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Chaos Erupts: Hotels Back Out of Thai Government Tourism Scheme

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Looks like the hotels want high Quality Guests and not low quality who dont spend money but abuse the system 

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  • blaze master
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    Plenty of room at the hotel California...any time of year...you can find it here.

  • Like any Thai based computer system, far better to delay implementation until the school holidays when expert help is available.

  • Sounds like mostly a failed IT implementation. I always wonder about nepotism/cronyism when IT projects go off the rails. "My son studied coding for 6 months, he can build the needed IT supp

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Another Thai classic, the Muppets at TAT should all be sent somewhere where they are not seen or heard.

 

They bungle virtually everything they come up with, absolutely clueless 

Another Thai classic, the Muppets at TAT should all be sent somewhere where they are not seen or heard.

 

They bungle virtually everything they come up with, absolutely clueless 

wife has already made bookings at a few different places, she is very happy and has confirmation on all her bookings

Wonder if any of these Thailand IT rocket scientists on this project has ever seen or implemented this strategy effectively:

 

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Or have ever heard of or implemented end-user and A/B testing.

 

Me think NOT..................

 

Would also be of interest to know which SDLC model (if any) they implemented, Waterfall or Agile, as it seems it was just an overall failure?

 

From my experience, many (I should say most) government IT projects are a total failure or do not deliver on the user requirements, for many reasons, 

 

Poor Planning & Unrealistic Requirements

Lack of Skilled Personnel & Expertise

Bureaucratic Delays & Political Interference

Legacy Systems & Integration Issues

Insufficient Risk Management & Testing

Vendor's Capabilities and Performance

 

So in this case maybe all of the above .....5555

 

Not surprising, the previous 50/50 cashback scheme for hospitality was a poorly implemented scam 

On 7/5/2025 at 6:33 AM, roamer said:

The problem with ideas is it's all in the execution.🙄

I disagree. Most of the problems are in the front end, i.e., strategic planning.  

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