAsia restart direct flights from 10th August 2024. AirAsia Indonesia will be the carrier and flight frequency will be three times a week. Bali hosted nearly 600,000 international visitors in May with Australia ranking 22.5% share, followed by India with 11.3% and China on the rise […]

Registration Open for Mind the Gap – Women & Diversity in Hospitality – A Learning Event

Category:Hotels|Tourism, Posted:13 Jun 2024 | 09:55 am Diversity, inclusiveness, and equality are core issues for the hospitality industry. C9 Hotelworks and the Phuket Hotels Association have organized a learning event titled ‘Mind the Gap, Women & Diversity in Hospitality on Saturday 31st August at the SAii Laguna Phuket. Join us in this unique, candid, and insightful half-day session that takes a closer […]

Samui’s Booming Villa Rental Marketed Featured in New C9 Hotelworks Report

Category:Hotels|Real estate, Posted:11 Jun 2024 | 07:04 am Standalone villas shake up traditional hospitality supply as the market rises. Increasing demand for multi-bedroom accommodation growing, coupled with a preference for spacious and private villas according to new research from C9 Hotelworks in their new Samui Villa Rental Market Review. In recent years, private villas rented as vacation homes have emerged as a significant […]

Phuket’s Real Estate World’s Collide. Off-Plan Sales Flatten in Wake of Growing Resales

Category:Real estate, Posted:06 Jun 2024 | 05:54 am Phuket’s massive influx of new real estate development is witnessing rising competition from the secondary marketplace. The collision between off-plan property sales and resales is inevitable given the sheer number of units being completed and a growing critical mass of older properties. Comparing primary and re-sale transactions on the island from the first four months […]

New Report On Samui’s Hotel Recovery, From C9 Hotelworks

Category:Hotels|Tourism, Posted:05 Jun 2024 | 18:01 pm A resurgence of Samui tourism has been fueled by domestic travelers, with 69% Y-O-Y growth. Muted Chinese traveler demand pushes hotels to diversify source markets and adapt to a changing landscape according to C9 Hotelworks new Samui Hotel & Tourism Market Review. In 2023, Samui hosted 3,541,821 visitors, evenly split between domestic and foreign travelers, […]