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AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1 Hotel Melbourne (2024)Set on the banks of the Yarra River, this new hotel embodies the arty, eco-friendly spirit of the 1 Hotels chain. By way of regeneration, the luxury brand launched by former Starwood boss Barry Sternlicht is taking part in the Seafarers project. In other words, the metamorphosis of a former industrial...

The NH Hotels and NH Collection brands, which you have owned since 2018, are well known to business travellers in Europe. But your Asian group, Minor Hotels, is probably less well known. Could you tell us a little about it? Marion Walsh-Hédouin - This group was created some fifty years ago by Bill Heineke, who is the...

A welcome new satellite at Suvarnabhumi airport, the effective disappearance of Thai Smile, reintegrated into Thai Airways International and, finally, the launch of new airlines. Thailand's air transport sector is once again moving fast. The end of 2023 and 2024 should bring their share of initiatives and openings....

For more than half a century, Dusit International has established itself as the quintessence of the Thai art of living transposed to the hotel industry. The opening of the Dusit Thani in 1970 in the heart of Bangkok has embodied the best of Thai service for 50 years. The iconic building, topped by a spire reminiscent of a Thai temple, has been home to...

While the upturn in tourism in Thailand is once again filling the planes to Bangkok and Phuket, the Thai national carrier is continuing to increase its frequencies, but without any real boom in supply. In its summer timetable, which comes into effect on 26 March, Thai Airways International will be offering a network of 39 destinations, nine of which are intercontinental (Europe, Asia, Africa,...

Updated on 31/1 at 12 noon - Authors: Arnaud Deltenre and Luc Citrinot for the South-East Asia Australia region Sydney's famous Darling Harbour district is set to be enriched this year by a new landmark building, the Ribbon, with its curved, futuristic silhouette. This is undoubtedly because this major project, incorporating a...

It took just under a decade to build, a speed record in a country where infrastructure often takes several decades to become operational. On 19 January 2023, Krung Thep Abhiwat Central Terminal officially welcomed its first trains. Originally named Bangkok Bang Sue Central station, the...

All the countries of Asia were delighted to see the reopening of borders to Chinese travellers, synonymous with the return of a certain financial windfall. But the meteoric rise in Covid cases in China has had the effect of a cold shower. While European countries should be able to better manage the flow of travellers, with the number of flights...

Already partners in the Star Alliance, Thai Airways International and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed an extended Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement will result in a new strategic partnership, including code-sharing and wide-ranging commercial collaboration. It is designed to offer customers of both airlines more...

Thai Airways International continues to strengthen its international network. The Thai airline offers flights in Europe to seven destinations, having decided to discontinue its services from Brussels. From Paris CDG, the airline offers a daily flight by Boeing 777-300ER or Airbus A350-900XWB. Frankfurt and London with two daily flights to Bangkok...

The airline capacity analysis website OAG has been confirming this for some weeks now: South-East Asia is now the fastest-growing region for air transport in terms of the number of seats year on year. If we look at the first week of September 2022 compared with 2021, the number of seats...

Along with China, Japan is one of the last two countries to which travellers still find it difficult to go. But the destination is continuing its policy of reopening its borders step by step. From September 7, Japan will abolish the requirement to present a negative PCR test for Covid less than 72 hours old....

A further step towards total standardisation of travel conditions. That's what Thailand is promising with this new and probably final step in simplifying procedures. The last two obstacles for travellers - the obligation to register on the "Thailand Pass" app and the $10,000 insurance to cover the covid...

After two years in the wilderness, Thai Airways International is presenting a summer timetable more in keeping with its status as an intercontinental airline. This resumption follows the easing of entry restrictions to Thailand. In fact, the Kingdom is set to continue this trend (see box). Nearly 70 destinations between Thai Airways International and Thai...

Asian countries are notoriously skittish about health hazards. The omicron variant is rapidly devastating the few countries reopening in the last quarter of 2021. With the notable exception of Laos, which is once again allowing foreign visitors. Laos reopens after 22 months of closure The good news...

The coming months will see the arrival in South-East Asia of the affordable lifestyle brand Tribe from Accor, as well as the luxurious Vignette Collection from IHG. As part of the global roll-out of these new brands, the Tribe brand will open in Cambodia next February with the opening of the Tribe...

After a month of almost total reopening to visitors, Thailand decided in just 24 hours to reintroduce a quarantine for travellers in the face of fears of the Omicron variant. The government announced that entry conditions could be reviewed on 4 January. While the Kingdom seems to have the covid pandemic well under control, the appearance of the...

It took the Thai government more than a year and a half to finally open up Thailand to foreign visitors. An opening that is taking place in stages. It actually began last July. On that date, foreign travellers were once again authorised to stay on the island of Phuket without quarantine. The constraints...

It's a timid first step. But a first step nonetheless. With the start of the IATA winter schedules on October 31, Thai Airways International is resuming its international flights from Bangkok. A fleet of 21 long-haul aircraft has been reactivated out of the 38 officially registered. 7 other aircraft...

In March 2020, the Thai government decided to completely close the Kingdom's borders in order to protect itself against the possible spread of the Covid virus. By closing the borders, the government was knowingly taking the risk of depriving the Kingdom of its biggest resource: tourism. In 2019, the tourism sector...