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 […]