The legal requirements imposed by the Hotel Act are very strict and many small businesses are unable to obtain a hotel license. In June, a group of associations asked the government to relax building rules of the Hotel Act so that 20,000 small hotels could obtain a hotel license. The authorities went even further and decided to allow establishments with fewer than 10 rooms and 30 guests to be exempt from hotel registration.

Airbnb revealed last August that the number of accommodation searches on the platform had increased by 180% compared to the same period last year (between January and March). This may seem surprising since the legality of such rentals, especially in condominiums, is not certain.

This year, governments around the world have been progressively imposing Covid-19 vaccination on their populations and foreign travelers. However, the early discovery and development of the vaccine can legitimately raise doubts about its long-term reliability.

The 60-days COVID visa extension, which has lasted for over two years, is now over. It is not possible to obtain the so-called “COVID extension”, “COVID exemption”, or “COVID visa” anymore on August 25, 2022, and onwards.

Starting on July 1, 2022, Thailand is lifting most of the Covid-19 restrictions that were affecting travelers and tourists alike. Here are the most frequent questions answered by our lawyers:

The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) promotes certain business projects by attractive Corporate Income Tax Exemptions. Only the income derived from the business promoted by the BOI is exempted from Corporate Income Tax. In practice this leads to many disputed questions, as many companies which hold a BOI certificate receive income not only from the business promoted by the BOI, but also from additional, i.e. non-promoted, sources of income.

During the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit 2016 which took place from 8 to 10 October 2016 in Bangkok the importance of public private partnerships (PPP) as a guarantor for growth in Asia was stressed once again.

One of the most common problems once a middle size company or large company have already started to conduct business in Thailand is how to keep the human assets within the company and avoid the negative effects of “job hopping” among their employees.