Proposed plan to help tourism?

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Phuket hotels not happy with THAI Airways

PHUKET: -- Fears of Phuket hotels being forced into a massive price war are already being realised with THAI Airways International "cordially inviting" hotels contracted under its Royal Orchid Holidays (ROH) program to offer 50% discounts.

TTR Weekly reports that as part of its tourism recovery program THAI's ROH last week sent out a draft contract to selected hotels in Phuket, Bangkok and other tourist destinations, asking them to sign on to a package under which tourists would get one night free for every night booked between July1 and December 31 this year.

The draft contract also says "ROH reserves the right to select the hotels" and to give preference to those which "extend the offers in accordance with our requirements."

This is exactly what many Phuket hoteliers had been hoping to avoid on the grounds that it will merely lead other major tour operators and online booking portals to follow suit, TTR says.

-- Phuket Gazette 2010-06-01

Seen on Thai Visa website.

Would be nice...if only Thai airways were to cut their own prices too. I mean, why do the hotels have to cut their prices but the airline, who is proposing this, get to keep their usual price - if not more...

TiT

[guydesavoy]

Looks like good news ez... From Australia at least, Thai always does some good discounting on its airfares

Now all we need to do is choose Phuket

[Snick]

They'll do something stupid, like fly in more "zero dollar" package tours from India and China. That will bump up the arrival numbers and put no money into anyone's pocket.

They should issue a coupon pack to Farang tourists, one free drink, one free massage, one free short time, one free long time.....redeemable at any fine Patong Establishment.

[Torurot]

Now your talking, like the Gay packages Qantas and Air NZ used to do.