webfact Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Pattaya officials make arrests at three hotels operating without licences Picture: Sophon Cable Sophon Cable TV reported on Facebook that a contingent of Bang Lamung officials along with protection services and the tourist police raided four hotels in the Pattaya area. Three establishments were found to be offering daily rental without licences. Sophon said that the state wanted to be able to check guests and the possibility that illegal migrants or foreign criminals were using the hotels. This they could not do if they were not legally registered as hotels. None of the places was named. Picture: Sophon Cable But arrests were made and prison terms of one year and fines of 20,000 baht can be given along with fines of 10,000 baht per day against the owners while the establishments remain unregistered. Thai posters on the Sophon site questioned how the places could open in the first instance with the inference that back-handers were paid to facilitate this. Source: Sophon Cable -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Once again somebody forgot the brown envelopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, webfact said: None of the places was named. Not too hard to identify the one with its name on the wall in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 55 minutes ago, webfact said: Sophon said that the state wanted to be able to check guests and the possibility that illegal migrants or foreign criminals Is this not what Immigration should do before foreigners are allowed to enter Thailand? Why wait until they check in to a hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucysDad Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, KittenKong said: Not too hard to identify the one with its name on the wall in the photo. One down, two to go........ well done Sherlock.. ???? But would you have got it from this ?.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Where is the Ta93ht ? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 51 minutes ago, Chelseafan said: Where is the Ta93ht ? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenKadz Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Surprise, Surprise, someone finally checking licenses. If licenses of hotels, bars, massage parlors, eateries, etc. were entered into computer database systems and checked all year long the city might find a whole new source of revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 5 hours ago, webfact said: None of the places was named. No names please. Just that you can easily read one of the names on the photo A fairly new built/renovated place on Jomtien beach. And of course on all major booking sites. Again and again posters claim that they don't need to show passport at check-in. And I tell you again and again that this is fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Police: Come to any of the upscale condos on Naklua Soi 16, Wongamat. All have AirBnB ads for short term rentals. Scores of "short-timers" flopping down for a day/ week at a time in my 43 story complex. All the fancy signs here recently displayed have little effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisswe Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 36 minutes ago, Benmart said: Police: Come to any of the upscale condos on Naklua Soi 16, Wongamat. All have AirBnB ads for short term rentals. Scores of "short-timers" flopping down for a day/ week at a time in my 43 story complex. All the fancy signs here recently displayed have little effect. Yes and they run the condos as hotel with full ABF 100% short term renting now rare common in Khao Yai !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, KenKadz said: Surprise, Surprise, someone finally checking licenses. If licenses of hotels, bars, massage parlors, eateries, etc. were entered into computer database systems and checked all year long the city might find a whole new source of revenue. This has been on going for over a year Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Bangkok nothing new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The question I have is, are the hotels not registered because of construction/design shortcomings, because it is some business tax dodge, because you have to pay millions of baht in tea money to a government official to get the registration approved. What is the real reason? Surely it is not because the hotel owners are too lazy to register them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, KenKadz said: Surprise, Surprise, someone finally checking licenses. If licenses of hotels, bars, massage parlors, eateries, etc. were entered into computer database systems and checked all year long the city might find a whole new source of revenue. And cars, bikes, vans, land..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Ulic said: The question I have is, are the hotels not registered because of construction/design shortcomings, because it is some business tax dodge, because you have to pay millions of baht in tea money to a government official to get the registration approved. What is the real reason? Surely it is not because the hotel owners are too lazy to register them. The requirements that need to be met to get a hotel licence are huge....Only a handful of 5 star hotels can meet the requirements........About 6 months after the crackdown had started only about 15 hotels in Pattaya had a hotel licence... The licence has nothing to with any thing except to put the little guy out of business so the big guys get fatter...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Kim J said: They should also be prosecuted for still having a Christmas tree in their foyer. How long have you been here? Saves time taking it down and putting it back up every year. ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 My friend has a 'resort' in Isaan. Short time rental by the hour as is normal. Now she has a fence after her first 5 rooms saying monthly rental only.. Seems its being applied countrywide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 2 hours ago, fforest1 said: The requirements that need to be met to get a hotel licence are huge....Only a handful of 5 star hotels can meet the requirements........About 6 months after the crackdown had started only about 15 hotels in Pattaya had a hotel licence... The licence has nothing to with any thing except to put the little guy out of business so the big guys get fatter...... Rowlocks....dozens..hundreds of real hotels in Pattaya. Maybe not in the parts where you stay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, emptypockets said: Rowlocks....dozens..hundreds of real hotels in Pattaya. Maybe not in the parts where you stay.... I never said there were not loads of hotels in Pattaya.....But most do not have a hotel licence....I have followed this story from day 1 of the crackdown and I have a pretty good idea what its about.... Most hotels will never in a million years qualify for a hotel licence.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 21 hours ago, webfact said: protection services and the tourist police I thought they were the same thing? BIB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 21 hours ago, KenKadz said: Surprise, Surprise, someone finally checking licenses. If licenses of hotels, bars, massage parlors, eateries, etc. were entered into computer database systems and checked all year long the city might find a whole new source of revenue. There are probably dozens operating like this..........I as in a guest house off second road, near McDonalds run by a Norwegian, asked for a Jack Daniels & Coke at his bar, he said - oh, only beer, I have no license for liquor, but if you buy a bottle, I'll put your name on it and I will be legal............then I noticed a lot of bottles with little signs hanging off them behind the bar ....... the price?? whatever it would cost for 20 shots, a bargain that was. ????.... where there's a will, there's a way, I give him credit for being creative. Now, what is that 'thing' in the first photo fingering the computer?? Scary. Wouldn't want to meet it in a dark ally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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