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Dear Members & Friends,
There's never been a better time to plan your next vacation, whether its the Costa del Sol or the Algarve in Portugal, Florida, USA, South Africa, Koh Samui or Phuket Thailand or down under in the Gold Coast or Perth, Australia or Queenstown in New Zealand, any time is the best time to go away!
We've got four new resort's opening under the Absolute World brand this year, one in Pattaya, two in Koh Samui and one in Phuket all offering some exciting new places to stay and enjoy your vacations exclusively with Absolute! If you are on vacation now, I am sure you know it is a great time of the year to vacation! If you are not on vacation, I am sure you would love to be... quality vacation time will always recharge the batteries, give you that chance to switch off and with Absolute its so easy!
Simply decide where and when and the rest is easy -so many resorts available to reserve!
What are you waiting for...? Where you are going next in the world?
Wishing you the very best in holidays for the future,
Bryan Lunt
Chairman & CEO
Absolute World Group
oaring skyscrapers fascinate us with their magnificence and monumentality. Currently, the tallest building in the world is located in the UAE, this is the Burj Khalifa, Dubai (UAE): height 828 meters, 163 floors, built in 2010. Despite its height and exposure to winds, the tower has a stable shape t…
Read more | Published Fri, 15 Dec 2023
rom April 13 to 15, Thailand officially celebrates the Thai New Year Songkran 2023. According to the Thai calendar, it is 2266 since the Buddha passed into Nirvana.
By tradition, Thais take to the streets and with the words "Sawasdee pi mai!" (Happy New Year!) they water everyone they meet with w…
Read more | Published Wed, 12 Apr 2023
he airport is a kind of visiting card of the country and, of course, our impression and acquaintance with a new culture begins with it. We present you a rating of the most impressive airports in the world, which can rightfully be considered a landmark of their country.
Daxing Airport, Beijing
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Read more | Published Mon, 20 Mar 2023
r the first time, the idyllic Southern Thai island resort of Phuket is to be the venue of the annual B2B trade show, the 19th Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Subregion (TTM+) 2020.
To be organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) between 1-3 June, 2020, …
Read more | Published Wed, 22 Jan 2020
tist, architect and icon of design to a million hoteliers across the world, Bill Bensley was the big top speaker at last night's Thailand Tourism Forum (TTF) 2020, event.
Hosted on the fourth floor of the InterContinental Bangkok, the event — dubbed the Big Bang saw Bensley launch his self-penn…
Read more | Published Tue, 21 Jan 2020
ll Barnett from c9Hotelworks, crunches the numbers and reports on some challenges for Thailand's largest island and most popular tourist destination, outside of Bangkok.
Robust passenger arrivals in the second half of 2019 highlighted by growth in Indian tourists helped rebalance the island's touri…
Read more | Published Mon, 06 Jan 2020
Once again Russia became the first non-Asia tourist market to record 1mn visits to Thailand. Australia, the US and European countries are yet to make it.
According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS), some 106,693 Russian nationals visited Thailand in Oct…
Read more | Published Mon, 16 Dec 2019
ailand is gearing up to welcome more Vietnamese visitors, with a number of airlines increasing direct flights between both countries and adding some new routes too. The Tourism Authority of Thailand says the additional routes should help boost the number of first-time visitors from Vietnam.
The Nat…
Read more | Published Tue, 10 Dec 2019
For many Indian tourists, the popular resort island of Phuket has recently become more attractive than ever before. Within four to five hours, they can now fly to the ‘Pearl of the Andaman Sea' directly from India, without a stopover in the capital Bangkok or other countries such as Singapore or M…
Read more | Published Mon, 09 Dec 2019
the tourist demographic matures and evolves, so does the airline mix landing in Phuket. Now Phuket's direct international airlift is set to increase again with non-stop flights from Taipei, Taiwan on Eva Air.
The island's airline traffic is already almost booked out for the next few months with Ph…
Read more | Published Mon, 02 Dec 2019
th just two months to the end of the year, Thailand is now set to score more than 39 million arrivals by the end of the year, based on the current performance for January to October.
The most recent Ministry of Tourism and Sports data, based on a headcount of foreigners at immigration checkpoints r…
Read more | Published Mon, 25 Nov 2019
e Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is delighted to report that the Royal Thai Government has once again approved an extension of the visa-on-arrival fee waiver for citizens of 20 nations for another six months, from 1 November 2019 until 30 April 2020.
Thailand extends visa fee waiver sche…
Read more | Published Tue, 05 Nov 2019
2018, international tourist arrival traffic grew by 6% to reach a total of 1.4 billion world tourists, according to research by UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. And there's a lot more to come with international travel predicted to increase by a massive 35% over the next six years to 2025.
But where …
Read more | Published Tue, 15 Oct 2019
ake a walk around the markets of Pratunam in downtown Bangkok and you'll soon discover there's a new type of tourist in town. For years, Thailand's tourism scene was dominated by Chinese visitors, with 10.5 million in 2018 alone, accounting for about 28% of total foreign arrivals. It still is.
But …
Read more | Published Thu, 03 Oct 2019
sia's largest travel and tourism sustainability event, was held in Phuket on Monday (Sept 23), as Southeast Asia's hospitality industry came together in a spirit of collaboration to tackle the critical environmental issues facing resort destinations across the region.
A year on from the inaugural e…
Read more | Published Tue, 24 Sep 2019
Tourism revenue for Phuket grew 6.13% to B272 billion from January through June 2019, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has reported.
The news came in a release issued yesterday (Sept 4) marking tourism-revenue growth in secondary "emerging" destinations throughout the country.
Figures rele…
Read more | Published Thu, 05 Sep 2019
e soaring number of Indian visitors to Phuket for the first seven months of 2019 has propelled Indian tourists into the Top 5 arrivals for the first time.
Arrivals from India from January - July, compared to the same period in 2018, grew 354%, amassing a total of 186,360 arrivals.
Mainland Chinese…
Read more | Published Tue, 03 Sep 2019
May this year, it was reported that the Thai authorities were closing Maya Bay on the island of Phi Phi until 2021. You may know this island as 'The Beach' - the famous Leonardo Di Caprio film that hit our screens all the way back in 2000.
The reason for the closure was overtourism. Phi Phi has se…
Read more | Published Mon, 02 Sep 2019
spite a rise of the baht against the yuan and the unpredictability of the US-China trade row, Chinese investors continue to buy Thai properties, though perhaps at a lower rate than in 2018.
Carrie Law, chief executive and director of Chinese international property portal Juwai.com, said further gro…
Read more | Published Thu, 29 Aug 2019
ailand must invest in a central strategy to make its travel and tourism infrastructure smarter if it is going to continue to grow tourism revenue in the next decade, according to a new report released today by travel technology company Amadeus in partnership with Thailand's Digital Economy Promotion…
Read more | Published Fri, 23 Aug 2019
e Chinese State Council's "Healthy China 2030" initiative was established as a national strategy in 2016, with a goal of "enabling everyone to be involved in health, share health, and be responsible for health." The promotion of a healthy diet, fitness and mental wellbeing has spread countrywide, an…
Read more | Published Fri, 09 Aug 2019
Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com
Taking a 2020 view of Phuket's hotel development pipeline that has now surpassed 15,000 new keys it's hard not to be apprehensive. From a macro standpoint, the destination's airlift and location are key success factors.
But for the myriad cast of new and inexper…
Read more | Published Mon, 29 Jul 2019
uket readies to host PHIST 2019 in the fight against environmental degradation in Southeast Asia's idyllic island destinations.
PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism) 2019 is a free-to-attend one-day conference that takes place on Thursday, September 23, 2019 at the Hilton Phuket Arca…
Read more | Published Fri, 26 Jul 2019
e of Asia's leading resort destinations Phuket looks set to weather a perfect storm as soaring hotel supply is forecasted to be challenged by declining tourism demand. New research from consulting group C9 Hotelworks in their Phuket Hotel Market Update Mid-Year Edition has revealed an island develo…
Read more | Published Mon, 15 Jul 2019
llowing the release of the Phuket Hotel Market Update Mid-Year Edition by hospitality consultancy C9 Hotelworks yesterday (July 14), the consultancy's founder and Managing Director Bill Barnett has posted his review of what the data and report means for the future Phuket's tourism industry.
As Phuk…
Read more | Published Mon, 08 Jul 2019
ai AirAsia will add a new international service from Phuket to Guiyang, China, effective 6 July.
The new flight using an A320 will serve the Phuket - Guiyang route three times weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday according to Airlineroute timetable information.
The flight will depart Phuket at…
Read more | Published Thu, 27 Jun 2019
pedia Group, the world's travel platform released its latest hotel demand trends to Thailand.[1] Thai accommodation partners are enjoying steady growth as evidenced by Expedia Group's data, which showed the overall inbound demand to Thailand has increased by 10% Year-on-Year (YoY) over the past 12 m…
Read more | Published Wed, 12 Jun 2019
ile staying at our Absolute Resorts & Hotels in Phuket, you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to innovative dining concepts to suit all appetites.
Whether it's stellar Thai food, Italian classics or a variety of fresh and light meals, we have you covered. While staying at Absolute Bangla …
Read more | Published Thu, 18 Apr 2019
Absolute World, we live and breathe travel and we endeavor to deliver you the greatest vacation possible through a variety of curated local experiences as well as memorable stays at our outstanding home resorts and partner resorts worldwide.
Many of us always talk about our undying love for trave…
Read more | Published Mon, 15 Apr 2019
you are planning to go Phuket then this GoAir offer might be a better option for you. The company is also providing cashback offer of up to Rs 250 using Paytm.
New Delhi Airline companies are offering discounts on ticket bookings amid high competition in the civil aviation sector. Companies like G…
Read more | Published Mon, 08 Apr 2019
Hotelworks is forecasting a slowdown in the double-digit growth rates Phuket has witnessed in recent years, and India's rising importance against China as a "mass travel machine".
While airport arrivals grew 8% year-on-year, the gains posted were at their lowest level since 2015, according to cons…
Read more | Published Fri, 22 Mar 2019
Bill Barnett
Moving through high season in 2019, hoteliers are starting to look for strategies for the rest of the year in order to not be reliant only on volatile mass markets. The following is C9 Hotelworks read on key trends for the year.
Pressure On Demand - Good Hotels Perform…
Read more | Published Mon, 11 Mar 2019
spite registering a record high 9 million passenger arrivals at the island's gateway international airport in 2018, performance data is indicating that a slowdown in its double-digit growth rates over the past few years is on the horizon for Thailand's resort destination of Phuket.
While airport ar…
Read more | Published Fri, 08 Mar 2019
e Phuket Hotels Association (PHA) will host its 2019 benefit gala (PHAB) on May 3 to raise funds for more than 10 fully-paid hospitality scholarships and traineeships for local residents.
The PHAB 003 James Bond-themed "Shaken Not Stirred" event will take place at the Latitude Marquee, Laguna Phuke…
Read more | Published Mon, 11 Feb 2019
ipay, in collaboration with US polling company Nielsen, has discovered that Chinese tourists from second-tier cities have become the new engine driving the Chinese outbound tourism market, as part of their study dubbed, ‘Perspective merchant and consumers: from 2018 trends of Chinese mobile paymen…
Read more | Published Tue, 22 Jan 2019
e best part of being on holiday can often be the food. It's always fun to sample the local cuisine of the destination you are visiting, and it's equally as interesting to dine at a fancy restaurant or two. Staying at our Absolute Resorts & Hotels in Phuket?
You are in for a real treat! Prepared…
Read more | Published Fri, 18 Jan 2019
ailand will be the most popular foreign destination for Russian travellers this New Year festive season, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) has revealed. Russian's own Sochi is the most popular domestic destination.
Thailand's beaches and Sochi's ski resorts competed fiercely for Russ…
Read more | Published Mon, 07 Jan 2019
Bill Barnett
This week netizens have been captivated over a photo in the blogosphere proclaiming that "Phuket high-season was dead as a dodo."
Excuse me as I digress for just a minute on the subject of dodo's, which is clearly something I know nothing about, hence putting myself on par with the i…
Read more | Published Fri, 21 Dec 2018
e fourth edition of the Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous is set to take place in Phuket January 10-13 at Royal Phuket Marina. Targeting yachting enthusiasts and lifestyle-seekers from all over the region, the Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous has become a key marketing platform and revenue ge…
Read more | Published Thu, 20 Dec 2018
e Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) ushered a move to gather the yacht industry in one major event in Thailand and demonstrate united support for the government's yacht tourism initiative.
Andy Treadwell, CEO of Verventia Pte Ltd, owners of the Thailand Yacht Show (TYS), Gael and Olivier Burlot, …
Read more | Published Thu, 22 Nov 2018