Immunity: Considering the bigger picture

The impact of COVID-19 on Asia’s immune health industry, and ways to boost the immune system the natural way. The dynamics of the business environment since the pandemic has shifted drastically and so in the immune health category. There has been an increasingly positive shift in mindset, where more people are placing importance on their health, […]

OECD Guidelines for Transfer Pricing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand

Taxpayers and tax administrators around the world are grappling with the unprecedented impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on transfer pricing arrangements. On 18 December 2020, the OECD published the much-awaited “Guidance on the transfer pricing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic”. The Guidance represents the consensus view of the 137 members of the OECD’s Inclusive Framework […]

Australian visas and Expected Travel Options for 2021

In early 2020 when the true realisation of how bad Covid-19 could be we very quickly saw a lockdown and heavy travel restrictions in both Australia and Thailand. This fast action has seen the levels of Covid-19 infection in both countries kept very low, however it has come at a very high economic cost and […]

Remote Global Internships – One company’s response to the COVID pandemic

When borders closed in March, The Global Student’s (TGS) business model was hit a body-blow, since our core business is the provision of internships, study tours and volunteer programs for Australian university students to ASEAN. With few options available, we decided that virtual internships, which had been slowly becoming an option in international student mobility, […]

TCEB Situation Update Travel Advisory: Coronavirus on 3 April 2020

Effective April 3, Thailand announced nationwide curfew for 10.00 pm – 04.00am Prime Minister, General Prayut Chan o cha, announced on 2 April 2020 the curfew throughout the country. All citizens, residents, and tourists are prohibited from leaving their residence during 22 00 to 0 4 .00 hrs. every day starting Friday 3 April 2020 […]

FAQs on Coronavirus (2019-nCov)

By Samitivej Hospitals 1. What is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, which cause diseases ranging from a simple cold (some seasonal viruses are coronaviruses) to more severe diseases such as MERS or SARS. The virus identified in China is a new coronavirus. It has been referred to as 2019-nCoV. 2. What […]