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PBTA honors honest baht bus driver
Pattaya’s business leaders commended a local baht bus driver who returned a wallet containing 60,000 baht to a Chinese tourist.
Anan Angkanawisai, chairman of Pattaya...
PBTA opposes Jomtien bar zone
The Pattaya Business & Tourism Association has objected to a proposal to create a new entertainment zone in Jomtien Beach, insisting instead that bars...
PBTA to be represented at tourism events
The Pattaya Business & Tourism Association will participate in scheduled events the city plans to boost tourism, its director-general says. ...
Debate over minimum wage increase continues
This month’s nearly 40 percent increase in Chonburi’s minimum wage will hit hotels hard, with some larger resorts expected to raise rates or...
Pattaya business leaders shrug off threat from coming labor-law liberalization
A provincial labor official warned Pattaya tourism businesses to begin planning now for changes to come in 2015 with the launch of the...
Pattaya packed with flood evacuees
BANGKOK, 31 October 2011 - Pattaya beach resort is crowded with flood-affected citizens fleeing to the East. Floods in several areas...
New PBTA board takes up tourist promotion, zoning
The new president and board of the Pattaya Business and Tourism Association took up where the old executives left off, planning tourist promotions...
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