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India Market13 Jul
Dispatch No. 207
The India Selling Playbook: Packaging Thailand for Indian FIT, Groups & Families — A Thailand DMC Guide for Travel Agents

Routing Know-How13 Jul
Dispatch No. 209
Surat Thani, the Gulf Gateway: Samui, Khao Sok and Island Routing — A Thailand DMC Guide for Travel Agents

GCC Market
Featured · Dispatch No. 206The Gulf Selling Guide: Winning High-Value GCC Families in June–August — A Thailand DMC Guide for Travel Agents
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Koh Samui13 Jul
Dispatch No. 208
The White Lotus Effect on Koh Samui: Selling Set-Jetting in 2026 — A Thailand DMC Guide for Travel Agents
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Policy & trade13 Sep
Dispatch No. 404
Thailand's Film Rebate Is Under Review: What It Means for Set-Jetting | Thailand DMC

Pricing13 Sep
Dispatch No. 404
The Baht Is the Quiet Line in Every Thailand Quote | Thailand DMC

Hotels13 Sep
Dispatch No. 404
Thailand's MICHELIN Key Hotels: The 62-Property List Agents Should Quote From | Thailand DMC

Demand data11 Sep
Dispatch No. 400
Bangkok Is Asia's No.2 for Repeat Visits: Selling the Second Thailand Trip | Thailand DMC

Sports tourism11 Sep
Dispatch No. 399
Run-Cations and Sportainment: Thailand's Q4 2026 Race Calendar | Thailand DMC

Events9 Sep
Dispatch No. 398
Thailand's 10 Textile Journeys: TAT's Fashion Tourism Push and How to Sell It | Thailand DMC

Insurance9 Sep
Dispatch No. 397
Thailand's Three-Tier Tourist Insurance Plan: Fee-Funded Cover, Activity Cover and Rental Liability | Thailand DMC

China market8 Sep
Dispatch No. 396
China's Golden Week 2026 in Thailand: A Softer Market, New Exit Rules and Where the Demand Is | Thailand DMC

Krabi8 Sep
Dispatch No. 395
Krabi Prototype: TAT's Ten Certified Travel with Care Routes and How to Sell Low-Carbon Krabi | Thailand DMC

Hotels8 Sep
Dispatch No. 394
Thailand High Season 2026–27 Is a Buyer's Market: What the Hotel Data Says and How Agents Should Contract | Thailand DMC

TAT 20278 Sep
Dispatch No. 393
TAT's 2027 Year of Transformation: What the Four Moves Mean for Agents Selling Thailand | Thailand DMC

B2B7 Sep
Dispatch No. 392
Thailand's 2027 Holiday and Banking Calendar: What Is Firm, What Is Not | Thailand DMC

B2B7 Sep
Dispatch No. 391
Client Data and Your Thailand DMC: What to Send, What Not To | Thailand DMC

B2B7 Sep
Dispatch No. 390
How Agencies Pay a Thailand DMC: Currencies, Accounts and Timing | Thailand DMC

B2B6 Sep
Dispatch No. 389
Bangkok vs Phuket: Which to Sell, and When | Thailand DMC

Airports6 Sep
Dispatch No. 388
Suvarnabhumi pulls its high-season roadworks: what changes for Bangkok transfers | Thailand DMC

Routes & Transfers6 Sep
Dispatch No. 387
Air-and-sea island transfers to Samui, Phangan and Tao | Thailand DMC

Entry Rules6 Sep
Dispatch No. 386
Bilateral visa deals survive Thailand's 15 September change | Thailand DMC

Festivals & eventsSeptember 3, 2026
Dispatch No. 385
Thailand's Newest World Heritage Site Spends a Fortnight at Full Ceremonial Load

Rail3 Sep
Dispatch No. 384
Bangkok's New Ayutthaya Train: Comfortable, Cheap, and Impossible to Reserve

Aviation3 Sep
Dispatch No. 383
Thailand's New China Air Corridor Opens: What It Does and Doesn't Change

Food2 Sep
Dispatch No. 382
Thailand's 'Lost Taste' Recipe Revival: A Thailand DMC Brief for Agents

Events2 Sep
Dispatch No. 381
Udon Thani Horticultural Expo 2026–27: A Thailand DMC Brief for Agents

Airports2 Sep
Dispatch No. 380
Udon Thani Gets Its International Certificate: What Agents Can Actually Sell

Events2 Sep
Dispatch No. 379
Eurovision Asia 2026 in Bangkok: A Thailand DMC Brief for Agents

B2B2 Sep
Dispatch No. 378
Selling Thailand to North America: the access picture and what it changes

B2B1 Sep
Dispatch No. 377
Bangkok's airport map moves again: flydubai doubles, Thai AirAsia part-returns to Suvarnabhumi

B2B1 Sep
Dispatch No. 376
Thailand's September 2026 events: a secondary-province calendar, and how to sell it

Source markets31 Aug
Dispatch No. 375
Thailand Is Working Vietnam Hard: ITE HCMC 2026 and the Andaman Air Link

Travel news31 Aug
Dispatch No. 374
TAT's Creator-Powered Tourism Push: What the Guest List Tells Agents

B2B31 Aug
Dispatch No. 373
Hua Hin's Airport Is Being Rebuilt for International Flights — and One Question Nobody Is Answering

B2B31 Aug
Dispatch No. 372
Thai Hotels Are Squeezed on Cash and Changing Hands: What It Means for Your Contracted Supply

B2B30 Aug
Dispatch No. 371
TTM+ 2027 Goes to Khon Kaen: Isan's First Thailand Travel Mart

B2B30 Aug
Dispatch No. 370
Ultra Thailand 2027: TAT's Invitation-Only Luxury Buyer Event in Bangkok

Wellness30 Aug
Dispatch No. 369
Thailand's Health Ministry Just Claimed Thai Massage. That Is a Selling Point

Travel news30 Aug
Dispatch No. 368
Bangkok Is Rebuilding Its River Into One Destination. Here Is What Is Actually Open

Travel news30 Aug
Dispatch No. 367
Thailand Picked Chiang Mai as Its Green Prototype. Sell It Before It Is Obvious

Entry rules30 Aug
Dispatch No. 366
From 16 October, Thai Airport Security Can Open a Checked Bag Without Its Owner

Travel news28 Aug
Dispatch No. 365
The Fee Schedule Nobody Reads Is About to Redraw Thailand's Route Map Again

MICE28 Aug
Dispatch No. 364
Five Expos, One Badge: What Bangkok's New Attractions Fair Tells the Trade

Events28 Aug
Dispatch No. 363
Six Weeks of World-Class Stages Land in Bangkok's Quietest Booking Window

Events28 Aug
Dispatch No. 362
The Free Two-Night Show That Fills Pattaya's Beachfront

Entry rules26 Aug
Dispatch No. 361
The Visa Code on Your Reference Sheet May Not Exist Any More

Entry rules27 Aug
Dispatch No. 360
Thailand Says It Will Revoke Visas Over Behaviour. Brief Your Clients

Travel news27 Aug
Dispatch No. 359
Phuket Just Licensed 275 Hotels. Ask Your Supplier Which Side of That It Was On

Travel news27 Aug
Dispatch No. 358
Thailand Just Let Private Companies Run Trains. What It Means

Wellness27 Aug
Dispatch No. 357
Thailand Built a Wellness Product That Only Works in the Monsoon

Source markets27 Aug
Dispatch No. 356
TAT Has Stopped Selling One Thailand to China. Here Is What It Sells Instead

Travel news27 Aug
Dispatch No. 355
Thailand's Cruise Terminal Slipped Again, and 2032 Is the Date That Matters

Events27 Aug
Dispatch No. 354
TAT Picked Three Isan Festivals to Sell to the World. Here Is What That Means for You

Travel news27 Aug
Dispatch No. 353
Thailand Just Got a Ninth World Heritage Site, in a Province You Do Not Sell

Travel news27 Aug
Dispatch No. 352
Bangkok's River Fills With Royal Barges Until November, and Nobody Told Your Client

Entry rules26 Aug
Dispatch No. 351
Thailand Changed Who Qualifies for Its Ten-Year Visa and Barely Said So

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 350
A Weather Warning Is Not a Cancellation

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 349
Thailand's Flag Carrier Is Rebuilding Its Long-Haul Map

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 348
Do Not Sell a Client a Train That Does Not Exist Yet

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 347
India Wants More of Thailand Than Thailand Currently Has Seats For

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 346
Thailand's Neighbours Are Getting Direct Flights Faster Than Its Long-Haul Markets

Events26 Aug
Dispatch No. 345
Four Months of Contemporary Art Inside Wat Arun and Wat Pho

Travel news26 Aug
Dispatch No. 344