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Almost half of Thai hotels fear closing as cash runs out amid pandemic
A recent survey by Thailand’s hotel industry showed that 47 per cent of the country’s hotels are...
Thailand abandons hope for quick tourism recovery as third Covid-19 wave rages across country
Pattaya's infamous Walking Street has become a lifeless ghost strip
Thailand’s government is giving up on hopes that...
VinGroup launches luxury resort complex on Phu Quoc island amid pandemic
Phu Quoc United Center stretches over 1,000 hectares in the north of the island
Despite uncertainty when and...
Singapore’s street food vendors rapidly adopt digital payments
Singapore's hawkers go digital
More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions in January...
Resort operator to become seventh company listed at Yangon Stock Exchange
The Amata Resort Hotel & Spa in Yangon
Yangon-based Amata Holding, one of the largest resort hotel operators...
Singapore hawkers are now officially cultural world heritage
Hawker street in Singapore
Singapore hawker culture has been put on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list by the...
Malaysia, Indonesia get strict on booze
Southeast Asia’s Muslim-majority nations Malaysia and Indonesia are getting stricter on the sale and consumption of alcohol...
Students in Bali can pay tuition fees with coconuts amid pandemic
A hospitality college in Bali, Indonesia, has begun accepting coconuts as tuition payment as it acknowledged that...
Despite spike in virus cases, Philippines reopens tourism hotspots
Boracay reopend for local tourists
Just days before the Philippines reported a new spike in Covid-19 infections, the...
Cambodia reopens some casinos after Covid-19 shutdown
The NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh is back in business © Arno Maierbrugger
Cambodia is reopening some of...
About a third of Thai tourism operators out of business
One of Bangkok's main landmarks, Wat Arun, got no visitors for months
An almost complete collapse of tourism...
Vietnam opens world’s first gold-plated hotel with borders still closed for tourists
Crisis? What crisis? As the Covid-19 pandemic still bites in many parts of the globe, Vietnam made...
Malaysia’s popular expat programme in limbo
Days for Malaysia’s popular expat retirement programme “Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H)” could be numbered due to...
More than 70,000 Filipinos lost jobs abroad so far amid virus crisis
The Philippine government expects more than 70,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to have lost their job so...
Indonesia budget hotel startup surrenders to virus crisis
Airy Rooms, a budget hotel startup in Indonesia, announced it will permanently cease its operations by the...
Mass unemployment in Thai tourism sector looming
The United Nation (UN)’s International Labour Organisation in a recent assessment is painting a bleak picture for...
Some Malaysian hotels to close permanently as result of the virus crisis
A number of hotels in Malaysia are poised to shut down their operations permanently and some others...
Indonesia to lose $10 billion in tourism revenue – Bali hit hardest
Deserted beach in Bali
Indonesia will be facing more than $10 billion in wiped-out tourism revenue as recreational...
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