Gov’t unveils 100-baht domestic tour packages
Tourism promotion campaigns such as “Chim Shop Chai – Eat, Shop, Spend” have received good feedback from the general public, despite complaints on the complexity of registration. The government yesterday approved another campaign to promote domestic tourism at year’s end, with 100-baht tourism packages. Deputy Government Spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul announced…
Thailand, India sign trade agreements for Rs 2,400 crore
Giving a break up of the agreements, Jurin Laksanawisit said the agreements signed in Mumbai totaled approx Rs 900 crore while in Chennai, it was about Rs 1,500 crore. Chennai: Thailand and India have signed agreements for Rs 2,400 crore to boost trade ties between the two countries, Deputy Prime…
India’s ties with Southeast Asia gained momentum in 2014
Bangkok: The year 2014 turned out to be a turbulent one for Southeast Asia with two plane tragedies and a coup hitting global headlines, even as India’s ties with the key region gained momentum with the new Indian government turning the ‘Look East’ policy into an ‘Act East’ strategy. Prime…
OTOP City 2014 continues to draw public attention
People from all walks of life have been flocking to Otop City 2014, ringing up more than half a billion baht in sales. According to Director of Local Wisdom and Community Enterprise Promotion Office Taweep Butrpho, over 300,000 people have been to the Otop City 2014 since the fair kicked…
Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015 Promotional Film English
In the East There is a VIBRANT place called Gujarat A place Where the world converges every two years From the year 2003 This place has led the Development of India over the last 10 years A policy driven state – Gujarat, where ROBUST infrastructure comparable to International standards continues…
Salman Khan tops the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for 2014
The 2014 Forbes India Celebrity 100 in its third year has found a new leader. For the first time in its three-year run, Shah Rukh Khan has been unseated from the top slot by friend and peer Salman Khan. Reason: The star didn’t have a film release (barring a cameo)…
The Rise and Rise of India – by BruceEinhorn for Bloomberg Businessweek
The world’s second most populous country is aiming to eclipse China as the next industrial superpower With its chronic blackouts, crumbling roads, and other -infrastructure woes, India should have no appeal for John Ginascol. A vice president at Abbott Laboratories, Ginascol is responsible for ensuring that the com-pany’s food-products factories…
Mega stores to offer big discounts as New Year gift
The Ministry of Commerce has given a New Year gift to Thai people today by managing to convince retail stores to offer discounts during the New Year season.Fifteen suppliers and retail store operators with more than 12,000 branches have agreed to provide customers with discounts of 20-70 percent for consumer…
India new visa rules benefit Thai travellers
Tourists travelling to India from 43 countries including Thailand will no longer have to queue at their local consulates to obtain visas after New Delhi announced Thursday a long-awaited easing of border controls. Tourists from countries including Australia, Brazil, Germany and Japan will now be able to apply online and…
Bangkok Airways opens four new routes from Chiang Mai
Bangkok Airways has introduced four new routes from Chiang Mai to four key cities, ahead of the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, which will start in 2015.Inaugural flights from the northern province of Chiang Mai to the four destinations: Phuket, and Udon Thani, as well as Mandalay and Yangon…