Content Types: ArticleRegions & Countries: ThailandIndustries: Information TechnologyServices: Legal
As June 2022 approaches, many companies in Thailand are focusing on and racing towards the implementation of compliance mechanisms in advance of the adoption of the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”), Thailand’s new and all-encompassing data protection legislation. This new law will significantly impact businesses that handle personal data. It sets out heavy fines and penalties which will be imposed upon organizations that mishandle clients’...
This article considers the various modes of dispute resolution used the most in Thailand, with particular reference to several key industry sectors of Thailand.
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) has allocated 6.2 billion THB baht (about US$187 million) to support 5 Thai airlines (Thai Airways International, Thai Smile, Thai AirAsia, Thai VietJet Air, and Bangkok Airways) to help them survive the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to an anonymous source, a ‘Centre for Economic Situation Administration’ (“CESA”) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha was held on Friday 4 June that approved (in-principle) a set of proposed stimulus measures aimed at encouraging wealthy expatriates to Thailand.
Content Types: ArticleRegions & Countries: ThailandIndustries: Medical & HealthTourism
Find out what’s on the list from public swimming pools to public parks, museums to cockfighting rings, bowling alleys to horse races, weight-loss centers to beauty salons, and more.
The Association of Thai Travel Agents predicted if the government reopens the country without quarantine for vaccinated travelers by June, there could be 8 million foreign tourists arriving this year.
COVID-19 has thrust the world into recession, which as a result akin to a domino effect, has led to rapid and accelerated change. Most notably, industries have pivoted online as we hurtle headlong into an increasingly digitalized society. In response to extended lockdowns, society has become more reliant on technology than it has ever been.
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Thailand’s chief tourism official announced that the country expects to welcome five million tourists in 2021. However, initially, Thai authorities predicted that the tourist flow will be ten million tourists.