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Phuket, Thailand – PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism) is back for the fourth year of shaking up the status quo and advancing the environmental agenda in Asia, with a fast-paced full-day virtual event set to take place on Thursday 28th October 2021.   Organised by the Phuket Hotels Association, Greenview and C9 Hotelworks,

India’s outbound market, with a population of nearly 1.4 billion people, has the potential to impact any location. Thailand, which is only a short flight away and has strong cultural ties with India, could be the spark that the kingdom needs to relaunch its tourism economy.   But how big is India’s potential, and what

As Bangkok grapples with rising numbers of Covid infections, leading tourism voice KP Ho, Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Group, has told European envoys, airlines, senior officials and business leaders, that for Phuket Sandbox to succeed it is imperative for Phuket to be given “green” destination status. Speaking at the Phuket Sandbox Summit held at Laguna Phuket, KP

Phuket’s tourism industry can look forward to a stronger high season, as Russian travellers prepare to swap their cold winter weather for a sun-soaked Sandbox escape, a recent webinar has learned. In the “Phuket Sandbox: Russia’s Winter Wonderland” event, Russian outbound tour operators expressed their belief that many of their clients are longing to return to Phuket. They warned however, that some key factors were still restricting the destination’s full potential.    Held on

Laguna Phuket, the premier destination resort spanning 1,000 acres of parkland and beachfront on Phuket’s west coast, is giving Thai and international travellers even more opportunities to unwind in style and seclusion this autumn, with a series of new “Safe Haven” packages.   Following the easing of restrictions for interprovincial travel in Thailand, the reopening

(Pictured from left): Mrs. Natthaporn Choowong – Madame Vice Governor, Mr. Piyapong Choowong – Vice Governor of Phuket, Mr. Somtow Sucharitkul – Founder and Composer of Siam Sinfonietta, Mr. Wikran Mongkolchan – Head of Regional Marketing (Phuket), Central Pattana Public Company Limited (CPN), Ms. Prapa Hemmin – Director of Corporate Events and Partnerships, Laguna Phuket,

PHUKET, THAILAND – Resort locations in Southeast Asia will transfer past sustainability and embrace a extra significant and accountable approach of working within the post-pandemic period, a serious occasion on the way forward for journey, tourism and hospitality within the area has realized.   PHIST returned on Thursday 28th October 2021 for a fourth consecutive

PHUKET, THAILAND: Tourism eyes around the world are focused on a resort island in Thailand next week for the reopening of international, vaccinated travel to the Phuket Sandbox. A key emerging storyline from the island’s frenzied runaway to 1st July has been the remarkable cross sector partnerships that has become a true catalyst of change.