Bangkok: Hotel business remains sound despite political protests

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Hotel business remains sound despite political protests
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Feb 7 – Hotel operators in Bangkok denied having laid off employees despite a drop in occupancy rate at outlets in anti-government rally sites to 25-30 per cent.

Surapong Techaruvichit, president of the Thai Hotels Association (THA), said occupancy in tourism cities, such as Koh Samui, Phuket and Chiang Mai, remained as high as 85 per cent and some hotels reported 95 per cent bookings with Chinese tourists as the major visitors.

Tourists are sensitive to political unrest but they understand and continue their trips when explained, he said.

The average occupancy for Bangkok’s hotels dropped 20 per cent but those in and around rally sites, especially Ratchaprasong and Silom, reported only 20 per cent check-in, he said.

He said the overall revenue losses from tourism have yet to be assessed but hoteliers have prepared measures to build up confidence in the international market once the political situation is back to normal.

The public sector should also be responsible for restoring the (hotel and tourism) market, he said.

Mr Surapong ruled out a report that some hotels have laid off employees, saying hoteliers have, instead, saved spending on electricity and social activities. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-02-07

[whoisyourdaddy]

Haha, but just the other week hotels were empty and pretty much giving away rooms for nothing .

I guess good thing in Thailand people accept lies with a smile

[Blackmirage2013]

What an incredibly misleading title for this article.

[Donnie Brasco]

"Who?" is saying "What?"to "Whom? . . . . And what is the purpose behind "Their" message.

This dictum was first uttered by UCLA Semantics Professor S.I. Hiyakowa at the height of the Berkeley free speech movement in the late sixties.

There are spin rats everywhere.

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[jaltsc]

"Hotel operators in Bangkok denied having laid off employees despite a drop in occupancy rate at outlets in anti-government rally sites to 25-30 per cent."

Typical response from someone in a society which has made living in denial an art.

Edited February 7, 2014 by jaltsc