Australian Foreign Minister opens Phuket Consulate-General

Source: Australian Embassy Thailand The Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is visited Phuket on Friday 4 August as part of her visit to Thailand to strengthen bilateral relations. Ms Bishop formally opened Australia’s Consulate-General in Phuket, at a ceremony that will attended by the Vice Governor of Phuket Ms Siwaporn Chuasawad and other local dignitaries. […]

Chamber Business News: August 2017

23 August – AustCham Joint Business Luncheon Meeting: “Plans for the Digital Economy Fund” On Wednesday 23 August 2017, The Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) in collaboration with the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM), British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT), Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce (FTCC), Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce (NTCC) and the South […]

Australian property: the exception or the rule?

By Paul Gambles, Managing Partner, MBMG Group, Bangkok The huge rise in Australian residential property prices (the 8-capital house price index has more than doubled since Q3 2003, whereas Consumer Price Index inflation has increased by less than 40%) has prompted comparisons with Spain, where prices roughly doubled between 2001 and 2007 before moving pretty much […]

In The Pink of Health: How Corporate Wellness Programmes Can Reinvigorate Your Company

By Damien Posterino, Head of Sales, Virgin Active S.E.A. Corporate wellness programmes have come a long way in recent years – From being a buzzword and a “fad”, these initiatives have become a hugely popular tool for organisations to attract, retain and engage the modern workforce and are increasingly viewed as being essential towards the cultivation […]

Networking Key to Great Thai-Australia Relations Says Board of New Association

Issued by Thai Australia Network (TAN) Providing regular opportunities for business owners and professionals to come together in an informal setting to network and develop long term personal relationships is the underlying objective of the Thai Australia Network (TAN) that was launched as an association last week. The concept of TAN was started by Richard […]