Thailand’s film industry stands at a crossroads in 2017, as both the potential benefits and challenges brought on by increasingly globalised film industries have re-oriented the sector towards targeting revenue from foreign productions and joint ventures, as the number of domestically produced films wanes.
ETIQUETTE: The kingdom is a predominantly Buddhist country, with Muslim and Christian minorities. Since the 1960s the country has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and as a result caters to visitors from different cultures. In business settings it is common to refer to...
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL BANGKOK 973 Phloen Chit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 T: +66 2 656 0444 F: +66 2 656 0555 intercon@ihgbangkok.com www.bangkok.intercontinental.com Rooms: 381 luxury rooms. Business & Conference Facilities: 22 multi-function rooms, including Grand Ballroom. Exhibition area with capacity up to 2000 with audio...
Thailand’s budgets for 2017 and 2018 will see a significant increase in spending and public investment as the government moves to boost economic growth through infrastructure development, expansion of value-added manufacturing and support for small businesses and the service economy. The 2017 budget forecasts a spending increase of over 20%...
Thailand has benefitted from decades of rapid industrial development to become an upper middle-income economy, with GDP growth averaging more than 7% from the 1950s to the 1990s. However, more recent decades have been marked by an ongoing struggle to escape the middle-income trap. Growth sank in 2014 following a military coup, although...
Accounting for the majority of businesses and a significant source of employment and export earnings, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in Thailand’s economic development. The SME segment has struggled in recent years, however, and currently accounts for the largest proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs),...
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